UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital nationally ranked in six medical specialties for 2017-18
By Doug Bennett • Jun 27, 2017 • Lead StoryThe University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital ranks among the nation’s best pediatric hospitals in six medical specialties, according to the Best Children’s Hospitals rankings released today by U.S. News & World...
UF researchers identify gene variant to personalize therapy for deadly form of leukemia
By Matthew Splett • Jun 26, 2017 • Lead StoryA genetic variation identified by researchers at University of Florida Health may help clinicians target a deadly form of leukemia using a promising drug therapy. Acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, is a rapidly spreading type of...
Provider’s preference for pain therapy can influence patient’s results, UF researchers find
By Jill Pease • Jun 21, 2017 • Lead StoryA health care provider’s beliefs about a particular treatment may have a strong influence on the patient’s outcome, according to a new University of Florida study that evaluated people undergoing treatment for short-term low back...
Dual-lead deep brain stimulation shows benefit in treating severe MS tremor
By Michelle Jaffee • Jun 19, 2017 • Lead StoryMultiple sclerosis patients with severe, treatment-resistant tremors may gain marked improvement from deep brain stimulation surgery, or DBS, in which two DBS leads are implanted in the side of the brain opposite the tremor,...
UF Health surgeon performs first-of-its-kind computer-assisted surgery in U.S. using new technology
By Bill Levesque • Jun 15, 2017 • Lead StoryA University of Florida Health orthopaedic surgeon is one of two nationally to perform the first computer-assisted shoulder replacement surgery in the U.S. using a new technology allowing live navigation of the operative site....
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Study links getting drunk at early age to increased risk of premature death
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Study shows later school performance of preemies is often comparable to full-term infants
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UF College of Veterinary Medicine communicators win national honor
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Researcher selected to work in Nigeria as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow
By Matthew Splett • University of Florida, UF Health, College of Pharmacy, UF Health Cancer Center • Jun 12, 2017
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Epidemiologic Study Findings Show Over 400 Percent Increase in Gout Patient Hospitalizations Since 1993
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Why treating breast cancer with less may be more
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New ‘dog flu’ hits Franklin County
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Little potential benefit from taking aspirin to treat atherosclerosis
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Action News Jax Investigates: Confirmed case of Legionnaires' disease in Duval County
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Getting Drunk at Early Age to Increased Risk of Premature Death
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Study shows later school performance of preemies is often comparable to full-term infants
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Drug reduces dyskinesia, 'off' times in Parkinson's patients
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Midlands pet boarders warn of dog flu in South Carolina
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Hand sanitizer misuse dangerous for kids
Jun 23, 2017
Hand sanitizer, a flu-season must-have for parents desperate to help their sniffle-prone children ward off sickness, can pose some dangers itself if it is misused. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted this growing problem in a recent report that said the most prevalent problem...
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Doing your due diligence fighting heartworms
May 1, 2017
It’s mosquito season, which recalls the life-threatening effects of heartworm disease. So if you’re the parent of a dog, cat or ferret, listen up. Adult heartworms living inside dogs or wild canids—that is, their natural hosts—produce offspring that travel in the blood. Feeding mosquitoes ingest...
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Getting foal-ready
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Pets on the move
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Thiamine gap in cats
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