UFDI Medical Director Recipient of Prestigious JDRF George Eisenbarth Award
Desmond Schatz, M.D., professor and interim chair of the Department of Pediatrics, and Pediatric Medical Director of the University of Florida Diabetes Institute, has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious 2021 JDRF George Eisenbarth Award for Type 1 Diabetes Prevention.
Meditation Brings Robust Immune System Activation, UF Health Researchers Find
Eight days of intense meditation causes robust activation of the immune system, University of Florida researchers and their colleagues have found.
Driving Innovations in Cardiovascular Care: Q&A With UF’s Dr. John Catanzaro
John Catanzaro, MD, MBA, FACC, associate medical director and program director of University of Florida Health's Clinical Cardiology Electrophysiology Section, shares how he is ramping up work on two innovative projects with the help of the educational hospital.
UF Joins Global Study Into Parkinson’s Onset and Progression
The University of Florida has been selected to join The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s landmark clinical study, the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a global project seeking to discover new insights into the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease by studying people with and without the disease.
UF Health Researcher’s Analysis Finds New Pattern of Mutations in Omicron Variant
University of Florida Health researcher has successfully analyzed the many mutations in the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a crucial step in better understanding the variant’s potential threat and ways to combat it.
UF Study Shows Artificial Intelligence’s Potential To Predict Dementia
New UF research shows that a form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain has the potential to predict whether people with a specific type of early memory loss will go on to develop a form of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
Patients Who Recover From Severe COVID-19 Still Have Significant Risk of Death, UF Study Finds
Patients who have recovered from severe COVID-19 have more than twice the mortality risk within the year following their illness than people... Read More
COVID-19 Spread Undetected in U.S., Europe Earlier Than Believed, Study Shows, Offering Lessons for Future Outbreaks, Including Transmission of Omicron Variant
Local COVID-19 transmission was underway in California, New York, Florida, and Texas well before the first reported U.S. case in Washington state on Jan. 20, 2020, according to a new study published in Nature, which indicates the virus spread much earlier and faster in the United States and Europe than previously thought.
Two Common Compounds Show Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Virus in Early Testing
A pair of over-the-counter compounds has been found in preliminary tests to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found.
UF’s COVID Restore Clinic Treats Long Haulers
Dr. Irene Estores, medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program at UF leads the COVID Restore Clinic to treat long haulers. According to the WHO definition, long COVID “occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis.”
