USF Health In the News: for the week of December 7, 2010
For the week of December 7, 2010 – a snapshot of our colleagues making news across the country and around the world
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USF Health has opened a state-of-the-art ALS clinic to treat and research a horrible affliction that slowly robs its victims of movement and other functions, even as their minds remain healthy and whole.
Gene Therapy Corrected Rare Bleeding Disorder: Study
Bloomberg BusinessWeek (also featured in: U.S. News & World Report, MSN Health & Fitness, Health Finder, Yahoo! News, Bio-Medicine, Good Health, Medbroadcast, Doctors Lounge, Newsday)
… added Paul Sanberg, a stem cell specialist who is director of the University of South Florida Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair in Tampa…
Danger seen in rushing a baby’s birth
The St. Petersburg Times
… a neonatologist and senior executive associate dean at the University of South Florida College of Medicine who is serving in the collaborative…
A life-changing shift for Dr. Troutman
The Courier-Journal
This month he became the new director of the University of South Florida’s Public Health Practice and Public Health Leadership Institute…
Tampa’s ‘Sensitive Santa’ allows children with autism to get photographs, too
The St. Petersburg Times
… sensory-friendly events, said Mindy Stevens, the assistant director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the University of South Florida…
AMC and Autism Society team to show movies for noisy autistic kids
East Valley Tribune (The Republic)
… and the amplified sound, said Dr. Karen Berkman, executive director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the University of South Florida…
Dynamics Of Chaperone Protein Critical In Rescuing Brains Of Alzheimer’s Mice From Neuron Damage
Medical News Today (also featured in: Bioscience Technology, Daily News & Analysis, News-Medical, PhysOrg.com, Eureka! Science News, RedOrbit, DailyIndia, TopNews, Sify, Oneindia, MedIndia)
… mice genetically modified to develop the memory-choking tau tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a University of South Florida-led study found…
Coyle: No emergency meeting on Jackson Lab, delay could be a positive
Naples Daily News (Marco Eagle)
The University of South Florida at Tampa, Edison State College and Florida Gulf Coast University also have signed letters of intent to participate in the…
Why mixing alcohol, caffeine is so deadly, impairing
The Bradenton Herald
… effect of the alcohol — and that’s simply not true,” said Dr. Glenn Whelan, assistant professor at the University of South Florida College of Pharmacy.
USF’s Infectious Disease commits to safety with advance textile
Fibre2fashion.com (Bioportfolio
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Personal ruin from social networking
Fred Coyle, one of Jackson Lab’s biggest proponents, says deal hinges on …
Naples Daily News
So far, the University of South Florida at Tampa, Edison State College and Florida Gulf Coast University have signed letters of intent to participate. .
Guest editorial: Innovation Incentive Fund Offers Good ROI for Florida
Naples Daily News
…Laboratory. Already, they have attracted partners such as the University of South Florida, Florida Gulf Coast University, Edison State …
Osteoporosis Risk With Asthma and COPD Therapies Needs More Vigilance
Medscape
Dennis Ledford, MD, from the University of South Florida College of Medicine and James A. Haley Veterans Hospital and All Children’s Hospital in Tampa, …
Food for thought: Vitamins that keep your brain young
WXVT 15
…professor in the department of neurosurgery and Brain Repair at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. So which vitamins and nutrients
Tampa Bay has had nine bicycle fatalities in just over four months
