UB pediatric psychiatrists have shown that depressed children with asthma exhibit a dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system along with increased airway compromise.
Caregivers may treat children with ADHD differently if they think the child is taking medication for the condition, a placebo effect that could have both good and not-so-good results.
The Cystic Fibrosis Center at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, a UB-affiliated teaching hospital, is the first U.S. site to begin recruiting patients for a study of a promising investigational treatment for cystic fibrosis.
A group of young entrepreneurs led by Krishnan Chakravarthy, an MD/PhD candidate in the school’s MD-PhD Program, has launched NanoAxis, a new research and development company headquartered in Getzville, New York.
Rina Das Eiden, PhD, a research associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, has shown that infants exposed prenatally to cocaine react more to stress and have fewer coping abilities.