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Parkinson’s Awareness Month: Expert Shares UF Health’s Approach to Care, New Advances
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, a time dedicated to shedding light on this complex neurological condition that affects millions of lives worldwide. UF…
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UF researchers find possible treatment window for spasticity in study of rats with spinal cord injury
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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Six important things to know about heart health
1. The body is a temple 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.…
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UF to lead national effort to help patients with rare brain disease
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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Augmenting Cognitive Training in Older Adults: The “ACT Study”
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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Scientists ID key protein that links dietary restriction with healthy hearing, aging
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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UF study shows pumping iron improves strength, independence in frail elderly
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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Patient gets ‘bionic eye’ vision system during UF Health’s first retinal implant
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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The Year in Review: Celebrating Our Achievements in 2016 Part 2
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…
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2018 in Review: Reflecting on Our Achievements, Part 2
Part 2 of our “2018 Year in Review” focuses on the research institutes and centers that are part of the UF Health family: Cancer Center Clinical and…