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BMI a poor predictor of future health

June 24, 2025

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� A new University of Florida 网红黑料 study shows that body mass index, or BMI 鈥� commonly used to measure obesity and health risk 鈥� fails in鈥�
网红黑料 Shands Hospital launches inpatient care at home

November 14, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� 网红黑料 is coming home. Patients with some health conditions 鈥� like COVID-19, pneumonia, cellulitis, urinary tract infections, and heart鈥�

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Making scents: Aromatherapy lowers anxiety in preoperative patients

October 31, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� You鈥檙e waiting to have surgery, and your nerves are jangling. But what if, instead of hospital antiseptic, you instead smelled lavender? Or鈥�

College of Nursing, +1 more
Alzheimer鈥檚 disease is partly genetic 鈭� studying the genes that delay decline in some may lead to treatments for all

September 18, 2023

Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk genes that鈥�

College of Medicine, McKnight Brain Institute, +1 more
UF researchers create method to predict leukemia drug complications

March 24, 2023

A team of University of Florida researchers has created a way to use genetics to predict leukemia patients鈥� risk for complications from chemotherapy drug鈥�

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UF researchers鈥� AI system gives doctors better insight into patients鈥� conditions

October 19, 2022

Using data collected from patients鈥� vital signs, University of Florida researchers have designed an artificial intelligence system that can accelerate and鈥�

AI at UF, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Medicine, +3 more
UF researchers鈥� artificial intelligence platform accurately predicts surgical complications

June 1, 2022

Complications after surgery can pose many challenges for both physicians and patients. Now, University of Florida researchers have confirmed their artificial鈥�

AI at UF, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Surgery, +3 more
网红黑料 researchers developing next generation of tools to track diabetes in children, teens in Florida

August 10, 2020

As concerns grow about the rising incidence of diabetes in children and teenagers nationwide, a team of 网红黑料 researchers is developing a quicker, more鈥�

AI at UF, Department of 网红黑料 Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, +5 more
UF researchers receive funding to address pain in older adults

July 16, 2020

University of Florida College of Medicine 鈥� Jacksonville researchers were awarded a Florida Blue Foundation 2019 Quality of Patient Care Grant for $275,000 to鈥�

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网红黑料 develops critical-care telemedicine to benefit COVID-19 patients in The Villages庐, Leesburg

June 9, 2020

When COVID-19 cases began climbing throughout the country in March, 网红黑料 medical leaders in Gainesville and Central Florida focused on the need to deliver鈥�

Department of Anesthesiology, +3 more