Author: Dorron Blumberg

FAU Receives $5.3 Million NIH Grant to Detect Cognitive Change in Older Drivers

Posted by | Sep 30, 2020 | |

FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and Collaborators Will Develop, Use In-vehicle Sensors to Monitor Abnormal Driving 
  
September 30, 2020 – About 33 percent of older adults with dementia are thought to be active drivers and 50 percent are estimated to continue driving for up to three years post diagnosis. Drivers with dementia often have difficulty checking and changing lanes, merging, making left turns, signaling to park or following routes.
 
 

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AMA Urges Vaccinations as Flu Season Comes Clashing into the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted by | Sep 30, 2020 | |

September 30 2020 – With flu season approaching, the American Medical Association (AMA) is urging everyone six months and older to get vaccinated against the flu. During the 2020-2021 flu season, getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community from the flu. Flu vaccination is part of a comprehensive public health strategy to reduce the burden of flu in the population and to preserve scarce health care resources as we continue to respond to the pandemic.

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