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They Matched! ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Celebrates Match Day with Soon-to-be-Physicians
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine celebrated Match Day 2026 with its largest graduating class to date - 79 ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app - marking a significant milestone in their journey to becoming physicians.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., Named Senior Member of the NAI
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Lawrence Toll, Ph.D., has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors for pioneering neuropharmacology research advancing safer pain therapies and addiction treatments.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Study Finds Concerning Rise in U.S. Teen Obesity Over a Decade
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app researchers report that teen obesity is rising as fewer adolescents try to lose weight, highlighting increased long-term health risks and the urgent need for stronger support and healthier habits.
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Researchers Urge: 'Prescribe Aspirin Based on Benefit-to-Risk Not Age'
January 05, 2022
Researchers provide a perspective on aspirin to prevent heart attacks and stroke and urge health care providers to make clinical judgements on a case-by-case basis and based on benefit-to-risk and not age.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Study Reveals Gaps in Florida's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
December 14, 2021
Early distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Florida reached the intended senior population, but it failed to ensure equal access for lower-income and minority communities, according to a new study.
Richard S. Isaacson, M.D., to Lead Alzheimer's Disease Prevention
November 29, 2021
A world-renowned clinician-researcher has joined the Schmidt College of Medicine to direct the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Center for Brain Health to focus on Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative dementia prevention.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Names New Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
November 16, 2021
Julie G. Pilitsis, M.D., Ph.D., a leading neurosurgeon and physician scientist, will assume this role in February 2022.
Special Bond: Leading ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Geriatrician and World War II Hero
November 09, 2021
A leading geriatrician and advocate for seniors and a 98-year-old World War II veteran and hero have a common bond: to improve care and quality of life for Americans and people throughout the world.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Expert on COVID-19 Boosters and Vaccines for Children Ages 5-11
November 03, 2021
Joanna Drowos, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Schmidt College of Medicine, provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the COVID-19 boosters and vaccines for children ages 5 to 11.
EMS Ketamine Use on Patients on Cocaine Raises Intubation 5.75-fold
September 29, 2021
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Schmidt College of Medicine researchers explored the sedative used by EMS for 'excited delirium,' a form of aggressive behavior, and the effects of illicit substances on ensuing hospital intubations.
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Schmidt College of Medicine Receives $1 Million Gift
September 29, 2021
¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine has received a $1 million gift from Norton and Anita Waltuch to provide support for medical student scholarships.
'Stop Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19'
August 30, 2021
Schmidt College of Medicine researchers reviewed the recent major randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trials for hydroxychloroquine, finding a lack of significant benefit and some suggestion of harm.
Genomic Surveillance Crucial to Mitigate and Contain COVID-19
August 18, 2021
Researchers say that genomic surveillance to mitigate and contain COVID-19 is crucial to detect variants that are different well before they spread throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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