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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians rose one point to 89 in July, but the slumping real estate market is likely to cause it to decline over the next several months, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Older adults who consume a few alcoholic drinks a week are more likely to ward off heart disease and live longer, a new multicenter study led by University of Florida researchers shows, but not for the reasons many might think. In a surprising twist, alcohol’s anti-inflammatory properties alone do not explain the reduced risk of heart attack or death associated with light to moderate drinking, the researchers report.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Student Government will host Museum Nights from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, July 27, at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Art in the UF Cultural Plaza.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of July 24th.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — College of Health and Human Performance assistant professor Chris Hass will join fellow researchers and Parkinson’s disease patients in a 450-mile bicycle ride across Iowa July 23-29 with the Pedaling for Parkinson’s team.

“The Biggest Back to School Poster Sale” will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 28-Sept. 8 in the Reitz Student Union Colonnade.

“Mysteries of the Heart,” artwork by Tanya Beatty, a University of Florida alumna, will be on display in the Reitz Student Union Gallery from July 31 to Aug. 11.

State and university officials will discuss the creation of the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research at the Evelyn F. and William L.
McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida.

Americans battling stuffy noses often seek relief from over-the-counter medicines containing pseudoephedrine, but some illegal uses of the drug have made it harder to get. Now a University of Florida study shows the ingredient drug companies are replacing it with doesn’t work nearly as well.

Americans are getting a lot less sleep than in the past and a new University of Florida study suggests they’re taking it out on their jobs and co-workers.