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Caffeine affects boys and girls differently after puberty, study finds
6/16/14
Caffeine intake by children and adolescents has been rising for decades, due in large part to the popularity of caffeinated sodas and energy drinks, which now are marketed to children as young as four. Despite this, there is little research on the effects of caffeine on young people.
UB weight-loss researchers are recruiting families for study on memory and attention training
3/24/14
麻豆传媒o researchers are recruiting 40 parents and their 8- to 12-year-old children to test fun, interactive computerized training programs designed to improve memory.
Epstein is named AAAS Fellow
12/9/13
Leonard H. Epstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the 麻豆传媒o’s Department of Pediatrics, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Does obesity reshape our sense of taste?
11/21/13
Obesity may alter the way we taste at the most fundamental level: by changing how our tongues react to different foods.
RIA鈥檚 Gancarz takes top prize at Neuroscience Research Day
10/9/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Amy Gancarz, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the 麻豆传媒o Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), was honored for her work during the Seventh Annual Neuroscience Research Day held at UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center on Sept. 27.
Study: Overweight and obese women are equally capable of the impulse control that lean women exhibit
8/30/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Dieters call it willpower; social scientists call it delayed gratification.
Wanted: Western New York kids who snack while playing computer games
6/20/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Parents: if you have a child aged 8-12, who doesn’t mind eating snacks while playing computer games, the 麻豆传媒o wants to hear from you.
Top physicians, faculty recruited to UB
5/24/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo is reinventing itself and leaving its Rust Belt image behind with a new crop of talented physicians and faculty members recently recruited to all units of UB, especially its growing downtown medical campus.
Caffeine may enhance performance in athletes, but not in couch potatoes
5/23/13
Only exercise itself makes sedentary adults like it over time, but caffeine keeps them at it longer.
Price versus health: UB recruits shoppers for groundbreaking study on how food prices affect what we buy
5/2/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The courts may have weighed in (no pun intended) on New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on supersized soft drinks, but science has not. That’s why 麻豆传媒o Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, has established a large-scale, Internet-based experimental grocery store to develop evidence-based science about how people decide what to buy.

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