South University Tampa PA Program c/o 2016

Only two more weeks until our Scare Away Cancer 5K to benefit the Moffitt Cancer Center! Click here for more details and to register or donate: http://scareawaycancer5k.com/ Thanks to all for your support!

Scare Away Cancer 5k South University Tampa Physician Assistant program is excited to be hosting the first ever 5K run/walk with proceeds going to Moffitt Cancer Center! We are working to reach out to the community to educate individuals on the role of the Physician Assistant in healthcare as well as to promote overall…

Still in quarter three

FFF: A much needed 3 day weekend for South '16 PAs to study pharmacology!

Class of 2016 Quarter 2!

MM: May is Mental Health Month!!

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental illnesses in America; more than 40 million are affected by these debilitating illnesses each year.

MM: According to University of Missouri-Columbia, in HIV patients being treated with anti-AIDS medications, resistance to drug therapy regimens is commonplace. Often, patients develop resistance to first-line drug therapies, such as Tenofovir, and are forced to adopt more potent medications. Virologists now are testing the next generation of medications that stop HIV from spreading, and are using a molecule related to flavor enhancers found in soy sauce, to develop compounds that are more potent than Tenofovir.

FFF: The first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the US was identified in Munster, Indiana on May 1, 2014.

MM: According to the CDC, researchers found that 91,757 Americans die unnecessarily of heart disease each year. Another 84,443 die prematurely of cancer, 28,831 die early because of chronic lower respiratory diseases, 16,973 are killed by preventable strokes and 36,836 die as a result of unnecessary accidents.

FFF: If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would reach about 60,000 miles.