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Fixing crooked teeth can mean a life-long commitment, starting with braces and then a retainer. But a natural hormone that aids in childbirth might one day be used to shorten the time needed to straighten teeth.

You’ve heard about the dangers from toxic floodwaters being drained from New Orleans. Now a new study suggests all American cities are at risk from the potentially toxic effects of even a small rainstorm. In fact, a University of Florida researcher says, all cities can learn from what’s happening in New Orleans.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 19th.

Experts may have found what triggers dementia in some people with HIV and AIDS. In healthy people, white blood cells gather to fight infections. But a University of Florida study shows that in HIV patients those white blood cells crowd into the temporal lobe to fight the virus over-crowding brain tissue, which starts to [...]

Dieters resolving to lose weight on popular low carbohydrate diets can have their meat and eat their potatoes too, thanks to a new potato variety developed at the University of Florida. For more, here’s Research Report.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 12th.

Speaking at the recent dedication of the University of Florida’s new Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor asked law students to fight for judicial independence.

You probably have them at your workplace. Co-workers who think a little too highly of themselves. Now a new University of Florida study may burst those big egos. It shows that conceited, vain and self-absorbed employees are actually sub-par performers on the job.

Forget about an apple a day. Research from the University of Florida suggests a handful of peanuts can keep the doctor away. For more here’s Research Report.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 5th.