UF College of Medicine study finds sleep apnea in older adults needs more attention

Obstructive sleep apnea, which can reduce life expectancy and cause significant health problems, often is undiagnosed and unaddressed in adults ages 50 and…

AI technique reveals dysfunctional gut microbiome bacteria’s role in depression and high blood pressure

To solve the elusive medical mystery of why many adults have both high blood pressure and depression, University of Florida Health researchers took a long,…

Landmark study to measure molecular changes of exercise reaches key milestone

It’s so obvious that exercise is a healthy habit that it almost goes without saying. Scientists have known for years that physical activity lowers the risk of…

Modest exercise can cue beneficial changes to body’s internal clock, study in mice shows

Just an hour of exercise a day resets the muscular “clocks” in mice by about an hour, University of Florida Health researchers have found. If replicated in…

Depression can be identified using gut bacteria, University of Florida Health researchers find

There’s a new ally in the effort to help people living with depression: gut bacteria. People with depression have distinct intestinal microbes that differ from…

Gut microbiome may be linked to high blood pressure and depression, UF Health researchers find

In the fight against high blood pressure and depression, there’s a new target being investigated by University of Florida Health researchers: gut bacteria.…

Therapeutic protein delivery prevents diabetic complications in preclinical models

A bacterium commonly found in fermented foods can be used to deliver therapeutic protein and prevent a common, sight-stealing diabetic complication in mice,…

Targeting gut microbes to potentially make a blood pressure medication more effective is focus of new grant

Can gut microbes be targeted to possibly make blood pressure medication more effective? That’s the question being studied by University of Florida Health…

Nobel Prize winner Michael Young delivers keynote at inaugural UF Circadian Symposium

A journey that led to a Nobel Prize may have begun with a neighbor’s elegant, blooming plant back in the hazy reaches of Michael Young’s Miami childhood. The…

Low oxygen leads to fetal brain bacteria in animal model, UF Health researchers find

One of the most common forms of stress for a fetus is being oxygen-deprived. Now, University of Florida researchers have studied an animal model and found that…

What’s that? Exercise is also good for hearing?

Listen up: Everybody has heard that exercise can help keep you slim and is good for heart health, but University of Florida researchers have also found that…

UF researcher receives $7 million for imaging studies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A new five-year, $7.15 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will support the University of Florida’s continued study of MRI to track Duchenne…