Holy Cross Health receives Emergency Nurses Week Proclamation from City of Deerfield Beach
Emergency Nurses Week is October 11 to 17 Deerfield Beach, FL – In advance of Emergency Nurses Week, Holy Cross Health received a proclamation from the City of Deerfield Beach at the city’s commission meeting on October 6. Emergency nurses are the first line of defense in the health care system, providing lifesaving care to patients during their most vulnerable moments. This year's Emergency Nurses Week theme highlights the resilience, expertise and unwavering dedication these professionals bring to local emergency departments every day. “It is an honor for the City of Deerfield Beach commission to invite us to their meeting. This official proclamation means a great deal to our local...
Sexual assault survivors’ stories may shift over time – a psychologist explains why it doesn’t mean they’re lying
A majority of rape survivors don’t immediately recognize what they experienced as rape. Ryan Murphy/Getty Images ~~~~~ If a person’s story changes in the weeks following an alleged sexual assault, are they not telling the truth? It’s a criticism I’ve seen on social media and heard in the public conversation surrounding the lawsuit filed in September 2026 by a plaintiff known as Jane Doe, a former student at Cornell University, accusing seven male students of rape. Initially, Doe discussed events with a friend but reportedly didn’t identify them as assault. It wasn’t until weeks later, when her experience was labeled as a gang rape by others, that she came forward to authorities. Survivors...
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Fire in the brain: How psychosis may arise when the body attacks itself
Antibodies made by the immune system can sometimes target human brain cells, producing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers aim to better identify such rare cases as well as fine-tune treatments. Peter Jones once treated a patient with strikingly vivid hallucinations of animals. During ward visits, the patient would stroke and interact with the critters “in as real a way as he was with me,” says Jones, an academic psychiatrist at the University of Cambridge in England. Antipsychotic drugs did nothing to dissolve these Snow White-esque visions. But when the patient received plasma exchange –– a treatment normally reserved for a misbehaving immune system –– his hallucinations dissipated....
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital breaks ground on future home for Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute
Nicklaus Children's Hospital has broken ground on the next chapter of the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, a transformative expansion that will create a more integrated, accessible and patient-centered environment for children receiving cancer and blood disorder care. Nicklaus Children's Health System leadership, donors, patients and the hospital's foundation joined together to mark the official start of construction. The institute, expected to open in its new location in 2028, will be housed within the renovated Medical Arts Building and will encompass approximately 25,500 square feet across two floors. Designed to blend clinical efficiency with comfort,...
