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USF Health Tampa Bay Street Medicine continues to provide care to the homeless and unsheltered.

The Tampa Bay Street Medicine Project (TBSM) is a USF Health Morsani College of Medicine (MCOM) student-run service organization that was formed in 2014. In response to the […]

Tampa Magazine’s 2022 Top Doctors list includes many USF Health physicians

This year’s Top Doctors list is out, and many USF Health physicians earned spots on the list. Tampa Magazine surveyed nearly 11,260 physicians across the Tampa Bay area, […]

Ever changing COVID-19 could render Paxlovid less effective, USF Health study finds

USF Health researchers publish on naturally occurring mutations of SARS-CoV-2 main protease gaining resistance to nirmatrelvir In the war against deadly viruses, the enemy often wears camouflage. The […]

USF Health Voice Center is here to save your voice

Our voices are one of the most important ways we communicate. Be it projecting to the audience while giving a presentation, encouraging your children on the field or […]

Grateful Patient Series: Dr. Jolan Walter with Kimberly Weeks

  Kimberly (Kim) Weeks has spent a lifetime with conditions doctors could never pinpoint causes for or new diagnoses added to her list of chronic conditions. Across her […]

Teams at USF Health, Tampa General save local doctor after two strokes

Although stroke is a leading killer, experts say it demands more attention and funding. On a Thursday night in mid-January, Dr. Rahul N. Mehra, a prominent Tampa psychiatrist, […]

Playing in the Florida sun is fun, but be careful to avoid heat stroke

  Summer is synonymous with spending long, sun-drenched days playing or working outside. But that summertime fun can quickly turn into a dangerous health emergency if you aren’t […]

USF Health Alzheimer’s team publishes findings in major science journal

More than 6 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, and by 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million and cost the nation more than $1 […]

USF awarded $3.2 million to contribute to development of blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease

Tampa FL (June 8, 2022) – The University of South Florida received $3.2 million from the National Institute on Aging to investigate if Alzheimer’s disease can be detected […]

Cardiology specialist first to earn PhD from USF Health Heart Institute program

Scientific research is often a low-key exercise, with fastidious people peering into microscopes and working under the radar. Seldom are they described as rising stars, but Jiajia Yang […]

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