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The University of Florida Neuromuscular Division is a group of faculty and staff in the Department of Neurology at UF. Our goal is to improve the condition of…
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Dr. Michael Okun & Dr. Kelly Foote formed the University of Florida Health Center for Movement Disorders & Neurorestoration in 2002 to bring together experts…
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It's a cruel irony that strikes many victims of spinal cord injury: In those who suffer only partial paralysis, limbs that should remain healthy become stiff…
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We don’t want to hear this when we’re younger, but it’s true that what we put into our bodies will eventually affect us later in life. The foods we eat…
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Have you sometimes forgotten a phone number, walked to another room to complete an errand but forgotten what it was while walking, or failed to notice a car…
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Tetsuo Ashizawa, M.D., chairman of the UF department of neurology (Photo by Sarah Kiewel/University of Florida) When treating devastating brain diseases such…
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Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Ph.D., chief of the biology of aging division at UF's College of Medicine and a member of the Institute on Aging and Jinze Xu, Ph.D.,…
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Strokes, injuries and the aging process often rob elderly people of the ability to care for themselves, but pumping iron can help restore some independence to…
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More than two decades ago, doctors could do nothing for Walfre Lopez as his vision faded away due to a degenerative eye disease. Now, a revolutionary…
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Part 2 of our “Year in Review” focuses on the hospitals, research institutes and centers that are part of the UF Health family: UF Health Cancer Center UF…