UF Health Shands Talks Ways to Avoid Respiratory Infection in Wake of Coronavirus
The Center for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) announced the second known case of the coronavirus in the US on Friday, January... Read More
UF Neurologist Explains in The Conversation Ozzy Osbourne’s Parkinson’s Disease
University of Florida neurologist, Dr. Michael Okun explains Ozzy Osbourne’s type of Parkinson’s disease, the condition and evolving treatments in The Conversation.... Read More
University of Florida Health Researchers Find “Switch” That Lets Common, Cancer-Causing Virus Replicate
Many viruses are master manipulators, hijacking cellular functions to propagate, spread and avoid elimination by their hosts’ immune system. Now, University of... Read More
UF Health Researchers on Team Studying Possible Viral Link With Type 1 Diabetes
A prolonged infection by a common virus might sometimes trigger the immune system attack on the pancreas that ultimately leads to Type... Read More
UF Researchers Develop Easy Tool to Predict Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
A new assessment tool can predict users’ 10-year risk of heart attack or stroke with just a few patient-inputted responses, no lab... Read More
New Combination Therapy Slows Deadly Brain Tumor in Mice, UF Health Researchers Find
As the deadliest primary brain tumor, glioblastoma is a stubborn foe. In addition to being aggressive, glioblastoma hasn’t responded to immunotherapies that... Read More
Dr. Michael Okun Featured on Podcast
Dr. Michael Okun, of the Fixel Institute of Neurological Diseases, interviews Charbel Moussa, MD, Ph.D, author of a recent article on Nilotinib... Read More
Alcoholic? Me? How to Tell if Your Holiday Drinking Is Becoming a Problem
University of Florida researcher Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., director at the Center for Addiction Research & Education, discusses in The Conversation how... Read More
Severity of Norovirus Linked to Gut Microbes, UF Health Researchers Find
For cruise ship passengers, the highly contagious norovirus has ruined many a trip with vomiting and diarrhea. Now, a study led by... Read More
UF Researchers Discover Breakthrough Anticancer Drug
Researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy have discovered a safer and more effective anticancer drug to target leukemia, lymphoma,... Read More
