February 16, 2021 at 1:30pm
More men than women are dying from COVID-19. Many studies suggest that hormones may give women the upper hand. But not all women seem equally protected. Why?
Two fourth-year medical students at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Chitra Gotluru and Allison Roach analyzed worldwide data looking for answers. Their findings are published in the March issue of the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
They reviewed more than 100 studies and the Global Health 50/50 database, the world’s largest public source of sex-disaggregated data on COVID-19.
“We found that in countries that kept male/female data, men are dying from COVID-19 at double the rate of women,” said Gotluru, the study’s first author. “We also found that certain women had higher mortality (rate of dying).”
Warren Dixon Assumes Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Chair
February 11, 2021
Warren E. Dixon, Ph.D., Newton C. Ebaugh Professor in the UF Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Center of Excellence in Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments
Warren E. Dixon, Ph.D., Newton C. Ebaugh Professor in the UF Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) and director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Center of Excellence in Assured Autonomy in Contested Environments, has been named the new chair of MAE in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
Prince of a human being . Influential South Florida doctor, educator dies from heart failure Devoun Cetoute, The Miami Herald
Jan. 31 Dr. Lawrence M. Fishman was a bastion of the medical field in life. An educator. A lifesaver. A mentor. All things that come to mind for Fishman s friends and family when remembering his legacy. He was a prince of a human being that could always look out for someone s interests and work to let that person grow in the mindset that they had wanted to develop, said Dr. Robert Sackstein, dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University.
This article by Chynna Pearson was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today, and appears here with permission.
Cardiovascular disease is a major health issue around the globe. In fact, it’s responsible for more annual deaths around the world than any other disease.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it kills an estimated 17.9 million people each year.
WHO defines cardiovascular diseases as, “a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels and include coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, rheumatic heart disease and other conditions.”
Various factors contribute to a person developing a cardiovascular disease.
What Causes Cardiovascular Disease?
There are 47,000 farms in Florida, making up a more-than-$7 billion industry, yet farmworkers remain invisible and among the most vulnerable populations in Florida at risk of illness from constant exposure to heat.
This story was first published by Orlando Sentinel, the Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations. It is republished here through the Florida Climate Reporting Network/Covering Climate Now.
For more than two decades now, Jeannie Economos has been advocating for farmworkers’ health. Pesticide exposure was her first focus. But for half that time, she’s also zeroed in on deadly heat.
“It gets hotter every summer,” said Economos, coordinator of pesticide safety and environmental health at Farmworker Association of Florida. “This past summer was one of the hottest on the record and the number of hot days are getting more and more every year.”