Emergency Care, Urgent Care, and Primary Care: What's the Difference?

You wake up sweating at 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning with severe chest pain and nausea. Should you try to go back to sleep or call 9-1-1? It’s 7 p.m. on a…

UF awarded $3.5 million grant to train new clinical pain researchers

September 16, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To address the need for new nonaddictive methods to treat pain, a University of Florida team has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the…

Patrick Harris, D.O. joins UF Health St. Johns, expands access to primary care

August 5, 2024

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Patrick J. Harris, D.O., a board certified family medicine physician, has joined UF Health St. Johns and is now caring for patients at UF…

Ready, Set, Run: Strategies for Running Injury Prevention

Running is a popular and effective form of exercise, but without proper precautions, it can lead to injuries, including strains, sprains and stress fractures.…

UF Center for Regenerative Medicine recruiting for trial on potential therapy for autoimmune disorders

August 2, 2022

The University of Florida Center for Regenerative Medicine today announced the launch of a clinical trial to test safe dosages of umbilical cord-derived stem…

UF study: Physical activity, diet improve after bariatric surgery, but do not meet recommended levels

June 16, 2022

In a long-term study of adults who have undergone bariatric weight loss surgery, University of Florida researchers found participants’ physical activity and…

Vector-borne diseases continue to plague the Caribbean

June 13, 2018

The number of vector-borne diseases acquired in the U.S. more than doubled between 2004 and 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently…

New mosquito-borne disease detected in Haiti

September 15, 2016

University of Florida researchers have identified a patient in Haiti with a serious mosquito-borne illness that has never before been reported in the Caribbean…