Boston University

Public Health

Owen Kendall, Franklin Park Mile, Rookie Runners, Forest Hill Runners, Hyde Square Task Force, running in Boston, Boston area running groups

Exercise

MED Student Runs for All, Wants All to Run

October 17, 2013

Boston University BU Today, Point of View POV, student staff faculty opinion, Student Health Services ambassafor, sex smoking

Wellness

POV: Smoking and Your Sex Life

October 15, 2013

Boston University BU, Point of View POV opinion, opposition to Obamacare maddening, School of Management Stephen Davidson, Affordable Care Act

Health & Medicine

POV: Opposition to Obamacare Is Maddening

October 4, 2013

Public Health

Alarm Bells over E-Cigarettes

September 26, 2013

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food stamps, federal benefit cuts

Wellness

POV: Starving Out Food Stamps

September 24, 2013

Boston University BU, drug use safety, molly extasy MDMA risks, expert David Farb School of Medicine professor and chair of the pharmacology and experimental therapeutics department

Public Health

The Trouble with Molly

September 11, 2013

Boston University BU, alcohol education, alcoholedu.com, mandatory online alcohol course training undegradates

Student Health Services

BU Mandates Online Alcohol Course for First-Year Students

June 13, 2013

Ashish Premkumar, OB/GYN, women's health in refugee camps, Lebanon, Zambia

Medicine

An Unconventional OB/GYN

June 6, 2013

tanning bed, solarium, skin cancer, melanoma, FDA regulation

Public Safety

Ban the Tan?

June 5, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, clinical assistant professor, Safer Sex in the City, Science to Policy, online social media safety and teens

Public Safety

Your Teens Online

May 30, 2013

Julie Gerberding, first woman to head the Centers for Disease Control, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Boston University BU School of Public Health SPH Convocation 2013

Schools and Colleges

SPH Convocation Speaker: Become “Dauntless Doers”

May 22, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, global cause children childhood death worldwide, pneumonia, diarrhea

Global

Keeping Two Million Children from Dying Each Year

April 12, 2013

Boston University BU, BU School of Medicine MED, BU School of Public Health SPH, moderate alcohol consumption risks, American Journal of Public Health, Timothy Naimi research

Medicine

A Drink a Day Raises Cancer Risk, Study Says

April 8, 2013

Boston University BU, Sargent College SAR, alumni improve womens health, rural India, India Research and Outreach Initiative, Gujarator Charutar Arogya Mandal, Dudley Allen Sargent Research Fund

Health & Medicine

Helping Women in India without Leaving Boston

March 8, 2013

Boston University BU, Beverly A. Brown professorship, trustee Richard Shipley 4 million dollar gift, Campaign for BU, Office of Technology Development

University News

Trustee Richard Shipley’s Gift Creates Beverly Brown Professorship

March 5, 2013

Boston University BU, sexperts, sexual health initiative, condom fairies, student health services

Sex

SHS Health Initiative Features “Sexperts”

February 27, 2013

underaged drinking, alcohol brands, beer brands

University News

New Study: Alcohol Brands Underage Drinkers Prefer

February 26, 2013

Boston University BU, breastfeeding health and economic benefits, sexualization breastfeeding

Nutrition

Why Media Depiction of Breasts Gets Failing Grade

February 21, 2013

Gulf War Illness, Gulf War Syndrome, Kim Sullivan, Boston University School of Public Health SPH

Public Health

Closing in on a Medical Mystery

February 19, 2013

Boston University BU Child Language Lab, Language and Cognitive Processes, argent College assistant professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences Sudha Arunachalam

Schools and Colleges

To Moop or Not to Moop

February 13, 2013

To Moop or Not to Moop