Making More Room at the Inn, Part 2: Research and Education

In the last edition of On the Same Page, titled “Making More Room at the Inn,” data on the increased demand for clinical services at UF Health were presented.…

Genetics breakthrough by group that includes University of Florida expert will boost diabetes research

The genes that increase the risk of Type 1 diabetes have lost their hiding place. A research group that includes a University of Florida genetics expert has…

UF Health researchers investigate effectiveness of a generic heart drug

University of Florida Health researchers are investigating whether a generic form of a common heart medicine used for high blood pressure, heart failure and…

Feast-and-famine diet could extend life, study shows

Think of it as interval training for the dinner table. University of Florida Health researchers have found that putting people on a feast-or-famine diet may…

Trial could lead to new treatment for most common form of muscular dystrophy

Patients with the most common form of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne, often lose the ability to walk by the time they reach age 12 and typically only live to…

UF Health research points to potential treatment for macular degeneration, uveitis

Inflammation is a major culprit in age-related macular degeneration and some other eye diseases. Now, University of Florida Health researchers have found a…

Survival rates for UF Health blood and marrow transplant patients are among the best nationwide

Outcomes for patient survival following stem cell transplant at the University of Florida Health Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program, which treats…

The Machen Era: Impact on UF Health

Bernie and Chris Machen arrived in Gainesville to lead the University of Florida on January 5, 2004. Their impact has been transformational — for the…

UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital’s Child Life program brings the “Healing Power of Play” home

On any given day, 50 to 70 percent of patients at the University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital are restricted to their rooms due to their…

UF researchers discover leukemia’s hiding places

In patients with leukemia, cancer cells can embed within the walls of blood vessels and hide from chemotherapy, according to a University of Florida study…

Welcome HSC Graduate Students

Each year around this time, the hustle and bustle returns to Gainesville: more traffic, busier restaurants, an influx of enthusiastic students, and, of course,…

Painkiller reduces hypersensitivity to pain in patients with fibromyalgia

Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia complain of chronic pain throughout their bodies, but often doctors have difficulty detecting what causes the pain, and…