Dr. Makoto Hashimoto will serve as a professor and a director at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and see patients at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.
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During Diabetes Awareness Month comes news of researchers’ work to implement World Health Organization guidelines to strengthen care in a country with one of the highest rates of diabetes.
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Psychologist Dana McMakin studies the link between sleep and kids’ mental health. Her advice for young and old alike: recall a happy memory at bedtime to help the brain process memories and emotions.
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Findings suggest that beginning strictly with a behavioral therapy approach, without the addition of medication at that time, allows children a greater opportunity to develop self-regulation skills.
- Breaking barriers: the power of empathy in medicine
Medical student Mona Roshan shares her heartfelt experience providing care through FIU's NeighborhoodHELP mobile clinic.
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Psychology Associate Professor Elisa Trucco explains why teens are drawn to e-cigarettes and what can be done to address the growing problem.
- Caring for the aging population of 9/11 responders
As a growing number of those who served in the wake of the World Trade Center attack move to Florida, FIU researchers look to address their ongoing needs.
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Rebecca Zhangqiuzi Fan and Kim Tieu, researchers in environmental health sciences at FIU, write in The Conversation.