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Almost everyone has heard of a hernia, but few understand its potential risks. Over five million people in the United States will suffer from a hernia, yet…
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Almost everyone has heard of a hernia, but few understand its potential risks. Over five million people in the United States will suffer from a hernia, yet…
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…
College of Medicine, College of Public Health and Health Professions, UF Health Cancer Center, +2 more
May 26, 2020
Summer is back, with warmer temperatures, longer days and … mosquitoes. When mosquitoes feast on humans, they can leave more than irritating bites behind. They…
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, +4 more
January 8, 2019
Starting to slip with your New Year’s resolution to exercise more? A new University of Florida study may provide some motivation. Researchers have found that…
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, +4 more
June 25, 2018
A new University of Florida study finds that 65 percent of African-American men over age 40 are at high risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next…
Division of Cardiology, +5 more
April 19, 2018
Current guidelines call for adults with high body mass index, or BMI, to be screened for prediabetes and diabetes. But under these recommendations, physicians…
College of Public Health and Health Professions, +2 more
July 11, 2016
A third of adults over the age of 45 who don’t look like they could be at risk for developing diabetes — they’re slender — may actually meet the criteria for…
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, +4 more
July 29, 2015
Whether you grasp it right away or not, your grip strength may indicate whether or not you have undetected diabetes and high blood pressure, University of…
College of Public Health and Health Professions, +1 more
April 13, 2015
Call it open-source science: To tackle a disease as complex as Alzheimer’s, UF Health researchers have become part of a group that will allow scientists…
Clinical and Translational Science Institute, College of Medicine, Institute on Aging, +2 more