For media inquiries call Rossana Passaniti at 352-273-8569 or email passar@shands.ufl.edu Richard C. Christensen, M.D., M.A., a professor of psychiatry in the…
University of Florida College of Medicine leaders have appointed Michael S. Okun, M.D., chair of the department of neurology. Okun, a professor in the…
Aging can cause many changes to the body, including obesity and a loss of lean mass. Now, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has discovered…
University of Florida Health researchers have found a possible predictor for little understood — but often disabling or even fatal — stroke complications. The…
You may have only had one glass of wine with dinner, but if you’re 55 or older, that single serving may hit you hard enough to make you a dangerous driver. So,…
It may seem normal: As we age, we misplace car keys, or can’t remember a name we just learned or a meal we just ordered. But University of Florida researchers…
For parents, thinking about their child’s disease rarely stops at the clinic. They carry their concerns home with them. In fact, most parents of children with…
The pain was so bad he couldn’t turn his head. For two years, he couldn’t drive or wander around his yard or even sleep. Worst of all, William Tuten couldn’t…
Richard Shriner, M.D., has become the first University of Florida physician to earn board certification in obesity medicine from the American Board of Obesity…
University of Florida researchers have found changes in the behavior and in the brains of mice in withdrawal from methamphetamine addiction. These findings may…
Four researchers at the University of Florida have been chosen as Charter Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Donn Dennis, Ray Bergeron, Franky So…