University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE — Women who return to the workplace after having babies are just as likely to breast-feed as their counterparts who stay home, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE—Using a technique akin to securing a hammock to a tree, University of Florida surgeons have suspended the bladder within the abdomen to prevent urinary incontinence in men whose cancerous prostate glands have just been removed.

GAINESVILLE — Florida’s consumer confidence index hit an eight-year record in July, thanks to optimism about the national economy and the perception that now is a good time to buy big-ticket items, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE—A virus that could ruin Florida’s $500 million tomato industry and spread throughout the South has been detected by researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

GAINESVILLE — Research funding at the University of Florida soared nearly 25 percent last year to a record $255.9 million, even as overall federal research spending — the university’s main funding source — is on the decline.

GAINESVILLE—If mosquitoes and other insects are taking a bite out of your summer fun, don’t bother with one of those electric bug zappers, says a University of Florida pest control expert.

GAINESVILLE — Millions of dollars and years of research created a communications system where Star Trek fans in the United States can instantly trade information with fellow Trekkies in Peru or folk music aficionados in Alaska can update others in Bulgaria.

GAINESVILLE—A premature baby’s early exit from the womb can leave the child in mortal danger from common infections other infants take in stride. One reason? Too small a helping of the mother’s disease-fighting antibodies.

GAINESVILLE In the shadow of the fairy tale world of Walt Disney, Orlando struggles with many of the same problems that affect all big cities.

GAINESVILLE—A 43-year-old Florida man was in serious but stable condition Monday, three days after historic surgery in which he became the first American with a spinal cord injury to receive a transplant of embryonic nerve tissue.