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Stressful experiences have big, immediate effects on children’s health

Science has shown that children who experience stressful events are more likely to face poor health outcomes as adults, but new research shows the effects may…

UF College of Medicine rises three spots in national rankings

For the second year in a row, the University of Florida College of Medicine has risen three spots in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of the nation’s…

Air pollution increases risk for hypertension in pregnant women

Breathing the air outside their homes may be just as toxic to pregnant women —if not more so — as breathing in cigarette smoke, increasing a mom-to-be’s risk…

Grant to help researchers find leukemia’s hiding places

In scary movies, the killer often comes back to life mysteriously, attacking again when the main character least expects it. Blood cancers are like this too,…

Public relations group honors UF College of Pharmacy staff member

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s director of news and communications has been recognized for more than 20 years of exemplary work in the public…

Second dean of the UF College of Medicine passes away

One of the founding leaders of the University of Florida College of Medicine, a man known for the significant strides he made in improving medical education…

UF researchers use oral peptide spray to stimulate weight loss in animals

A quick spray on the tongue with an oral spray containing a compound that naturally occurs in the body could be all it takes to curb appetite and spark weight…

Study shows symptoms linked to poor quality of life in long-term childhood cancer survivors

Due to improved treatments and technologies, more children than ever are surviving cancer. Unfortunately, about 70 percent of these children experience late…

ÍøºìºÚÁÏ diabetes expert elected president of the American Diabetes Association

A University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ physician and expert on Type 1 diabetes has been elected president of the American Diabetes Association. Desmond Schatz, M.D.,…

Women’s pelvic pain often goes underreported, untreated

Although many women experience pelvic pain in their late teens and early 20s, a new University of Florida ÍøºìºÚÁÏ study indicates that only a small fraction of…

UF, engineering company producing tool to reduce preeclampsia deaths in Africa

Mothers-to-be in Africa are three times more likely than women in the United States to develop the high blood pressure disorder preeclampsia, and even more…

UF teams with company to advance gene therapy treatments

A biotechnology company has raised $30 million to advance gene therapy treatments developed at the University of Florida Powell Gene Therapy Center. The…