One in Three Children with MS has Cognitive Impairment
Data from the largest multicenter study accessing cognitive functioning in children with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals that one-third of these patients have cognitive impairment, according to a...
View ArticleNew Clot Removal Devices Show Promise for Treating Stroke Patients
Specialists at Stony Brook Medicine's Cerebrovascular and Stroke Center (CVC) are treating patients with a new generation of blood clot removal devices that show promise in successfully revascularizing...
View ArticleStony Brook Medicine Receives $750,000 Pledge from Charles Gargano for...
Charles A. Gargano, former U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago and long-time friend of Stony Brook University, has agreed to establish the Ambassador Charles Gargano Chair in Advanced Cardiovascular...
View ArticleFamily of Girl Recovering from Cancer Sings the Praises of Stony Brook...
For 11-year-old Veronica Franco, music has always been a passion. The Rocky Point, N.Y., native loves playing cello and singing in the choir at Rocky Point Middle School. Her outstanding singing...
View ArticleStony Brook Specialist Freezes Nerves to Knock Pain Out Cold
For the millions of Americans who rely on pain medications for neuralgia, a condition where nerves damaged by surgery, traumatic injury, or diseases such as diabetes cause chronic pain, an emerging...
View ArticleClinical Trials for Cellulite Treatment on the Horizon
Projected to start in the second half of 2013, researchers at Stony Brook University plan to begin phase IIa placebo-controlled clinical trials using a drug treatment method developed here to treat...
View ArticleNanoparticles Found in Everyday Items Can Inhibit Fat Storage
Increase in gold nanoparticles can accelerate aging and wrinkling, slow wound healing, cause onset of diabetes.
View ArticleLyme Disease Vaccine Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
The results of a phase 1/2 clinical trial in Europe of an investigational Lyme disease vaccine co-developed by researchers at Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and at Baxter...
View ArticleRide for Life Ceremony Honors ALS Patients and Families
Greeted by their families, supporters and a shining display of 6,000 pinwheels, Christopher Pendergast, a 20-year ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patient and advocate, and other ALS patients, rode...
View ArticleFukushima-Derived Radioactivity in Seafood Poses Minimal Poses Minimal Health...
In 2012, Nicholas Fisher a distinguished professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University and postdoctoral scholar Zosia Baumann, working with a colleague at...
View ArticleNew Rehabilitation Research Demonstrates Functional Improvements in Patients...
A series of rehabilitation studies published in Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation demonstrate that innovative treatments for individuals with spinal cord injuries can lead to...
View ArticleResearchers Develop Neuroimaging Technique Capturing Cocaine's Devastating...
Researchers from Stony Brook University have developed a high-resolution, 3D optical Doppler imaging tomography technique that captures the effects of cocaine restricting the blood supply in vessels of...
View ArticleLong Island Man and Grandfather Beats Fungal Meningitis
Stony Brook cancer specialist solves a diagnostic puzzle that appeared to be brain cancer.
View ArticleStudy Reveals Inhaled Anesthesia's Effects on Children's Brains
Stony Brook University School of Medicine researchers have found that children's brains are more affected by an inhaled anesthetic than an intravenous anesthetic with increased levels of brain lactate.
View ArticleMild Vibrations May Provide Same Benefits as Exercise for the Obese
Low-intensity vibrations led to improvements in the immune function of obese mice by restoring B and T-cell populations and thereby diminishing consequences of obesity, according to a Stony Brook...
View ArticleStudy Reveals Link Between Sleep Deprivation in Teens and Poor Dietary Choices
Well-rested teenagers tend to make more healthful food choices than their sleep-deprived peers, according to a study led by Lauren Hale, PhD, Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook...
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