News Archives of January 2009

The Father Daughter Valentine Ball will raise money for pediatric services at the Golisano Children's Hospital at Upstate.

New unit is six times larger with added amenities to make 24-hour treatment setting more patient, family friendly.

University Hospital offers patients greater precision in treating cancerous tumors with radiation through new TomoTherapy device.

Special issues highlights first genome-wide study on children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), led by Stephen Faraone, Ph.D.,professor of psychiatry, neuroscience and physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Rats whose mothers were fed alcohol during pregnancy are more attracted to the smell of liquor during puberty, thus highlighting an important relationship between fetal and adolescent experiences that appears essential to the progressive development of alcohol abuse.

University registered greatest percentage of students to vote for the 2008 presidential election. Student leaders cited campus awareness of healthcare issues in election.

SUNY Upstate Medical University's training program for pediatricians was awarded the maximum accreditation—five years—by a national review board. The accreditation review said there were no areas that needed improvements.

Students, resident physicians, nurses and community healthcare practitioners now have state-of-the-art site for training; center also will conduct NIH-funded research on blood infections and respiratory distress syndrome.

Promising results in earlier study demonstrated that lithium showed neuroprotective properties in animals and small trial of patients; SUNY Upstate seeks trial participants.