Docs Provide Video Health Tips
January 30, 2014
Doctors at UCF Pegasus Health, the College of Medicine’s physician practice, are now on video, providing health tips on topics ranging from foods that keep your memory strong to better ways of communicating with your adolescent. The five-minute videos each cover a topic discussed during October’s Healthy Women event. The presenters are all faculty physicians…
Don’t Stress the Holidays
December 6, 2013
Thanksgiving is a wrap, Christmas is right around the corner and the New Year is stealing third. It’s no wonder that stress has become an accepted part of the holiday season. But stress can have serious health consequences, so here are some things to keep in mind this holiday season. While you’re trying to pick…
Healthy Women Seminar Success
November 12, 2013
About 65 women learned about preventative healthcare, and topics from diabetes to dementia, at an “Art and Science of Healthy Women” event at UCF Pegasus Health, the College of Medicine’s physician practice. Speakers at the October 23 event were female College of Medicine faculty physicians who care for patients at Pegasus Health: Dr. Maria Cannarozzi,…
Flu Season is Upon Us
September 24, 2013
Each year in the United States, anywhere from 5 to 20 percent of the population will become infected with seasonal influenza, or the “flu.” The flu affects the respiratory tract (nose, throat and lungs) and leads to approximately 200,000 hospitalizations each year from complications, which can be life-threatening. If you’re an established patient at UCF…
Hit The Links For Science, Scholarships
August 23, 2013
Attention, golfers! Hit the links October 7 at Winter Park’s Interlachen Country Club and support graduate school fellowships during the Inaugural UCF Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences Golf Classic. The tournament honors the legacy of the late Al and Nancy Burnett, pre-eminent supporters of UCF, whose generosity created the UCF College of Medicine’s Burnett School…
College of Medicine Shares Expertise On Electronic Health Records
August 20, 2013
Electronic health records were the topic of discussion on 90.7 News WMFE FM public radio today. As more physicians transition from paper charts to electronic records, Jose Rodas, executive director of UCF College of Medicine Regional Extension Center (REC) explained how healthcare is improving because of technology. The center has assisted more than 2,200 practitioners…
