UF Health celebrates new Ocala Neighborhood Hospital with ribbon cutting
June 11, 2024
Click here for video and here for high-res images. Media contact: Matt Walker, mwal0013@shands.ufl.edu, 352-265-8395 By Matt Walker GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ocala…
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UF Health achieves prestigious OB-GYN ultrasound accreditation
November 30, 2023
The ultrasound practice of the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of obstetrics and gynecology recently earned three-year accreditation…
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, +3 more
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UF to lead national trial testing nerve block to alleviate headache from subarachnoid hemorrhage
April 17, 2023
A multidisciplinary team of neurocritical care, neurosurgery and pain medicine investigators from the University of Florida has been awarded a $12.9 million…
Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosurgery, +3 more
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UF Health to open new neighborhood hospital in Ocala
December 12, 2022
University of Florida Health is bringing its warm patient care and nationally recognized medical expertise to Ocala with a new neighborhood hospital. The…
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Unvaccinated, expectant mother nearly dies of COVID-19, becomes vaccine champion
November 9, 2021
Friends and family gathered at Amy Westman’s July 24 baby shower. Gifts and balloons and bursts of blue brightened the room. Blue cupcakes. Blue bows and…
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, +3 more
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Thyroid cancer overdiagnosis might be addressed through better patient-doctor conversations
October 20, 2021
It can be a disquieting moment for a patient. A lump or bump is found on their neck. It’s a thyroid nodule. Is it cancer? Many of those patients will probably…
College of Medicine, UF Health Cancer Institute, +2 more
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Seeds of Hope: UF Health now using precision radiation procedure for eye cancer
September 8, 2021
For patients with eye cancer, University of Florida Health ophthalmology specialist Gibran S. Khurshid, M.D., is sowing seeds of hope. In Khurshid’s case,…
Department of Ophthalmology, +4 more
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UF Health study provides guidance to avoid unnecessary thyroid biopsies
March 4, 2020
The number of people diagnosed with thyroid cancer has more than quadrupled in the last 40 years, even as the disease’s death rate remained relatively…
College of Medicine, UF Health Cancer Institute, +2 more
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UF Health researchers study association between type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease
November 20, 2018
Too often, the wisps of smoke go unnoticed long before the raging conflagration erupts. The story of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, is often…
College of Medicine, Diabetes Institute, +2 more
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Study: Informed consent process in patients undergoing thyroid biopsy needs improvement
July 25, 2018
A patient’s informed consent can be surprisingly uninformed when it comes to a common cancer biopsy, a study led by a University of Florida Health researcher…
College of Medicine, UF Health Cancer Institute, +2 more
