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![Pain in the Neck? New Surgical Method Could be Game-changing](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/pain-in-neck-newdesk.jpg)
April 21, 2022
FAU and Marcus Neuroscience Institute researchers have developed a technique to improve anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, which shows promise for patients with degenerative cervical spine disease.
![FAU Hosts 53rd Annual Honors Convocation](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/universitytheatre2.jpg)
April 12, 2022
Florida Atlantic University President John Kelly and Provost Bret Danilowicz will host the University's 53rd annual Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 13 at 4 p.m.
![Study Shows Smoking Increased in Those Trying to Quit During COVID-19](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/covid-smoking-newsdesk.jpg)
April 11, 2022
Researchers found statistically significant and potentially clinically important differences between those who increased and decreased tobacco use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Human Gene Variant Produces ADHD-like Problems in Mice](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/adhd-mice-study-newsdesk.jpg)
April 07, 2022
Mutant mice are providing a new neurobiological framework to understand the brain changes seen in distractible humans who carry a common gene variant associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
![FAU's Soon-to-be Doctors 'Match' Amid Florida's Physician Shortfall](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/match-day-2022-newsdesk.jpg)
March 18, 2022
The Schmidt College of Medicine's class of 2022 matched today for their medical residencies during "Match Day." The soon-to-be doctors are helping to address physician shortages in Florida and nationally.
![Did COVID-19 Make Tinnitus, 'Ringing' in the Ears, Worse?](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/tinnitus-study-newsdesk.jpg)
March 02, 2022
A researcher from FAU and collaborators compared patients with tinnitus before and during the COVID-19 pandemic to assess if the severity of tinnitus was influenced by the lockdown related to the pandemic.
![U.S. Falls Short in 'Geriatricizing' Emergency Departments](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/ged-guidelines-newsdesk.jpg)
February 23, 2022
According to Schmidt College of Medicine researchers, most emergency departments in the U.S. and worldwide do not provide the level of service recommended by the Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines.
![FAU Names PHF Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellows](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/computational-brain-newsdesk.jpg)
February 18, 2022
FAU has selected four Ph.D. students whose work embraces computational neuroscience to receive the inaugural Palm Health Foundation Computational Brain Health Graduate Fellowships.
!['Prescribe Ivermectin for COVID-19 Only in Large Randomized Trials'](https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/images/news/ivermectin-newsdesk.jpg)
February 16, 2022
Ivermectin is not approved by the FDA to treat or prevent COVID-19. Nonetheless, prescriptions of ivermectin by U.S. health care providers increased more than tenfold from 3,589 per week pre-COVID-19 to 39,102.