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The findings, which appear in the June issue of the Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry , describe new agents which can be given orally in pill form, which would more expedient in an emergency situation.

Everyone knows the summer sun can hurt you in ways far beyond the immediate pain of a nasty burn.

Boston University School of Medicine researchers have observed in a study of pregnant women that consumption of at least seven servings per day of fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of developing an upper respiratory tract infection .

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have shown that patients with uncontrolled hypertension respond to treatment intensification regardless of their degree of adherence to antihypertensive medications.

This summer, more than 600 Boston teenagers will get paying jobs, and attend weekly life-skills workshops, through the MLK Summer Scholars program, sponsored by John Hancock Financial, The Boston Globe and Boston University, with major support from Partners HealthCare.

"Sarah Palin is no longer a credible candidate for president in 2012. Most of the commentary will say, 'More disaster for GOP.' It looks that way.

The Recording Industry Association of America on Monday demanded a federal judge order Harvard University's Charles Nesson to remove from the internet "unauthorized and illegal recordings" of pretrial hearings and depositions in a file-sharing lawsuit headed to trial.

From the Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

A simple fall can change your life. Just ask any of the thousands of older men and women who fall each year and fracture a bone.

Alejandro Prieto of Bella Vista participated - lege of Music's 2009 commencement, held recently at Boston University's Agganis Arena.

COURTESY OF ALSTON PURVIS ; PETER MOUNTAINFrom left: Melvin Purvis and J. Edgar Hoover a few weeks after the death of Dillinger and as played by Christian Bale and Billy Crudup in "Public Enemies.'' ; Peter Mountain) "At one time, my father was one of the 10 most famous men in the world,'' says Alston Purvis , chairman of the graphic design ...

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy , which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

The shameful beating of Officer Michael Cox at the hands of his fellow Boston police officers on Jan.

A The potential role of periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the gums, in the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic stroke, has received growing attention during the last decade.

EVER THE BOOKWORM, retired Alton Central School Reading Director Jackie Verville poses for a photo while packing up her office on June 25.

The federal government accepted Suffolk University into a new program yesterday that would cover the entire bill for enrolled veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

June 22: Harold "Hal" Turner, left, of North Bergen, N.J., stands with his attorney Matthew Potter during his arraignment in Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., to face a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers.

With President Barack Obama's signature last week, the federal Food and Drug Administration took on vast new powers, for the first time authorized to regulate tobacco products.

BOSTON - Boston University police are looking for a man reported in three peeping incidents on campus.

Linda Killian is the author of The Freshmen: What Happened to the Republican Revolution? She is a professor of journalism and director of the Boston University Washington Center and a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.