For the week of October 4, 2010 – a snapshot of our colleagues making news across the country and around the world
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USF studying blows to head in football

The Tampa Tribune

Pellegrino is one of seven Berkeley Prep players volunteering in a new University of South Florida study that will look beyond the dangerous knockout blows…

Collier Medical Society backs biomedical park, supports private financing

Naples Daily News

Officials with the University of South Florida in Tampa, who say they would like to collaborate with Jackson in the park, also were present…

Medical education still evolving 100 years after Flexner report

American Medical News

The University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa is among the schools that have expanded their programs to improve teaching students…

South Florida Ponders Benefits of Personalized Medicine Institute

Bio-IT World

To the medical school dean at the University of South Florida, Stephen Klasko, the future of health care lies in a big field about 165…

IVF has “meant the world” to Tampa Bay women battling infertility

The St. Petersburg Times

“This is a big day for us,” said Dr. Shayne Plosker, director of the IVF & Reproductive Endocrinology program at the University of South Florida…

Two alternatives to embryonic stem cell research

American Council on Science and Health

According to study investigator Dr. Cesar Borlongan, a neurologist at the University of South Florida, the retrieval of MenSCs “offers greater ease…

Water, Sports Drinks Top Tools in Trying To Hydrate

The Lakeland Ledger

Dr. Rebecca Lopez of the University of South Florida’s Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine said nutrients should be replenished with sports drinks…

The Fisher-Price recall: Should parents worry?

The Week Magazine

But that is not necessarily a bad thing, says Dr. Ben Pollara, emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida…

USF and Saneron get $2.6 million to develop Alzheimer’s treatment using umbilical cord blood cells

First Science (Tampa Bay Business Journal, Gulf Coast Business Review, News-Medical, PhysOrg.com, Genetic Engineering News, Maddux Tampa Bay News Wire, Biomed Middle East, EurekAlert)

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $2.6-million grant to the University of South Florida and Tampa-based biotechnology company Saneron-CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., to establish dosing and safety guidelines…

Crowded ERs result in patients going home

United Press International (St. Louis Globe-Democrat)

Researchers at the University of South Florida say as wait times in hospital ERs increase, the rate of patients in waiting rooms leaving before getting…

USF To Develop Public Health Training Centers Through $8M Grants

83 Degrees Media

Two federal grants totaling $8 million were recently awarded to the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health. USF, one of 14 schools in the nation awarded a grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention…

Ignoring acid reflux symptoms can lead to bigger problems

The St. Petersburg Times

… cells,” said Dr. H. Worth Boyce, professor of medicine and director of the esophageal and swallowing disorder center at the University of South Florida…

Castor Honored as Champion for Children
Scottrade

Congresswoman Kathy Castor was recognized today as a ” Champion for Children” by First Focus, a bipartisan advocacy organization dedicated
…childhood for the School of Public Health. This money is allowing USF to continue its focus on one of the biggest health problems facing our…

USF a partner in gene research lab taking shape near Naples
Tampa Tribune (AP)

To the medical school dean at the University of South Florida , the future of health care lies in a big field about 165 miles south of Tampa,
USF a partner in gene research lab taking shape near Naples TAMPA – To the medical school dean at the University of South Florida , the future…

Most Americans Back Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Poll

MSN Health & Fitness (Including more than 75 news outlets including: U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Yahoo! News, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, HealthFinder.gov, Health.com)

Paul Sanberg, distinguished professor of neurosurgery and director of the University of South Florida Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair in…

USF celebrates NIH research grants with public event

The Orlando Sentinel

USF Health scientists and clinicians, with support of National Institutes of Health funding, will be featured at “Research Means Hope: News from the Front Lines,” 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12…

What are those unsightly spots on my skin?

The Tampa Tribune

… rid yourselves of these unsightly brown spots. Neil Alan Fenske is professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at USF Health.

Despite questions over red light cameras, St. Petersburg moves forward

The St. Petersburg Times

Other studies, including one from the University of South Florida’s Department of Public Health, show the cameras increase the number of rear-end collisions…

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