Author: Dorron Blumberg

Former DEA Agent Robert Stutman to be featured speaker at Future of Medicine Summit: Part Four

October 13 2020 – Former DEA Speial Agent Robert Stutman, will be delivering a presentation, “When COVID-19 and Opioid Addiction Collide” on Thursday, October 22, 6-7:30 p.m. at the fourth segment of the five-part virtual Future of Medicine Summit. Presented by the Palm Beach County Medical Society (PBCMS), the event is free to participants, who may register at: 


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Marcus Neuroscience Institute names Khalid A. Hanafy, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director of Neurocritical Care and Research

October 13, 2020  – Khalid A. Hanafy, M.D., Ph.D., has joined Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, part of Baptist Health, as medical director of neurocritical care and director of research. He specializes in the care of subarachnoid hemorrhage patients and the study of neuroinflammation. He also serves as associate professor of neurology at Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine in Boca Raton. He is board certified in neurology and neurocritical care.

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Menacing Assaults on Science Causing Alarming and Avoidable Deaths in the U.S.

FAU Schmidt College of Medicine Researchers Publish 
Commentary on COVID-19 in ‘EClinicalMedicine’ by ‘Lancet’ 
 
October 12, 2020  – COVID-19 is now the third leading cause of death in the United States only behind cardiovascular disease and cancer. The U.S. accounts for more than 20 percent of COVID-19 cases (more than 7.7 million) and deaths (more than 210,000) in the world today while comprising 4.25 percent of the global population.
 
 

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AVENTURA HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER TO HOST "CRUSH THE CRISIS"

OPIOID TAKE BACK DAY ON OCTOBER 24
 
October 12, 2020 – Aventura Hospital and Medical Center announced today that it is hosting an opioid take back event to raise awareness about the dangers of opioid misuse and proper disposal of medications on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Called “Crush the Crisis,” the event aligns with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and invites community members to safely and anonymously dispose of unused or expired prescription medications.
 

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