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Weeks Into Medical School, Miller School Students Help Save a Neighbor’s Life

Two Miller School students used early naloxone and emergency training to help an unresponsive neighbor while awaiting paramedics.
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University of Miami Psychologist Helps Peppa Pig Promote Hearing-Loss Awareness

University of Miami psychologist Ivette Cejas shares inclusive-play guidance for families of children with hearing loss in a Peppa Pig video.
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Stem Cell Delivery Approach Shows Promise for Stroke Recovery

A review led by University of Miami researchers examines how delivering stem cells directly into brain-supplying arteries could support recovery after ischemic stroke and identifies the evidence still ...
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U.S. Cancer Deaths Linked to Alcohol Have Doubled Since 1990, Study Finds

Alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States doubled between 1990 and 2023, according to a new study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of University of Miami ...
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Can AI Models Identify Parkinson’s Patients at Risk for Faster Decline?

For patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, one of the greatest uncertainties is what comes next. Some people experience relatively mild symptoms for years. Others face a much steeper course ...
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How UHealth Is Reimagining Food and Nutrition as Part of Healing

Healing in modern medicine is often defined by what is most visible, such as treatments, procedures and technologies that can be measured and scaled. Less visible are the moments in between, including ...
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Internationally Recognized Scientists Expand Miller School of Medicine’s Strength in Disease Modeling and Regenerative Science

Benjamin Freedman, Ph.D., a pioneer in kidney organoids and genome editing, and Hongxia Fu, Ph.D., an expert in mechanobiology and disease modeling, join the University of Miami Miller School of ...
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Could the Gut Hold Early Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease?

New research from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine found that intestinal organoids modeled on preclinical Alzheimer’s disease develop barrier damage, inflammation and hallmark disease ...
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UHealth—University of Miami Health System First in Florida to Use AI-Powered Heartflow PCI Navigator for Heart Procedures

An AI-powered platform is helping University of Miami cardiologists simulate treatment strategies and personalize coronary interventions before entering the cardiac catheterization lab, marking the ...
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Record M.D./M.B.A. Cohort at the Miller School of Medicine Signals a New Generation of Physician Leaders

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine welcomed the largest M.D./M.B.A. class in program history, highlighting growing interest among future physicians in combining clinical training with ...
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A Long Shadow: Mapping Mesothelioma’s Uneven Decline Across the United States

Mesothelioma is often described as a disease of the past, an echo of an era when asbestos was woven into ships, factories and buildings across the country. But new research from investigators at ...