麻豆传媒

• share
• favorite_border

With hurricane season in full force, several Florida Atlantic University faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding hurricane preparedness, evacuation and aftermath.

• share
• favorite_border

FAU's Joanna Drowos, D.O., M.P.H., M.B.A., provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 vaccines.

• share
• favorite_border

Terry Adirim, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., in FAU鈥檚 Schmidt College of Medicine, provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions and offers helpful tips regarding COVID-19 and 鈥渢rick-or-treating鈥� during the pandemic.

• share
• favorite_border

Dr. Terry Adirim provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions regarding COVID-19 and return to school for school-age children. Adirim is a physician executive with senior leadership and executive experience in academic medicine and the federal government. Her expertise includes pandemic planning and response, health care quality improvement and patient safety, and health policy and management.

• share
• favorite_border

Approximately 47 million people worldwide are living with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) and other dementias. One of the most prominent neuroscientists in the country has developed eight myths and truths about AD to shed light on this form of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior.

• share
• favorite_border

The proverb, 鈥減hysician heal thyself,鈥� is probably more relevant today than it was in biblical times with the fast pace of life, the impact of multitasking and the unending bombardment of information, which have made emotional exhaustion almost certain. And this is especially true for obstetricians and gynecologists who experience professional burnout rates between 40 to 75 percent.

• share
• favorite_border

For decades, American waistlines have been expanding and there is increasing cause for alarm. Researchers make the case that metabolic syndrome is the new 鈥渟ilent killer,鈥� analogous to hypertension in the 1970s. As it turns out, the 鈥渓ove handle鈥� can be fatal.

• share
• favorite_border

From human behavior such as mother/infant bonding, addiction and communication disorders to devastating brain diseases like Parkinson鈥檚 and Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, neuroscientists and other researchers from FAU鈥檚 Brain Institute are at the forefront of innovative research that will generate knowledge to benefit society.

• share
• favorite_border

Although most children use their smartphones and social media apps in appropriate ways, about 25 percent will experience online bullying at some point.

• share
• favorite_border

Human voice pitch has been shown to influence how voters perceive candidates for elected office and appears to influence voters both in the laboratory and in real life as they tend to support candidates with lower-pitched voices. The remaining question is, how does this work?

• share
• favorite_border

An El Ni帽o winter which brought record rainfall in January has been threatening the ecological health of the St. Lucie River in southeast Florida. Ongoing discharges from Lake Okeechobee are damaging the delicate balance of freshwater and saltwater in surrounding estuaries.

• share
• favorite_border

A boycott of Sunday night鈥檚 Academy Awards to protest the lack of racial diversity among the nominees is unlikely to create the change many hoped for, says a Florida Atlantic University professor who has studied boycotts for almost 20 years.

• share
• favorite_border

More than five million Americans and 15 million caregivers are impacted by Alzheimer's disease. A leading neuroscientist at Florida Atlantic University has developed eight myths and truths about this prevalent form of dementia.

• share
• favorite_border

Every 67 seconds someone is the United States develops Alzheimer鈥檚 disease or some form of dementia. James E. Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., one of the most prominent neuroscientists in the country, is at the helm of cutting-edge research, screening methods and clinical care for all forms of dementia and cognitive impairments as well as neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and Parkinson鈥檚 disease.