Study of HIV-Infected Youth: Antiretroviral Therapy not Associated with Severity of Psychiatric Disorders
A study of more than 300 children and adolescents with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) revealed no association between specific antiretroviral therapy and the severity of psychiatric disorders. In “Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Severity, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Functional Outcomes in Perinatally Infected Youth,” Principal Investigator Sharon Nachman, M.D., of Stony Brook School of Medicine, and colleagues detail this finding and others in the Online First edition of Archives of Pediatrics & Adult Medicine.
Feb 6, 2012 - 4:39:33 PM
Help Save a Life: Donate Blood or Platelets at SBUH Blood Bank
Blood and platelet donations improve and save the lives of thousands of people in the United States each day. The Blood Bank at Stony Brook University Hospital is in need of blood and platelet donors. Each donation remains within the hospital and is given directly to stop or prevent bleeding. It is needed by patients who suffer from cancer, trauma, burns, or are undergoing delivery or major surgery.
Feb 6, 2012 - 3:11:26 PM
Interventional Pulmonologist and Lung Cancer Specialist Joins Stony Brook
Sajive Aleyas, M.D., has been appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, at Stony Brook School of Medicine, and will serve on the medical staff of Stony Brook University Hospital, announced Thomas Bilfinger, M.D., Professor of Surgery, and Team Leader and Co-Director of Stony Brook’s Lung Cancer Evaluation Center (LCEC).
Jan 31, 2012 - 12:04:53 PM
Stony Brook University Medical Receives Award for Treatment of Heart Failure Patients
Stony Brook University Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Heart Failure Gold Quality Performance Achievement Award.
Jan 27, 2012 - 1:53:48 PM
Study of One Million Americans Shows Obesity and Pain Linked
A clear association between obesity and pain – with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest individuals – was found in a study of more than one million Americans published January 19 in the online edition of Obesity. In “Obesity and Pain Are Associated in the United States,” Stony Brook University researchers Arthur A. Stone, PhD., and Joan E. Broderick, Ph.D. report this finding based on their analysis of 1,010,762 respondents surveyed via telephone interview by the Gallop Organization between 2008 and 2010.
Jan 26, 2012 - 1:45:54 PM
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