March 26, 2025
Advocating for those in need and working to transform how Florida addresses end-of-life care have become passions for Meredith Fischer, a University of Florida…
College of Nursing, +1 more
Expecting a child is a time of joy, anticipation and excitement for most families. Gender reveal celebrations, nursery preparations and dreams of the future…
When Sheila Lee visited her doctor for stomach pain in 2019, she never expected to be diagnosed with rectal cancer. A devoted mother of two and proud…
September is Sepsis Awareness Month, which was established in 2011 to shine a light on this critical illness. Sepsis is a life-threatening illness or…
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare and chronic condition that causes extreme nerve pain in the face. It often involves the lower lip and lower teeth or the upper…
Imagine having the opportunity to save someone’s life by making a simple decision. In 2021, Danny Sams faced the harsh reality of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung…
April 15, 2024
JUPITER, Fla. — Our brains remember frightening situations to keep us safe in the future. Computer virus from a misspelled email sender? Delete! That bite from…
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
February 21, 2024
For adults and older children, dehydration from diarrhea is a common, pervasive threat: Annually, more than 1 million die from it. Now, a novel software tool…
Department of Pediatrics, +3 more
Emergency personnel arrived at Paul Dell’s home, where his wife led them upstairs. They found him sitting upright in a chair, unable to say his name, age or…
December 15, 2023
Sepsis arrives silently. A body’s infection-response gone wrong, the condition’s early symptoms include subtle harbingers like changes in breathing, cognition…
Department of Surgery, +3 more
