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(Boston University) Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have, for the first time, found that angiotensin receptor blockers -- a particular class of anti-hypertensive medicines -- are associated with a striking decrease in the occurrence and progression of dementia.

Data from this study will be presented this weekend at the 2008 International Conference on Alzheimer's disease in Chicago.

(Boston University) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center found that sexual behavior counseling during drug addiction treatment should be considered an important component among Russian substance-dependent individuals, in order to decrease risky sexual behavior in the HIV at-risk population.

This study appears in the journal Addiction.

(Boston University) Weston resident Karen H. Antman, MD, provost of Boston University Medical Campus and dean of Boston University School of Medicine, will be honored with the Distinguished Service Award for Scientific Leadership by the American Society of Clinical Oncology at their annual meeting in Chicago this weekend.

Antman, an internationally renowned expert in the field of breast cancer, is widely recognized for her development of a standard treatment regimen for sarcoma.

(Boston University) M. Michael Wolfe, M.D., professor of medicine and research professor of physiology and biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine and chief of the Gastroenterology Section at Boston Medical Center, was awarded an Individual Biomedical Research Award by the Hartwell Foundation.

Wolfe, considered a premier authority on the biology of GI regulatory peptides, will receive $300,000 direct cost over three years as a Hartwell Investigator for his project, "Peptide Replacement Therapy Using Transgenic Stem Cells Delivered to the Small Intestinal Mucosa."

(Boston University) In a collaborative effort, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that deletions or mutations within the TFAP2A gene result in the distinctive clefting disorder Branchio-Oculo-Facial syndrome.

This rare disorder is characterized by specific skin anomalies involving the neck and behind the ear, eye abnormalities, a typical facial appearance, and frequently cleft lip and palate.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have developed a new "clinicogenomic model" to accurately test for lung cancer.

The model combines a specific gene expression for lung cancer as well as clinical risk factors. These findings currently appear online in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center and collaborators nationwide have found that decreased sexual satisfaction in postmenopausal women, is not clearly associated with cardiovascular disease.

This study appears in the April 2008 issue of the American Journal of Medicine.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center have found post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with more hospitalizations, longer hospitalizations and greater mental healthcare utilization in urban primary care patients.

These findings appear in the current issue of Medical Care.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have estimated that one in six women are at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease in their lifetime, while the risk for men is one in ten.

These findings were released today by the Alzheimer's Association in their publication 2008 Alzheimer’s Disease: Facts and Figures.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have found that diltiazem, a drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure, reduces cocaine cravings in a rat model.

These findings will appear in the March issue of the leading medical journal Nature Neuroscience.