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Oxycodone overdose deaths drop 25 percent after launch of Florida鈥檚 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Oxycodone-related deaths dropped 25 percent after Florida implemented its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in late 2011 as part of its response to the鈥�

Researchers see significant reduction in fatal car crashes after an increase in alcohol taxes

Increasing state alcohol taxes could prevent thousands of deaths a year from car crashes, say University of Florida 网红黑料 researchers, who found鈥�

Researchers receive funding to help evaluate Florida鈥檚 prescription drug monitoring program

In response to emerging trends in prescription drug abuse in Florida, University of Florida researchers have partnered with the state鈥檚 Prescription Drug鈥�

New policy analysis website will help researchers uncover links between economic policies and health

About 22 percent of children in the United States live below the federal poverty line and 45 percent come from low-income families, increasing their risk for鈥�

New Medicaid policy increases the rate of children receiving vital oral health care in Texas and Florida

Children on Medicaid and their parents may have a reason to smile more: A study by University of Florida researchers shows that a Medicaid policy change in鈥�

UF hires bioinformatics expert

While scientists and clinicians work each day on discoveries that could unlock treatments and cures for diseases, much stands in the way between their work and鈥�

Better communication is key to overall oral health

Many people delay and even skip visits to the dentist due to anxiety and fear. Now University of Florida researchers have discovered that difficulty鈥�

Researchers receive $1.6 million to build a statewide network for improving health care for Floridians

The Florida Department of 网红黑料 has awarded $1.6 million to the University of Florida to help establish a statewide network that will quickly bring the鈥�

UF nursing doctoral student chosen as national geriatric scholar

A University of Florida College of Nursing doctoral student is one of a select group of predoctoral students nationwide chosen to receive a $100,000鈥�

UF researchers show new way to target tumor cells

Chingkuang Tu, Ph.D, Susan Frost, Ph.D, and David N. Silverman, Ph.D, researchers from the University of Florida, were able to show a direct link between an鈥�

Former Whitney Lab director honored by Florida Academy of Science

Michael J. Greenberg, (right), former director of the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience and a professor emeritus of pharmacology and therapeutics in the鈥�

Study shows stroke patients can improve walking ability

Andrea Behrman, Ph.D., ., co-principal investigator and an associate professor in the department of physical therapy at the University of Florida College of鈥�

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