Alachua County’s bystander CPR rates save lives, study finds

• New study shows that after activating PulsePoint, an app that alerts CPR-trained individuals to nearby cardiac events, rates of lifesaving bystander CPR…

Learn how to perform bystander CPR and use an AED in just 6 minutes with UF Health registered nurse Noah Thompson.

UF researchers aim to improve nutrition for cancer patients

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study and first-of-its-kind food pharmacy at UF aim to help patients with cancer access and eat nutritious foods, giving them the…

UF Health to continue caring for Team USA athletes through 2028 under extended agreement

Serves as a national medical center as part of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Medical Network

UF Health celebrates groundbreaking for orthopaedic surgical center

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Health officials and community leaders gathered Wednesday to break ground for the UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center, a more than…

The UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center will expand access to orthopaedic care for our local and regional patients and improve their experience by moving procedures such as total joint replacements to an outpatient setting. Additionally, the high-tech infrastructure provided by the Black Diamond backbone will allow the adoption of future technologies, including robotics, navigation, and imaging, to help advance UF Health’s educational and patient care missions.

UF veterinary college’s canine open heart surgery program marks successful first year

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its open heart surgery program for…

One year ago, the UF College of Veterinary Medicine launched an open heart surgery program for dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease. The program is the only one of its kind in the United States, and has been transformative, offering life-saving care for dogs and hope to owners who otherwise would have had to travel overseas with their animals for treatment.

UF Health, community leaders celebrate opening of UF Health Urgent Care Center – Eastside

Click here for video and here for high-res images. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Partnership was the theme of the day as leaders from UF Health, the city of Gainesville,…

UF Health leaders, along with city, county and state representatives, celebrated the opening of the UF Health Urgent Care Center – Eastside on Wednesday.

UF Health welcomes Team USA medical personnel to talk about concussion and TBI

GAINESVILLE — As Team USA competes against the world in Paris this summer, it’s unlikely any broadcaster will discuss how well athletes sleep. It might be a…

UF Health and the UF BRAIN Center recently hosted some of the fantastic health care service providers from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Our multi-disciplinary concussion and traumatic brain injury experts across the neurology, rehabilitation, and sports medicine fields shared their expertise with the USOPC team on the latest TBI/Concussion treatment protocols in preparation for treating Team USA athletes and para-athletes this summer in Paris! Our collaboration with the USOPC medical experts helps strengthen the care that is provided to all of our patients every day.

UF Health expert: How parents can set children up for reading success

One of life’s greatest pastimes may be settling in with a terrific book. In honor of March’s National Reading Month, Laurie Gauger, Ph.D., an assistant…

. In honor of March’s National Reading Month, Laurie Gauger, Ph.D., an assistant clinical professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and director of the UF Reading Program, shares tips for parents on building children’s reading and language skills, and signs that indicate a child may have dyslexia or another reading disability.

UF Health, UAA and ACFR aid ailing fan at Gators football game

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For 23 years, Greg Magruder has been a Florida Gators fan. He and his wife, Karen, moved to Florida from Ohio in 2000. Magruder, a pastor…

UF Health officially welcomes Flagler Health+ to the family

The University of Florida’s academic health center to introduce expanded services, leading-edge care aimed at improving the health of the local community;…

University of Florida Health officials announce Flagler Health+ has become part of the University of Florida’s academic health center and will be renamed UF Health St. Johns.

UF Health Cancer Center achieves National Cancer Institute designation

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has received prestigious designation from the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, and joins the ranks of the…

The University of Florida Health Cancer Center has received designation from the National Cancer Institute, becoming the 72nd in the United States and the only one in North Central Florida.

University of Florida’s Equine Treadmill Helps Horses in Their Racing Careers and Beyond

For centuries, horses helped power daily life. They pulled carts, ground grain and drove early machines. Today, their role is very different. Horses are now…

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine's Equine Performance Lab has a new EquiGym High Speed Equine Treadmill. The addition of the treadmill will enable UF researchers to study horses in active training and advance our knowledge of factors that affect the safety and longevity of the equine athlete.