Author: Dorron Blumberg

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Neural plasticity depends on this long noncoding RNA’s journey from nucleus to synapse

Posted by | Apr 17, 2021 | |

April 16, 2021 – Making memories involves more than seeing friends or taking photos. The brain constantly adapts to new information and stores memories by building connections among neurons, called synapses. How neurons do this—reaching out arm-like dendrites to communicate with other neurons—requires a ballet of genes, signaling molecules, cellular scaffolding and protein-building machinery.

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Miller, Thomason and Tell to chair 2021 Boca Raton Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Posted by | Apr 15, 2021 | |

April 15, 2021 – Tanya Miller, Jennifer Thomason and Aaron Tell have joined the Alzheimer’s Association as the 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer’s event co-chairs in Boca Raton.

Miller, a local community advocate, said the Alzheimer’s Association has been an invaluable resource to her and her family since her mother received her life-altering diagnosis.
 

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Advancing Technology and Improving Lives

Posted by | Apr 15, 2021 | |

Palms West Hospital offers new hand-held robotic assisted surgical option
 
April 15, 2021 – The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons estimates knee replacement surgeries are expected to increase a staggering 180% between now and 2030 in the United States1. In Palm Beach County alone, an estimated 58,000 people are at high risk for osteoarthritis and may need surgical intervention.
 

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Holy Cross Urgent Care Now Offers Rapid COVID-19 Molecular Testing

Posted by | Apr 15, 2021 | |

Results from Abbott’s Rapid COVID-19 Molecular Test are ready in as little as 15 minutes
 
April 14 2021 – Fort Lauderdale area residents now have access to Rapid COVID-19 Molecular testing at our Holy Cross Urgent Care locations at 3481 N. University Drive in Coral Springs and 1115 S. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. The Abbott Rapid COVID-19 Molecular Test not only delivers test results in minutes, the test is also accurate and convenient for the patient. This is a change from prior procedure because swabs collected at the Urgent Care Centers will no longer be sent to the main lab for PCR testing. Anyone that qualifies under CDC guidelines can have the same-day test.
 

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