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Published: February 27 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As the U.S. military gets ready for a possible war in Iraq, an international group of scientists is gearing up for a major project that could take place after such a war: restoring a huge wetland systematically drained by Saddam Hussein.
Published: February 26 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Most people feel full about 10 minutes after they begin eating, but for those who are obese, it may take almost twice as long for their brains to get the message, according to researchers at the University of Florida’s Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute.
Published: February 25 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence fell in February to its lowest level in more than a decade, reflecting growing consumer anxiety over possible war in Iraq, University of Florida economists report.
Published: February 24 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Black magic is growing paler as the mysterious practices once used to "poison" evil slave masters attract a larger following among white Americans, who frequent conjure shops and seek voodoo rites on vacations, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: February 20 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Even with the country on its highest level of terrorism alert since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a University of Florida expert says the United States can't protect its farms, crops and cattle from biological weapons.
Published: February 19 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite becoming a political battleground over conflicting moral values, school-based health centers have thrived and even been touted as an innovative health-care reform, say two University of Florida authors of a newly published book on the subject.
Published: February 18 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As the debate over the safety of hormone replacement therapy continues, University of Florida nurse researchers have shown in a small but promising study that a combination of vitamin supplements, exercise and weight training may provide postmenopausal women an alternate way to improve bone health and prevent osteoporosis.
Published: February 16 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. James E. Scott, vice president for student affairs at the University of Florida, died today (2/16) at Shands at UF medical center after a 16-month battle with cancer. He was 55.
Published: February 13 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stop and smell the roses – that is if you can find any that still have scents.
Published: February 11 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida will continue to grow steadily but unevenly as the state’s current population swells nearly 8 million residents to 24.4 million by 2030, according to the latest projections from the University of Florida.
Published: February 10 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida surgeon is calling for a return to a more traditional surgical treatment for a hormonal imbalance that causes a constellation of symptoms doctors have coined “moans, groans, stones and bones.”
Published: February 7 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Missouri law Professor Robert Jerry has been named dean of the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law, effective July 1.
Published: February 6 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To detect toxic explosive residues in the soil – including unexploded artillery shells and other weapons – University of Florida researchers are using genetic engineering to modify microbes and plants that can be used as “biosensors.”
Published: February 6 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — U.S. soldiers fighting in today’s high-tech military force will be much more likely to survive traumatic brain injuries if University of Florida researchers succeed in developing a blood test to assess the severity of head wounds on the battlefield, U.S. Department of Defense officials say.
Published: February 5 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A weak economy and excessive fishing may have taken a bite out of shark attacks, which declined in 2002 for the second straight year, a new University of Florida report shows.
Published: February 25 2003
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite years of practice that tee shot just won’t stay in the fairway. Or maybe after serving that tennis ball a thousand times, you just can’t make it fly like you want.