International Overdose Awareness Day: Fighting Stigma and Bringing Change
International Overdose Awareness Day occurs every Aug. 31 and is the largest global campaign to bring awareness to rising overdose rates. Combating this issue…
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UF’s one-tube test could expand cervical cancer screening, speed diagnosis
April 30, 2024
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Harnessing the power of CRISPR gene-editing technology in a new way, University of Florida researchers have created a one-tube testing…
UF Health Cancer Center, +1 more
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Nationally renowned health system leader appointed to head UF Health clinical enterprise
March 5, 2024
Stephen J. Motew, M.D., M.H.A., FACS, has been named president and CEO of the UF Health clinical enterprise, effective April 1. Motew, a practicing vascular…
UF Health
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Dr. B.J. Wilder, giant in epilepsy field who changed treatment of seizure disorders, dies at 94
December 21, 2023
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Buna Joe “B.J.” Wilder, M.D., a pioneering neurologist and researcher known for improving the lives of countless people with epilepsy…
Department of Neurology, +3 more
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UF researchers’ genetic detection discovery has implications for medical diagnostic testing
September 21, 2023
University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less…
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, +4 more
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Studies: Inflammation-targeting antibody boosts preterm birth outcomes, prevents obesity-linked liver disease
June 23, 2023
JUPITER, Fla. — Targeting a master-regulator of inflammation with a monoclonal antibody potentially improves two unrelated conditions with limited treatment…
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
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UF Health researchers use artificial intelligence to better predict hepatitis C treatment outcomes
February 11, 2022
When hepatitis C treatments fail, patients can face major health risks and the expense of a second therapy. Now, UF Health researchers have developed…
AI at UF, College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, +2 more
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UF Health pediatric expert answers questions about COVID-19 booster shots for kids ages 12-15
January 13, 2022
Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., discusses what parents should know about the Pfizer booster shot.
Department of Epidemiology, Department of Pediatrics, +4 more
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UF Health researcher’s analysis finds new pattern of mutations in omicron variant
December 3, 2021
A University of Florida Health researcher has successfully analyzed the many mutations in the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a crucial step in better…
Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, +3 more
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Understanding your risk for pancreatic cancer
In 2021 alone, an estimated 60,430 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the U.S., and nearly all will die from the disease. A pancreatic…
