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Keeping Her Head Held High: Yali’s Journey Defeating Dystonia

Two years ago, Yali used a walker as she inched toward her school’s entrance. Her neck, twisted and folded forward, hunched her over in “the shape of the…

Making scents: Aromatherapy lowers anxiety in preoperative patients

October 31, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — You’re waiting to have surgery, and your nerves are jangling. But what if, instead of hospital antiseptic, you instead smelled lavender? Or…

New study shows a role for cholesterol in pain perception

February 27, 2024

When you stub your toe or bump your head, you know that rubbing the injury can lessen the ouch. But how? New research from the lab of Scott B. Hansen, Ph.D.,…

ÍøºìºÚÁÏ, UAA and ACFR aid ailing fan at Gators football game

November 22, 2023

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For 23 years, Greg Magruder has been a Florida Gators fan. He and his wife, Karen, moved to Florida from Ohio in 2000. Magruder, a pastor…

Water Safety in the Summer

Summer in Florida usually means high temperatures. To beat the Florida heat, many of us will enjoy excursions to the pool, lake, beach or natural springs with…

Bystander CPR Helps Michael Overcome Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sitting in church and practicing songs for Sunday service, Valerie Layton unexpectedly felt the weight of her husband Michael lean on her. It was April 1, so…

ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Pain Medicine Offers New Technology for Chronic Pain

ÍøºìºÚÁÏ Pain Medicine has recently begun offering the SPRINT® peripheral nerve stimulation, or PNS, as a drug-free, minimally invasive way to block chronic…

Janis and Janet: The Twins Who Tamed Tremor at ÍøºìºÚÁÏ

By the time Janet Plum makes the short but taxing trip to serve the coffee, the mug is only half full. What’s missing of the morning brew is dotted on the…

Back From the Brink: How Matt Defied Death

Matt Benavidez can't recall how he ended up crumpled on a crosswalk on the night of Nov. 7, 2020. He has no memory of his motorcycle hitting an SUV or rescue…

UF Scripps researchers’ work sheds new light on relationship between brain structure and behavior in preclinical model of autism

April 14, 2022

For people with autism, overstimulating sensory experiences such as noise can have a profound effect on their lives. Now, a group of scientists at UF Scripps…