Latest News UHealth Stroke Team Uses Game-Changing Procedure to Remove Blood Clot in 26-Year-Old Patient

A team of stroke experts from UHealth University of Miami Health System delivered a game-changing treatment to 26-year-old Isabel Vinueza at Jackson Memorial Hospital, carefully removing a clot blocking the flow of blood to her brain.

This team saved my life, Vinueza said at a Sept. 15 news conference. Nowhere else could I have gotten such fast and effective treatment.

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A new University of Miami study, aimed at identifying early signs of Alzheimers disease and other neurocognitive decline among Latinos and Hispanics, could help delay or even prevent its onset thanks to a $5.67 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging.

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Recent years have seen much progress in understanding how nutrients and other molecules are detected by receptors on taste buds. Still, little is known about the way our taste buds encode information about taste qualities before transmitting to the brain. Now scientists at the Miller School of Medicine have conducted experiments that elucidate the path of taste.

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Rose A. Labriola, Ed.D., has been named Chief Nursing Officer of University of Miami Hospital. She is a Nurse Executive Advanced-Board Certified professional as designated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

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UHealth annual influenza vaccination is a safety priority and in the best interest of our patients and our employees. The most important thing you can do to protect your health and that of others this fall and winter is to get a flu shot now. We are asking everyone in the UHealth community to do so. Remember, a healthy U begins with you.

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A collaborative Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Florida International University (FIU) biomedical engineering team has developed a breakthrough retinal imaging technology that could help clinicians diagnose and assess the extent of vision loss in patients with a wide range of conditions.

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