USF Health Pharmacy students join clinical staff at BRIDGE Clinic
Patients are likely to benefit the most from the added expertise of USF Health College of Pharmacy students to the USF Health BRIDGE Healthcare Clinic staff. Pharmacy students recently joined the...
View ArticleBridging academic medicine and managed care, with help from Magic Johnson,...
A new partnership between academic medicine and managed care will help patients with HIV/AIDS across central Florida gain better access to more coordinated and quality care. The USF Health Morsani...
View ArticleInaugural Alzheimer’s & the Arts fundraiser to benefit USF Health Byrd...
Tampa, FL (Oct. 1, 2013) — The USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute will hold Alzheimer’s & the Arts, an evening of artistic expression, 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Institute, 4001 E...
View ArticleBRIDGE Clinic awarded national grant to provide colon cancer screenings and care
The USF Health BRIDGE Clinic has won a grant from the national Colon Cancer Alliance to provide colon cancer services to BRIDGE patients. The BRIDGE Clinic, a student-run free clinic that serves...
View ArticleUSF Physical Therapy puts active police officer back to work, and riding her...
A career in law enforcement and a cherished hobby of showing horses were heading toward dead ends for Janise Man-Son-Hing. Since November 2011, ever-increasing back pain was preventing even the...
View ArticleYbor Youth Clinic adds affordable family planning services for those at risk
Ybor Youth Clinic, a facility specifically designed for adolescents and young adults, recently expanded the healthcare services it offers Tampa Bay area adolescents and young adults to include...
View ArticleUSF Nursing makes special deliveries, bringing holiday cheer to hospitalized...
This is the College’s second annual B.E.A.R.S. campaign – the cuddly teddy bears are a hit at Tampa Bay hospitals Tampa, FL (Dec. 3, 2013) –This holiday season, the University of South Florida College...
View ArticleUSF ENT part of leading study on an alternative sleep apnea therapy
-Study results published in recent New England Journal of Medicine- A recent New England Journal of Medicine article reporting that upper airway stimulation reduces the severity of obstructive...
View ArticleUSF Health Specialty Care Center opens in The Villages
The Villages (Jan. 24, 2014) - USF Health is now providing a broad range of specialty care – from orthopaedics to endocrinology – in north central Florida as it opens the USF Health Specialty Care...
View ArticleState funding pushes access to ALS care across Florida
Increased funding helps provide much-needed coordinated care to ALS patients and families across Florida. Access to care truly made a difference to Billie Jean Fogle. There’s no cure for the...
View ArticleSam Fuld’s Diabetes Sports Camp at USF bigger and better than ever
Major league baseball outfielder Sam Fund is surrounded by young campers at the diabetes sports camp he hosts each year at USF. This year’s Sam Fuld USF Diabetes Sports Camp attracted a record number...
View ArticleNutritional supplement improves cognitive performance in older adults, USF...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcaOx28CjKg NT-020, a proprietary supplement including blueberries and green tea, improved cognitive processing speed in clinical trial participants without impaired...
View ArticleFaced with infertility, a couple turns to USF Health IVF for a successful...
There are no easy words to ease the impact of hearing you’re infertile, that you will never be able to have a baby. So when Shari Locascio heard them, she didn’t hesitate before contacting a...
View ArticleUSF Health Ybor Youth Clinic to host first annual, fun-filled scavenger hunt...
USF Health’s Ybor Youth Clinic, the first-ever free healthcare clinic for underserved and at-risk youth in Tampa Bay, is hosting its first annual Ybor’s Alley-Oop for Youth fundraiser at 2 p.m.,...
View ArticleUSF Health Cardiovascular Sciences among Afib ablation leaders in DECAAF trial
MRI helps assess effect of atrial fibrosis on Afib ablation therapy outcome, multinational study reported in JAMA shows A provocative study recently reported in the Journal of the American Medical...
View ArticleMarch Madness inspires a great cause for at-risk youth
Over 80 supporters from the Tampa Bay area geared up in colorful basketball jerseys, striped knee-high socks and sneakers ready to put their know how to the test to support underserved, at-risk youth...
View ArticleFDA fast tracks Friedreich’s ataxia drug undergoing testing in USF-led trial
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday designated fast-track status to EPI-743 for the treatment of Friedreich’s ataxia – a move that will help accelerate clinical development of the...
View ArticleUSF Health cardiologists apply advanced catheter technology to treat atrial...
Tampa General Hospital is among the first in the region to offer the new high-tech catheter device Tampa, FL (April 1, 2014) –Tampa General Hospital is among the first in Tampa Bay region to offer a...
View ArticleNew intraoperative MRI lets TGH-USF Health neurosurgeons see brain as surgery...
Tampa General is the first hospital in the Tampa Bay area to acquire the advanced imaging technology Neurosurgeons at Tampa General Hospital, including doctors from USF Health, will now be able to use...
View ArticleUSF Health expert authors NEJM clinical article on insect-stinging allergies
Tampa, FL (April 10, 2014) – Patients with severe allergies to stings from bees, wasps, hornets, fire ants and other insects should seriously consider immunotherapy, the recommended standard treatment...
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