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School-based health centers, which provide comprehensive medical care to students beyond the standard school-nurse clinic model, are awaiting a big boost from the federal government under the law overhauling the nation’s health-care system. Dr. Maggie Blackburn, the director of rural health for the Florida State University College of Medicine, in Tallahassee, said the capital-improvement money could help the system open a new clinic in Havana, Fla., a town of 1,700 about 16 miles northwest of
Tallahassee.

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A total of 120 new medical students formally received their white coats Aug. 20 at Florida State University – and one of them was from Gadsden County.

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PRESS RELEASE The Florida State University College of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program at Sacred Heart Women’s Hospital was recently awarded a $3,000 Community Awards Program grant from the Florida Chapter of the March of Dimes. The goal of the community awards program is to identify and fund community?based programs addressing the health concerns of pregnant women in the state of Florida.

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The refinement of the definition of retirement continues as Americans continue to age. In a new nationwide poll of older adults, ages 65 to 80, shows that over 80% of them view their retirement will be different and more exciting than their parents retirement. The Vi Next Chapter study examines the expectations and self perception of what the respondents are looking towards or experiencing in their retirement. Kenneth Brummel-Smith, MD, Charlotte Edwards Maguire, Chair, and Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Florida State University is featured.

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RENAISSANCE DOC - It’s impossible not to like Dr. Stephen Badolato, president of the Brevard County Medical Society, and Brevard Physicians Network member. Caring, energetic,engaged, he’s any patient’s perfect physician. No wonder the man has been listed in the Guide of America’s Top Physicians. Dr. Badolato is an assistant clinical faculty member of Florida State University’s medical school, where he serves as instructor of non-operative orthopedics and sports medicine.

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According to recent research from the United States, "Studies have shown that labor occurs primarily in the night/morning hours. Recently, we identified the human myometrium as a target for melatonin (MEL), the neuroendocrine output signal coding for circadian night." Study published by College of Medicine Post Doctrine Scholar, J.T. Sharkey and his colleagues.

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The Capital Polio Association celebrated the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Sunday by honoring a humanitarian and stalwart in the medical field. Dr. Charlotte Maguire, 92, was honored with a "Spirit of ADA" award for outstanding service for her work, not only with children with disabilities, but for her work with those affected by polio, a debilitating virus that often causes paralysis of limbs and lung function. Dr. Charlotte Maguire is a cherished College of Medicine benefactor.

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The Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law at the College of Medicine is currently at work coordinating efforts across Florida to promote the POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) paradigm, a program that is intended to ensure that a patient's wishes regarding life-sustaining treatments are known, communicated and honored across all health care settings.

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Living wills and advance directives often do not ensure that dying patients receive the kind of medical care
they want - or don't want - to endure. Now an effort being coordinated by the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine & Law at the college hopes to improve communication and produce a clear set of medical orders for a dying patient's care.