Category - Wellness

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Volunteer Ambulance Corps Marks a Half-Century of Community Service

For the all-student Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps (SBVAC), it began with a Volkswagen bus and a Cadillac. In 1970, frustrated by long response times from local ambulance corps, Stony Brook University students...

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Two Stony Brook Hospitals Are National Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality

Stony Brook University Hospital and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital have been named leaders by the National LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

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Stony Brook Recognized for Commitment to Quality Heart Failure Care

For the second consecutive year, SBU Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

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Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

The Stony Brook-led research showed that even in younger adults (under age 50) dietary ketosis increased overall brain activity and stabilized functional networks.

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Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

A study led by SBU's Anat Biegon is the first to show a direct correlation between aromatase (an enzyme) availability in the amygdala and body mass index.

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Facebook Offers Clues to Medical Distress, Research Shows

The language people use on Facebook subtly changes before they make a visit to the emergency department, according to a new study published in Nature Scientific Reports.

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Coronavirus Update, Guidance Issued

Interim President Michael Bernstein has released a new message to the University community on remote instruction and other issues relating to the coronavirus situation. The message reads as follows: In an effort to...

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Drs. Laurence Winn and Joseph Hamil Willoughby with School of Dental Medicine Dean Mary Truhlar

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Drs. Wynn and Hamil Willoughby Among Those Honored for Dental Care Outreach

During a January 30th ceremony, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine recognized the efforts of faculty and staff members responsible for the coordination and execution of outreach initiatives. Service-learning programs...

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Nursing Student Flexes Mind and Muscle as Competitive Bodybuilder

After pursuing a Dietetics Technician degree at Suffolk Community College, Alexa Detore ’23 thought her career in nutrition was on its way. But soon after getting her first job, she began to have second thoughts. “I’ve...

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Sharon Nachman, MD, Lists Top 10 Truths About Influenza

With flu season well underway, knowledge is one of the keys to illness prevention.

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NIH Funds New Strategy for Treating Teen Depression

New strategies for treating teen depression will be funded by a five-year, $2 million Early Independence Award (EIA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Jessica Schleider, an Assistant Professor of Clinical...

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Gender-Based Medicine Can Enhance Treatment

Individual patients differ in their responses to treatment, and some of those differences are caused by the patient’s gender and hormones. That was the message delivered by Anat Biegon, PhD, Professor of Radiology and...

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Facebook Posts Can Predict Illnesses, Including Diabetes, Hypertension and Depression

Facebook posts alone can predict some 21 diseases and conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, anxiety and depression, a new study reveals. The study, published in PLOS ONE by researchers at Stony Brook University...

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Online Health Searches in Africa Reveal Stigmas

Destructive cultural stigmas and an urgent need for accurate health information were identified in a groundbreaking study of health-related internet searches originating from Africa. The research team, which included H...

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Measles Outbreak – Why it Happened and What to Do

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as of April 26, 2019, there have been 704 cases of measles reported in the United States. This is the greatest number of cases since the disease was thought to have...

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Vaping Teens May Not Know How Much Nicotine They Consume

Teens may be unaware of how much nicotine they are consuming when they vape, according to a study led by Rachel Boykan, MD, of the Department of Pediatrics at the Renaissance School of Medicine. In an anonymous study...

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Professors’ Sonification Project Profiled in Wired Magazine

Stony Brook University Professors Lisa Muratori and Margaret Schedel collaborated on a project that was recently profiled in Wired — Our Ears Are Unlocking an Era of Aural Data. Muratori, an associate professor of...

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Late-Night Tweeting Hurts NBA Performance

A new study to be published online in the journal Sleep Health reveals that late-night social media use by NBA players is linked to poorer next-day performance on the court. The study builds on preliminary research from...

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Category - Wellness

Volunteer Ambulance Corps Marks a Half-Century of Community Service

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

Facebook Offers Clues to Medical Distress, Research Shows

Coronavirus Update, Guidance Issued

Drs. Wynn and Hamil Willoughby Among Those Honored for Dental Care Outreach

Nursing Student Flexes Mind and Muscle as Competitive Bodybuilder

Sharon Nachman, MD, Lists Top 10 Truths About Influenza

Gender-Based Medicine Can Enhance Treatment

Online Health Searches in Africa Reveal Stigmas

Measles Outbreak – Why it Happened and What to Do

Vaping Teens May Not Know How Much Nicotine They Consume

Professors’ Sonification Project Profiled in Wired Magazine

Late-Night Tweeting Hurts NBA Performance

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