USF Health In the News – for the week of February 1, 2010
For the week of February 1, 2010 – a snapshot of our colleagues making news across the country and around the world
TELEVISION NEWS
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PRINT & ONLINE NEWS
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U.S. News & World Report (Yahoo! News; Discovery Health; Health Blogs; Dayton Daily News; Health Day; MedBroadcast; Health Finder; The Pulse-Journal; WAFB CBS-9); EmpowHer (blog); Health.com)
To Boost Your Memory, Take a Break
… when you get this transfer of memory,” said Dr. Paul Sanberg, director of the University of South Florida Center for Aging and Brain Repair in Tampa.
MyFox Tampa Bay (eXaminer.com)
Haitian victims strain Florida hospitals
…in a tight budget ourselves,” Governor Crist told FOX 13. University of South Florida and Stetson Law School Professor Dr. Jay Wolfson says medical…
Tampa Tribune
Undiagnosed illnesses put even experienced runners at risk
… one of those problems,” said Eric Coris, a sports medicine specialist and head medical team physician for athletics at the University of South Florida
Tampa Tribune
Some skin-lightening creams conceal dark side
… products “are a double-edged sword,” says Dr. George Cohen, assistant professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of South Florida
Tec Trends (Tickertech.com; Sys.Con Canada; AlphaTrade Finance; Cloud Computing Journal; Birmingham Business Journal; PR Newswire; RCR Wireless: Stock Watch; Sys-Con; The Earth Times; Hoovers; Yacht Charters Magazine; Pharma Deals)
…a Biomarker of Parkinson’s Disease Chuanhai Cao, PhD, University of South Florida, College of Medicine Analysis of the Enteric Nervous System…
American Medical News
Florida’s health plan for the uninsured has few takers
Ed Homan, MD, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. But Cover Florida plans’ sign-up rate has …
Ethiopian Review (Zikkir)
New faculty member helps patients understand diabetes
…with diabetes, they may get depressed. Or anxious. Or angry. New USF faculty member Laura Williams, PhD, knows this better than most. Dr. Laura…
Ethiopian Review (Zikkir)
Nursing makes global health connections
…Cadena, PhD, ARNP, (center) director of Global Health at the USF College of Nursing, with visiting nursing faculty members, from left to…
TwinCities.com
YOU Docs: Cardiac rehab best way to protect your heart
…to dangerous bouts of depression after a heart attack. In a University of South Florida study, a women-only rehab program countered depression…
U.S. News & World Report (Science News)
Skin Cells Transformed Directly Into Neurons
“If it’s a naturally occurring repair mechanism, that could be exciting,” says Paul Sanberg, a neuroscientist at the University of South Florida College of
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (Free Republic; News Guide)
Beyond liver transplants: Acutely damaged livers may be repaired via transplanted hepatocytes
…Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, College of Medicine, the University of South Florida and the Diabetes.
Medical News Today (Kaiser Health News)
Florida Scholars Criticize Media Coverage Of Health Reform
… parts of the legislation, say three top researchers in the field from University of Florida, Florida State University and University of South Florida. …
MSN Money (Yahoo! Finance Canada; Stock House; CNX Markets; Individual.com; Tec Trends; StreetInsider.com; Yahoo! Finance US; Sys.Con Canada; Hoovers; On-Demand Enterprise; IStock Analyst; Birmingham Business Journal; Lienmarché CNX (FRA); FinanzNachrichten.de; PR Newswire; Ulitzer; Cincinnati Enquirer – Business; PaidContent.org; CBS 11 News; PipelineReview.com)
Labopharm Receives FDA Approval For OLEPTRO(TM)
…and Director of the Depression and Anxiety Disorders Research Institute, University of South Florida College of Medicine. “When given at the…
TheDenverChannel.com
Lyme Disease Difficult To Diagnose, Treat
… three strains right now, but there might be 300 strains,” said Dr. Michael Cichon, assistant clinical professor at the University of South Florida. …
IMTJ Online
Cuba wants American medical tourists
The organization has encouraged the University of South Florida to establish a medical school relationship with Cuban institutions and supports efforts to .
Journal of Clinical Oncology
…Institute; and Departments of Oncologic Sciences, Dermatology, and Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL. Corresponding..
Journal of Clinical Oncology
…Research Institute; Departments of Oncologic Science and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, College of Medicine,…
Yorkshire Evening Post (Sheffield Telegraph; Eastbourne Today; Derbyshire Times)
Can mobile phones halt Alzheimer’s?
This research was carried out by Dr Gary Arendash at the University of South Florida. The study was funded by the National Institute on…
HealthLeaders Media
Surgeons Still Forgetting To Remove Objects from Patients
The proposal notes that a report by Thomas J. Krizek, MD, of the University of South Florida, found that “as many as 45% of all surgery patients had one or …
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