Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab (Avastin) may be at an increased risk of treatment-related death when the drug is used in combination with other therapies.
Hundreds came out to support 17-year ALS survivor Christopher Pendergast, at a ceremony marking the renaming of Stony Brook University Medical Center’s ALS clinic to the Christopher Pendergast ALS Center of Excellence.
Stony Brook University Medical Center has received the 2009 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.
Stony Brook University Medical Center celebrates new expanded clinical and research center for acute stroke, brain aneurysms, AVMs and other vascular anomalies and unveils one-of-a kind simulator that will help advance clinical expertise, teaching and research for neurosciences at Stony Brook University.
For Chris Pendergast, every Christmas he has been alive to celebrate with his family for the past 17 years has been a gift unto itself. Indeed, in 1993 the then 44-year-old elementary school teacher was diagnosed with ALS.
A study of nearly 1,200 older patients hospitalized for severe sepsis indicate that those who survive are at higher risk for long-term cognitive impairment and physical limitations than those hospitalized for other reasons.
What do Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry and rock stars have in common with research scientists? According to some rock stars and those at an international gathering of researchers and bioscience executives, a lot.
Balaji Sitharaman, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, is a recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. He is engineering a nanotechnology-based theranostic for combined non-invasive imaging and treatment of bone loss.
Danny Bluestein, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, has been awarded a $7.5 million grant by the NIH to optimize the designs of cardiovascular devices with the goal to eliminate the need for anticoagulation therapy.
Benjamin Luft, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University Medical Center, and a team of medical researchers have determined the genetic blueprint of 13 strains of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
Researchers at Stony Brook University have discovered that a derivative of sulindac, an NSAID known to prevent colon cancer, is more effective and safer than sulindac in preventing colon cancer in animals.
Almost half of children with ADHD whose aggressive behaviors had not been controlled during routine outpatient care could achieve near absence of aggressive, explosive behavior with "first-line" stimulants.
Dr. Kevin Watkins, first Surgeon to treat Pancreatic Cancer with NanoKnife® helps patients from around the country; world.
The School of Social Welfare at Stony Brook University is sponsoring an innovative Geriatric Care Ministry Program to help clergy of all faiths improve the quality-of-life for older people in their communities.
Three-dimensional MRI is an emerging and useful technique for displaying fetal anatomy and diagnosing problems in the womb, according to Jeffrey C. Hellinger, M.D., of Stony Brook University Medical Center.
Ensuring the safety of pediatric cardiovascular and vascular patients who require computed tomographic angiography (CTA) for diagnostic purposes means that employing methods of low dose CTA is essential.
Fossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania is changing the picture of animal life at 100 million years in what is now sub-Saharan Africa.
Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of comprehensive and coordinated primary care could potentially address why errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health care system.
A team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University have used a novel method to weaken influenza virus by designing hundreds of mutations to its genetic code to create an effective vaccine.
Cancer patients treated with the chemotherapy agent bevacizumab (Avastin) may be at an increased risk of severe loss of protein from the kidney into the urine that can lead to significant kidney damage.
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