Sarasota physician and wife create scholarship at UF College of Medicine, his alma mater

By Tyler Francischine • Dec 12, 2019 • Lead Story

Sarasota physician R. Dean Hautamaki, M.D., FCCP, FACP, and his wife, Elizabeth, have created a $1 million scholarship for students at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Hautamaki’s alma mater. The Dr. R. Dean and...

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UF Health to acquire Central Florida Health’s regional hospitals

By Melanie Fridl Ross • Dec 9, 2019 • Lead Story

For more information, please contact Rossana Passaniti, PASSAR@shands.ufl.edu, or 352-273-8569. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Building on a strategic affiliation that has connected local residents to leading-edge stroke care and other...

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New preclinical study shows antibody therapy could offer treatment path for genetic form of ALS

By Michelle Jaffee • Dec 9, 2019 • Lead Story

New preclinical research shows promise for a potential treatment pathway aimed at slowing the disease process and extending survival in patients with ALS, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease, an insidious neurological condition....

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UF veterinary college names new interim dean following national search

By Sarah Carey • Dec 9, 2019 • Lead Story

After a lengthy national search, Dana Zimmel, D.V.M., has been named interim dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. “Dr. Zimmel is well-known to the college in her present role as associate dean for...

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The Villages®, UF Health enter into exclusive talks to transform regional health care

By Melanie Fridl Ross • Dec 6, 2019 • Lead Story

For more information, please contact: Rossana Passaniti, PASSAR@shands.ufl.edu or 352-273-8569. THE VILLAGES, Fla. — The Villages® and University of Florida Health announced their intent today to develop a comprehensive health...

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Hope & Healing Blog

ShandsCair team of four people posing in front of a ShandsCair helicopter
Saving Lives in the Air
by Devin Nori • Dec 10, 2019
UF Health ShandsCair performs the program’s first in-flight prehospital blood transfusion. After over a year of preparation, the UF Health ShandsCair...READ MORE
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The POST Magazine

Moving Mountains

October 2019

All Andy needed was a chance, and a miracle

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Health In A Heartbeat

Genes for left-handedness identified

Dec 12, 2019

You might know that about 10% of people are left-handed. But did you also know that lefties apparently are better at verbal communication and verbal tasks than righties? Thanks to a team of researchers from the United Kingdom, we do now. And, we know something about genes that code for left-...

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Animal Airwaves

Hair loss by the season

Dec 12, 2019

Just when the weather turns cool and your pooch should be his plushiest, he starts losing fur over his flanks. What’s up with that? If the hair loss is symmetrical — that is, equally apparent on both sides of your dog’s body — and doesn’t involve itch or inflammation, it could be seasonal alopecia...

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