Scientists in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine have preliminary evidence, based on research in an animal model, that hydrogen peroxide, a major ingredient in dental bleaches and in some whitening toothpastes, may be a cancer promoter.
Authors of an abstract reporting preliminary results showing hydrogen peroxide may be a cancer promoter have retracted their presentation of study findings.
Imagine walking through an assembly plant that hasn't been built and moving equipment that weighs several tons just by pointing and dragging your mouse. It's now possible with new, virtual-factory software that has been developed by University at Buffalo engineers.
You think finding a place to park down here is hard. Try finding a place to land on Mars. That's what a group of leading planetary geologists will try to decide June 22-23 when they meet at the University at Buffalo for the Mars Surveyor 2001 Landing Site Workshop. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the 1999 Planetary Geological Mappers meeting, also to be held at UB.
An archivist at the University at Buffalo, speaks for an international network of archivists when he says that because of the explosion in information technologies, the late 20th century will be one of the worst-documented periods in history.
Researchers at the University at Buffalo's Toshiba Stroke Research Center have developed a prototype camera that can turn blurred X-ray images of brain stents made of thin wire into images clear enough to detect the condition of wire as fine as a hair.
The eruption of Colima volcano -- also"known as Volcan del Fuego, or "Volcano o Fire" -- that began on Nov. 20 has produced its first pyroclastic flows that could signal the start of the volcano's most dangerous period since its catastrophic eruption in 1913, a University at Buffalo volcanologist says.
A University at Buffalo study, the first to use Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to compare the cognitive functions of men and women has found definitive evidence that although in many respects male and female brains operate in much the same way, they function differently when performing complex linguistic tasks.
The University at Buffalo has established a world-class computational research facility, dramatically transforming the university from a campus without a supercomputer into one of the top-10 academic supercomputing sites in the U.S.
The University at Buffalo's Center for Hearing and Deafness has received a $5.7 million program project grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand studies geared to understanding and treating acquired hearing loss, which affects 28 million Americans.
While fluoridating drinking water is controversial in some circles, it's not a government conspiracy or worse, says Michael Easley, associate professor of dental medicine at the University at Buffalo. He is the American Dental Association's spokesman on fluoridation.
The Western lifestyle of little exercise, lots of saturated fat, loads of refined sugar and little fiber is a major risk factor for the development of yet another chronic medical condition -- gallstones -- a new University at Buffalo study shows.
A University at Buffalo assistant professor of geology, is on an NSF-supported research cruise, exploring an area of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles southeast of Easter Island.
Plant-based fats may cut the risk of prostate cancer by reducing the levels of both testosterone and certain enzymes that metabolize testosterone into more active forms, a new study by University at Buffalo nutrition researchers has shown.
The obvious decline of the traditional family, a trend marked by increasing rates of divorce and cohabitation, illustrates the paradoxical nature of Americans' hot and cold attitude toward marriage and family, says a University at Buffalo sociologist.
Oral biologists from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine have shown for the first time that heavy alcohol consumption or a diet low in antioxidant vitamins can increase the risk of developing gum disease.
Diabetes and chronic lung disease can be added to the growing list of systemic diseases and conditions associated with bacteria from infected gums, new studies from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine have shown.
Oral biologists from the University at Buffalo, among the first researchers to report a relationship between gum disease and risk of heart attack, now have identified the specific types of bacteria that are most damaging to the cardiovascular system.
Female soccer players were able to perform longer at a higher intensity on a diet composed of 35 percent fat than on diets of 27 percent fat or 24 percent fat, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found.
Researchers from the University at Buffalo, seeking to determine when the bone loss that results in osteoporosis in 19 percent of diabetic women begins, have found that mean bone density starts to decline sometime after the teen years.
There's no instant solution for eliminating teen violence, but it can be reduced and even prevented using a classroom-based program, called Teams-Games-Tournament developed by University at Buffalo researchers.
Women who eat fish from Lake Ontario have significantly higher levels of PCBs and pesticides in their breast milk than women who do not eat Lake Ontario fish, results of a University at Buffalo study of lactating women in the New York State Angler Cohort has shown.
CNN senior White House correspondent, Wolf Blitzer, one of UB's most famous alumni, will be the university's commencement speaker at 10 a.m. on May 16 in Alumni Arena.
Truck-weighing stations on highways could become a thing of the past as a result of a new application for "smart concrete" developed by University at Buffalo engineers.
Trained runners who severely limit the amount of fat in their diets may be suppressing their immune system and increasing their susceptibility to infections and inflammation, a University at Buffalo study has shown.
Men recovering from a heart attack who are at the highest risk of a second attack and thus would benefit most from conscientious participation in an exercise program are the least likely to do so, a University at Buffalo study has found.
