USF Health In the News – for the week of September 12, 2011
For the week of September 12, 2011, 2011 – a snapshot of our colleagues making news across the country and around the world
TELEVISION NEWS
You can access recent television news stories about USF Health here: Media Clips Gallery
Dr. David Rose talks about preventing strokes on WFLA – Channel 8
http://www2.tbo.com/news/2011/sep/15/preventing-strokes-with-fruit-and-vegeta-78707-vi-24142/
Dr. Lennox Hoyte discusses potential FDA ban of mesh products for prolapse on WTSP – Channel 10
http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/209665/8/FDA-might-ban-mesh-product-called-dangerous
PRINT & ONLINE NEWS
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Robertson Stirs Passions With Suggestion to Divorce an Alzheimer’s Patient
The New York Times
Dr. Amanda G. Smith, medical director of the Alzheimer’s Institute of the University of South Florida Health, in Tampa, said of Mr. Robertson’s remarks, “I think he was trying to give someone the freedom to move on, but he only took account of the caregiver without taking account of the patient.”
Pat Robertson Says Alzheimer’s Makes Divorce OK
ABC News
“To condone abandoning one’s spouse in the throes of this mind-robbing illness is absurd,” said Dr. Amanda Smith, medical director at the University of South Florida Health Alzheimer’s Center in Tampa.
Squirts of insulin may help those with early Alzheimer’s
The St. Petersburg Times
Dr. David Morgan, chief executive of the Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute at the University of South Florida, says he has seen many small-scale studies that…
USF SELECT elevates value of emotional intelligence training
Tampa Bay Business Journal
“We’re committed to creating a four-year leadership training curriculum based on emotional intelligence for these students and incorporating it later into all student training,” said Alicia Monroe, vice dean of education affairs…
4 Surprising Reasons Why You Can’t Lose Weight
HealthyState.org
Dr. Pamela Wartian Smith also co-directs the master’s program in metabolic and nutritional medicine at the University of South Florida.
How do I stay in shape while recovering from an injury?
The Tampa Tribune
… allow the healing process to go as planned. Larry Collins is a physician assistant in the USF Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at USF Health.
WJXT Jacksonville
Dietician at the University of South Florida, Dr. Lauri Wright compared the arsenic issue to apple seeds. “It’s just so minute and there’s no evidence of…
Aging can bring out vulnerabilities, unhealthy behaviors
The Tampa Tribune
… professor and chair of the department of Aging & Mental Health at the University of South Florida’s Florida Mental Health Institute…
Nature new focus of USF lab targeting biological terror
The Tampa Tribune
USF is trying to be ready for “what’s around the corner,” Cannons said, be it a deadly new virus, antibiotic-resistant organism or food-borne illness
Appeals Court Tosses Out Two Healthcare Reform Suits
MedPage Today
Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD, a professor of health law and policy at the University of South Florida, told MedPage Today and ABC News in an email that the debate…
Tampa General Among Elite With Top Rank in Seven Specialties
MD News
… the result of the teamwork that exists between the hospital staff, the University of South Florida College of Medicine and community medical providers…
When Protecting Baby Becomes an Obsession
U.S. News & World Report (also included in more than 10 news outlets: MSN Health & Fitness, Medline Plus, Yahoo! News India, Med Broadcast, Doctors Lounge)
… an associate professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and psychology at the University of South Florida Medical School who has studied postpartum OCD…
Postpartum OCD is becoming more common
Health24.com
… an associate professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and psychology at the University of South Florida Medical School who has studied postpartum OCD…
