Shining a Light on Sickle Cell Disease
People with sickle cell disease have compared the excruciating pain they can experience to thousands of nails being driven into their body. The inherited blood…
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Vehicle Heat Safety for Children
Unfortunately, child deaths and heat-related illness, like dying from heatstroke in a hot car, increase during summer. Since 1998, more than 950 children have…
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UF nursing researcher helps create global interventions for sickle cell disease
July 12, 2023
Angela Howard was not expected to live past childhood. Diagnosed with sickle cell disease at age 2, her doctors and nurses predicted the painful disease would…
College of Nursing, +1 more
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UF nursing researchers provide parents CHOICES for reproductive health
September 14, 2021
Two University of Florida College of Nursing researchers earned a four-year $3 million grant to support a large national study to test the effect of a…
College of Medicine, College of Nursing, +2 more
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Sickle Cell Loses and Sydnee Wins
“I’m active, a little bit crazy, but I’m mostly fun,” Sydnee Murphy, 8, said when asked to describe herself. Sydnee is a second grader at Westside Elementary…
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UF nursing researcher receives $2.6 million grant to improve pain associated with sickle cell disease
September 30, 2020
A University of Florida College of Nursing researcher will explore new techniques to reduce pain and manage stress among patients with sickle cell disease,…
AI at UF, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, +3 more
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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital reaches $100 million fundraising milestone
April 16, 2019
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, or CMN Hospitals, at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital has reached a significant milestone in the organization’s…
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Surgery, +5 more
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UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital nationally ranked in six medical specialties for 2018-19
June 26, 2018
The University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital once again ranked among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals in six medical specialties for…
Division of Cardiology, +7 more
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Finally: A Significant Increase in NIH Funding
April 30, 2018
On March 23, two days after the House of Representatives and the Senate voted to approve a $1.3-trillion omnibus spending bill, President Donald Trump signed…
UF Health
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NIH director lauds innovation, encourages bold thinking in visit to UF campus
April 2, 2018
A recent spike in federal spending is an energizing opportunity for researchers, the nation’s top scientist said during a visit on April 2 to the University of…
College of Medicine, +1 more
