UF Neurologists Create a New Image of Parkinson Disease
An outdated sketch from 1886 by Sir William Richard Gowers remains among the most used and viewed depictions of Parkinson disease, despite great advancements in the understanding of the neurological disorder. Now, UF neurologists Melissa Armstrong, M.D. and Michael S. Okun, M.D. have worked with a medical illustrator to create a new, more diverse representation of who is affected by […]
UF Researcher Receives PPMD Change It Champion Award
Claudia Senesac, PT, Ph.D., PCS, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Florida, received the Change It Champion Award on behalf of the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a non-profit organization that is leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dr. Senesac received the award “in recognition […]
Hopes High to Crack the Code on Bacterial Spot of Tomato
Bacterial spot can topple tomato crops anywhere the malady strikes. To help growers stay out of the red zone, University of Florida scientists are aiming to dig deeper into how the pathogen that causes the disease spreads and evolves on farms. Erica Goss, a UF/IFAS associate professor of plant pathology, was recently awarded a $455,000 […]
Dietary Changes May Help Ward Off Lupus, UF Health Researchers Find
A change in diet may protect against gut-bacteria dysfunction that leads to lupus in mice, University of Florida Health researchers have found. In this video, Laurence M. Morel, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Medicine’s department of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine; and Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Ph.D., a department of medicine professor, explain how […]
New Study Shows Common Diabetes Drug Improves Symptoms in Genetic Form of ALS in Mice
University of Florida neuroscientists showed in a mouse-model study that metformin, a widely prescribed drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Type 2 diabetes, reduces levels of specific mutant proteins central to the most common genetic form of ALS and frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, two intractable neurodegenerative diseases. The study, published […]
Collaboration Aims to Cure Trigeminal Neuralgia Pain
The Facial Pain Research Foundation (FRPF) and researchers at the University of Florida are collaborating to combat a chronic facial pain disorder, trigeminal neuralgia (TN) through translational research such as human imaging and MRI studies to get a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in the debilitating disorder. “Trigeminal neuralgia is probably the worst pain […]
UF/IFAS Experts Outline Hurricane Prep, Recovery for Citrus Growers
Like all farmers, Florida’s citrus producers must prepare for the worst before a hurricane strikes. That’s why Fernando Alferez co-wrote a manual that gives growers tips on how to get their citrus farm ready for – and recover from — the potentially dangerous storms. It’s not just coastal counties, where ]the storms hit first, that […]
UF Researchers Receive Funding to Address Pain in Older Adults
University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville researchers were awarded a Florida Blue Foundation 2019 Quality of Patient Care Grant for $275,000 to implement a three-year project addressing pain management in older adults in Northeast Florida. The project is named the Aging and Integrative Pain Assessment and Management Initiative, or AI-PAMI. The work is […]
UF Team Hopes to Finish Designing Affordable Post-Disaster Housing by 2021
A UF team is working on a project, known as Advanced Modular Housing Design, which aims to provide a safe and affordable housing option for families that lost their homes to natural disasters. The team calls its housing units CORE+. “The project’s primary goal is to design sustainable, affordable and resilient post-disaster housing,” said Charles […]
UF Researchers Develop Risk Score to Predict Deaths From Heart Attacks, Stroke in Every U.S. County
The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced the fact that racial, income and social inequalities play an important role in health and disease. The same is true for heart health. Factors such as poverty, a shortage of health care providers and food deserts can all contribute to increased risk for heart disease, the leading cause of death […]