Lakshmi Balasubramanian, MD, or “Dr. Bala,” was drawn to gastrointestinal oncology because of the opportunity to work with experts across different specialties…
Patrick Underwood, MD, FACS, an assistant professor in the University of Florida Division of Surgical Oncology, focuses on cancers of the gastrointestinal…
January 9, 2025
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As humans age, we develop chronic inflammation in our blood and tissues that gradually decreases the function of blood stem cells in our…
College of Medicine, UF Health Cancer Institute, +2 more
August 1, 2024
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Housing policies may be becoming more pet inclusive, but housing insecurity is getting worse, finds a new study that examined the housing…
College of Public Health and Health Professions, +1 more
January 16, 2024
A new study led by a University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions researcher finds that people with chronic inflammation living in…
Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, +4 more
November 1, 2023
People living with HIV may face hard choices when balancing their own health needs with caring for a pet, a study led by a University of Florida College of…
College of Public Health and Health Professions, +2 more
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Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and eighth most common cancer in women, affecting about 80,000 people in the United States every year.…
June 23, 2023
JUPITER, Fla. — Targeting a master-regulator of inflammation with a monoclonal antibody potentially improves two unrelated conditions with limited treatment…
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
November 3, 2022
Imagine a doctor prescribing antibiotic ear drops called quinolones to treat an ear infection. The patient, who does not play sports, painfully ruptures an…
Department of Otolaryngology, +4 more
When Karen Weatherman thought she was out of options in her fight against advanced pancreatic cancer, a treatment newly available at UF Health came to her…
