USF professors focus diverse skills into life-saving stroke device
Who said engineering and neuroscience aren’t good bedfellows? Two University of South Florida professors are proof that disparate disciplines can work together for a common cause – gaining […]
It’s your fibroblasts. They’ve come to fix your brain.
Until recently, scientists knew little about how important cells called fibroblasts might help protect the brain when a life-threatening bleeding stroke occurs. But these cells may function like […]
USF Health, TGH cardiologists earn NIH funding to study procedure’s impact on lowering stroke risk
It is a part of the heart that most people have never pondered, let alone heard of, in their lives. But the left atrial appendage – a physical […]
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, […]
Early study shows new shoe attachment can help stroke patients improve their gait [video]
A new device created at the University of South Florida – and including a cross-disciplinary team of experts from USF engineering, physical therapy and neurology – is showing […]
Dr. Mack Wu studies molecular control of ischemia-reperfusion injury, leaky gut
USF Health researcher Mack Wu, MD, studies what happens when the microvascular endothelial barrier controlling blood-tissue exchange is compromised during ischemia-reperfusion injury, a condition that can lead to […]
Cost of neurological diseases in U.S. approaching $800 billion a year
University of South Florida study shows research investment critical to prevent destabilizing economic impact TAMPA, FL (March 29, 2017) — More Americans are living longer and surviving chronic […]
Pioneering nanotechnology research has applications for cardiovascular diseases
The founding director of the USF Health Heart Institute has a passion for innovation, translational medicine and entrepreneurship. Samuel A. Wickline, MD, has parlayed his expertise in harnessing […]
USF researchers find stroke damages blood-spinal cord barrier
Stroke’s long-term effects on blood-spinal cord barrier can lead to ‘an increasingly toxic environment’ in spinal cord and ‘significant input on disease pathology’ Tampa, Fla. (June 14, 2016) […]
USF Health taking active roles in helping support AHA Heart Walk
Heart disease and stroke impact so many families across the United States, including our own families here at USF Health. The American Heart Association is holding its annual […]