UF Health research scientists make medicine better every day. They discover new ways to help people by running clinical trials. When you join a clinical trial, you can get advanced medical care. Sometimes years before it's available everywhere. You can also help make medicine better for everyone else. If you'd like to learn more about clinical trials, visit our clinical trials page. Or click one of the links below:
Sleep deprivation slows reaction time, reduces vigilance and impairs judgment and information processing. Chronic effects include metabolic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Sleep deprivation affects quality of life when it causes…
January 5, 2026
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the response to…
UF Health Cancer Institute, +1 more
March 12, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For cancers of organs like the liver, the long-term impact of our diet has been well studied — so much so that we have guidance about red…
College of Medicine, +1 more
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