A Heart From the Harts: UF Health Congenital Heart Center Changes Siblings’ Lives

Aubree and Londyn Harts sit in their living room and show off their souvenirs. Aubree, 11, holds a cannula from a Berlin Heart — an external device that helps…

Grant helps cardiologists spot a tricky heart condition

October 22, 2025

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The device resembles an odd stationary bicycle without a seat or handlebars. Anyone who sees it at University of Florida Health would…

Arts in Medicine: 35 Years of Healing Through Art

One thing many patients have come to expect during treatment at UF Health Shands is the integration of art in their care. UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine, or…

Shiniqua’s Miracle: Groundbreaking Care at UF Health Saves Mother’s Life and Pregnancy

Shiniqua Aschenback woke up the morning after her 43rd birthday and immediately knew something was wrong. Both of her legs had inexplicably swollen to twice…

Alecia Defeats Decades of Heart Failure With Historic Transplant at UF Health

Alecia Cosey came to, slumped over in the driver’s seat, to find her 16-year-old daughter crying and gripping the steering wheel. “Momma, are you OK?” Dayshai…

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…

Michael gets his beat back

Michael Jansen, 66, is a tall, lean Midwesterner with a soft Missouri drawl, an easy laugh and kind eyes.

There’s nothing sweet about the relationship between heart disease and cancer

When the calendar changes to February, red and pink heart-shaped candy fills store shelves in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Let those hearts also serve as a…

Artificial device mends a baby girl’s broken heart

Ceara Curry and her husband, Kenton, were brand new to parenthood when their baby turned into a miracle. At 6-months-old, Ceara and Kenton’s daughter, Kennedy,…

Potential Breakthrough in the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

May 21, 2018

At the American Academy of Neurology 70th Annual meeting in Los Angeles on April 25, it was reported that the drug edasalonexent showed a remarkably favorable…