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Researchers Urge: 'Prescribe Aspirin Based on Benefit-to-Risk Not Age'

By | January 5, 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.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Study Reveals Gaps in Florida's COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

By | 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

By | November 29, 2021

A world-renowned clinician-researcher has joined the Schmidt College of Medicine to direct the ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Center for Brain Health to focus on Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative dementia prevention.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Names New Dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

By | 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 ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Geriatrician and World War II Hero

By | November 9, 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.

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥Expert on COVID-19 Boosters and Vaccines for Children Ages 5-11

By | November 3, 2021

Joanna Drowos, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., ·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥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.

FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine Receives $1 Million Gift

By | September 29, 2021

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥'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.

EMS Ketamine Use on Patients on Cocaine Raises Intubation 5.75-fold

By | September 29, 2021

·¬ÇÑÖ±²¥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.

'Stop Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19'

By | 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

By | 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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