UAlbany in the News
by Michael Parker (December 9, 2005)
- Shadi S. Saleh, an assistant professor in the department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior with the School of Public Health was lead author for an article on heart attack survival in the American
Journal of Cardiology. Reuters wrote a feature story on the research, with Medscape, Yahoo! News, The Peninsula On-Line (Qatar) and Red Nova all picking up the Reuters story. "Americans' odds of surviving a heart attack seem to partially depend on which state they live in, according to researchers." Their study of hospital data from 11 states found wide variation in both treatment of heart attacks and patients' short-term death rates. Overall, heart attack patients in New York, South Carolina, Maryland, and California were most likely to die in the hospital, with mortality rates in each state hovering around 11 percent. Patients in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon and Washington state, where in-hospital death rates were roughly 8 to 9 percent, were the least likely to die. Heart attack patients who underwent angioplasty, Saleh's team found, had a much lower death rate — 1.8 percent, versus 10.4 percent among all patients in the study.
- David O. Carpenter, M.D., director of the Institute for Health and the Environment and a professor of environmental health and toxicology with the School of Public Health was featured in an Associated Press article detailing his research into how the risks of eating farmed salmon may outweigh the benefits. The study, which was covered by ABC News, CBS News, Fox News (nationally), the Boston
Globe, the Washington
Post, Newsday, the Los
Angeles Times, and several other national and international news agencies detailed how the toxin levels were so high in some farmed salmon from Europe that people should only eat a single serving once every five months. "That's pretty horrendous," said Carpenter. "In farmed salmon, the cancer risk dominated the health benefits."
- Alain Kaloyeros, vice president and chief administrative officer of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, was quoted as an expert on regional high-tech
initiatives for a story in the Tampa Tribune. The article also featured detailed information about Albany Nanotech and its $2.5 billion in private investment. "At the end of the day, as far as Albany is concerned, it means social and economic vibrancy and success," said Kaloyeros.
