Author: Dorron Blumberg

October 16, 2019 – Thriving Mind South Florida (contracting as South Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc), a nonprofit organization supported by Florida’s Department of Children and Families that funds prevention and treatment services for serious mental illness and substance use disorders for the uninsured population of Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, along with Miami-Dade Police Department, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida and Florida Department of Children and Families, were awarded a three-year, $749,997 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

October 15 2019 – A microscopic image of liver tissue affected by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The large and small white spots are excess fat droplets filling liver cells (hepatocytes). Dr. David Kleiner, NCI. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston report that the injectable hormone tesamorelin reduces liver fat and prevents liver fibrosis (scarring) in people living with HIV. The study was conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Cancer Institute, both parts of NIH. The findings were published online today in The Lancet HIV

October 15, 2019 – In recognition of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, the Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade (HSCMD) announced it will be hosting a When a Baby Dies sensitivity seminar on Tuesday, October 22nd to help bereaved parents, children and grandparents cope with a loss of a baby. The seminar will also work to educate professionals on the proper ways to assist parents in the grief process.