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Medicine & Health Sciences

Scientists entering next phase of promising research for treatment of prostate cancer
Scientists are advancing on the battle against prostate cancer. A team of researchers from FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences ...
June 17, 2019
Deterrence-based audit policies reduce excess costs in health care, study finds
Skyrocketing spending and excess costs in the health care industry are reduced by innovative auditing methods that focus on increasing overall deterrence of waste and abuse in the long run.
June 10, 2019

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New partnership with Tel Aviv University expands opportunities for disaster and emergency management courses
Stempel College has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Tel Aviv in Israel.
July 23, 2019
NIH awards Stempel College $2.8M to study effects of soluble corn fiber on bone mass
Associate professor Cristina Palacios will study 236 adolescents who will consume either soluble corn fiber or a placebo twice daily to determine if the former results in greater bone mass.
July 23, 2019
Participants are needed to evaluate substance-use prevention program for teens with ADHD
Researchers at FIU’s Center for Children and Families are actively recruiting participants for one of the first substance-use prevention programs in the U.S. designed for adolescents with ADHD.
July 23, 2019
‘I’ve found my passion in rural health care’
The Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences received a $1.39 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration to provide nursing students innovative training in rural settings.
July 23, 2019
Researchers agree: Brain health is about more than just age, genetics
The Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, in partnership with the FIU Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED), recently hosted a symposium to discuss research regarding brain health and the promotion of interventions that could help alleviate the crisis related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
June 6, 2019
Research rules out mental flexibility, attention as advantages for some bilingual children
Bilingual children are on equal footing with monolingual children when it comes to regulating their behavior, planning and problem-...
May 20, 2019