Ransom notes, like the one left behind in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, and other handwritten documents that provide clues to criminal cases may soon be easier to analyze, thanks to research being conducted by University at Buffalo computer scientists.
An innovative program that operates community pharmacies jointly through the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Tops Markets, Inc. has resulted in better care for patients and better use of pharmacists'skills, and in some cases, a significant increase in business in the pharmacies.
If athletes from elite to novice needed yet another reason to drink plenty of fluids during exercise, a new study by University at Buffalo exercise scientists shows that dehydration may induce bronchospasm even before exercise.
In our collective exuberance over the astonishing explosion in the field of information technology during the past two decades, we may overlook something just as important -- the investigation of its meaning.
Getting off the couch and onto the jogging path, or the bicycle, or the treadmill after work may help prevent diabetes, a new University at Buffalo study has shown.
The first national population-based cohort study of periodontal disease and cerebrovascular disease, conducted by University at Buffalo researchers, has shown that people with severe gum disease are twice as likely to have the type of stroke caused by blocked arteries than those with good oral health.
The University at Buffalo parent-program coordinator has one major piece of advice for parents of this fall's crop of new college students: "Always keep the lines of communication open."
The mere presence of a fertile female in the nest next door can be enough to cause a male black-throated blue warbler to stray, according to a paper published this month by University at Buffalo biologists in the Auk, the journal of the American Ornithologists' Union.
Fear not! The dog days oppressing much of the country with miserable heat, drought and brownouts are a normal part of the climatological pattern and do not portend disastrous climate changes, a University at Buffalo geographer says.
Building collapses following Tuesday's earthquake in Turkey probably were caused, in part, by inadequate building materials and by problems with establishment and enforcement of proper building codes, according to researchers at the University at Buffalo.
University at Buffalo researchers have shown for the first time that a variant of the apolipoprotein E (apoE) gene, known as apoE 4, may increase the risk of breast cancer by inhibiting the elimination of serum triglycerides from the bloodstream.
A study by University at Buffalo reproductive epidemiologists has found no association between eating DDE-contaminated sport fish from Lake Ontario and the length of lactation in nursing mothers.
While news reports have focused on the shoddy construction methods that caused thousands of buildings to fail, a key to Turkey's recovery from Tuesday's earthquake is the condition of its roads and bridges in the quake's aftermath, according to a University at Buffalo engineer who is part of a reconnaissance team that is in Istanbul to evaluate the earthquake damage.
Expert advice from faculty and staff members at the University at Buffalo designed to help parents prepare for the back-to-school season and upcoming school year.
When used judiciously, pharmacy Web sites can play an important educational role for consumers, but they never should be used for ordering new prescriptions, according to a professor of pharmacy at the University at Buffalo.
A sociologist researching regional development along North Carolina's southeast coast says that if Hurricane Floyd makes landfall in that region, damage will be very serious -- exacerbated by the area's dramatic population increase over 20 years and the overdevelopment of coastal lands.
University at Buffalo researchers have shown for the first time that melatonin, a hormone produced naturally by the pineal gland and used widely as a supplement to diminish jet lag and improve sleep patterns, may play an important role in promoting bone growth.
Scientists at the University at Buffalo and Tulane University have, for the first time, optically tracked in real-time the pathway of one of the most widely used cancer drugs linked to a peptide hormone carrier as it is being taken up by a human breast-cancer cell.
The University at Buffalo will host a major international meeting of policy experts and researchers in higher-education finance on Nov. 14-16 to discuss the critical worldwide shift of higher-education costs from governments and taxpayers to students and their parents.
ACE inhibitors can keep high blood pressure under control if life is running smoothly, but they don't prevent it from rising when things get tense. That's when a person needs a friend. And if a human friend isn't available, the four-legged variety will do nicely, a study of responses to stress in a group of stockbrokers conducted by University at Buffalo researchers, has shown.
George Kelley's life-long pursuit of cheap -- sometimes even cheesy -- paperbacks has the librarians at the University at Buffalo doing handsprings. Kelley has made a gift to the UB Libraries of 25,000 pulp-fiction titles.
New research on the effects of exercise on juvenile arthritis indicates it is OK -- advantageous, in fact -- for these kids to be kids. Children with juvenile arthritis who took part in an eight-week individualized program of resistance exercise at the University at Buffalo significantly improved their ability to function.
As the millennium nears, the hype surrounding Y2K seems to have died down. But Lewis Mandell, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management, says it may be that we're already in the eye of the Y2K storm, and the damage won't be apparent until the arrival of the new millennium has blown over.
A husband-and-wife team of psychiatrists at the University at Buffalo has received a $4.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to search for a gene or genes linked to bipolar disorder, commonly referred to as manic depression.
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