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SUNY Downstate Medical Center has been selected to participate in Urban Universities for HEALTH, a national initiative to improve the health of urban communities by developing their health workforce.

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A new book is designed to help healthcare professionals successfully conduct scientific research and also help them to better evaluate research published in the medical media.

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SUNY Downstate has received an award to develop mobile phone applications for stroke patients and their caregivers from the federally funded Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

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Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, found that living near a heavily congested highway correlates with a higher presence of asthma.

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Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other institutions.

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Todd C. Sacktor, MD, distinguished professor of physiology and pharmacology and of neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has received a MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for his research on memory.

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Currently, there are no drugs available to treat TBI: a variety of single drugs have failed clinical trials, suggesting a possible role for drug combinations. Testing this hypothesis in an animal model, researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center tested five drugs in various combinations. Their observations, published recently in the journal PLoS One, suggest a potentially valuable role for minocycline plus N-acetylcysteine to treat TBI.

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SUNY Downstate Medical Center is offering a course by which students learn anatomy through sculpting.

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In what will be a marathon training session — the first of its type — the entire fourth-year class of SUNY Downstate Medical Center's College of Medicine will be taught the use of portable ultrasound to guide invasive medical procedures on March 12 and 13.

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Dr. Jeanne Stellman tells Presidential Panel that many chemicals remain unregulated.

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Wilson Ko, MD, professor and chief of cardiothoracic surgery at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, will be presented the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor, during a ceremony on the island Saturday, May 10, 2008. The award, presented by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO), is given to prominent American citizens of diverse origins for their outstanding contributions to their communities, the nation, and the world.

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A new study conducted by researchers from the Brooklyn Center for Health Disparities Research at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and from Long Island University, examined whether differences in culture and ethnicity, socioeconomic and health factors, and coping styles influence sleep patterns among urban American women.

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Scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and Peking University in Beijing were awarded a United States patent for their virtual telemicroscope. This patented software permits off-site pathologists to diagnose cancer or other diseases in patients living in remote locations around the world.

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More than a hundred bioengineers, research scientists, physicians, lawyers, ethicists, philosophers, and students will convene in Brooklyn, New York for the Fourth International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering.

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Research demonstrates that a calming hormone normally released in response to stress reverses its effect at puberty, when it paradoxically increases anxiety.

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Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center have received a grant from the Lupus Research Institute to study whether a new means of manipulating the immune system is an effective treatment against lupus.

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Low-carb dieters are replacing starches and sugars with vegetables, not with high-fat foods, journal article says.

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In an article in Science magazine, SUNY Downstate researchers describe erasing memory from the brain by targeting a molecular mechanism that controls memory. Finding may be applied to chronic pain, memory loss, and other conditions.

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Evidence shows low-carb diet is beneficial to management of diabetes.

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U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, and Jordan J. Cohen, MD, retiring President of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will be the speakers at commencement ceremonies of SUNY Downstate Medical Center on May 25, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan.

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Conference on the effects of low-carb diets on disease states and those at risk for disease.