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Multimedia: UF survey: Florida real estate market slips once again

khowell — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:00:09 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida real estate experts and investors were pessimistic for a second consecutive quarter, despite encouraging signs in the rise of occupancy rates and prices in the rental apartment market, a new University of Florida survey finds.

Multimedia: Under lab conditions, Salmonella can reach tomato fruits through leaves, UF study shows

khowell — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:05:11 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Food-safety experts have long believed that Salmonella bacteria could only enter tomatoes through wounds in the stem or fruit — but a new University of Florida laboratory study shows it can also happen another way.

Multimedia: UF researchers say they can create grapefruit hybrid that won’t interfere with medicine

khowell — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:15:58 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For years, doctors and pharmacists have warned people to steer clear of fresh grapefruit or grapefruit juice when taking certain medicines.

Multimedia: UF researchers: Single dose of contraceptive vaccine controls fertility in cats for years

khowell — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:40:45 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, report that a single dose of an immunocontraceptive vaccine controls fertility over multiple years in adult female cats.

Multimedia: Parents play a powerful role in predicting DUI

rwayne — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:57:38 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sipping the occasional glass of wine may seem relatively harmless, and could even be beneficial to the drinker’s health. But for parents, even moderate drinking can result in one unintended consequence: an increased risk their children will drive under the influence as adults.

Multimedia: Florida real estate markets slip amid economic worries, political infighting

khowell — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:00:34 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Economic worries and continued acrimony among lawmakers have claimed yet another casualty: The outlook for real estate markets in Florida declined slightly through the second quarter of 2011, according to a new University of Florida survey.

Multimedia: UF study strengthens concerns about long-term use of certain painkillers

khowell — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:22:00 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Painkillers such as ibuprofen, naxopren and celecoxib provide needed relief for many patients who have chronic pain. But an ongoing source of contention is whether those drugs and others in their class known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are linked to harmful health effects.

Multimedia: GianRare deep-water giant squid from South Florida brought to UF for research

khowell — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:38:13 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers received a rare 25-foot-long, deep-water giant squid Monday, the only one of its kind in the collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Multimedia: UF study: When singing mice choose a mate, a skillful song gets the gal

khowell — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:04:32 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Like rock stars of the rodent world, the flashiest performers of a Central American mouse species get the most attention from the ladies, a University of Florida study shows.

Multimedia: UF researcher reduces allergens in peanuts using pulsed light

rwayne — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:35:24 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher has developed a new technique to make peanuts safer for people with peanut allergies.

Multimedia: UF breaks ground today for $45 million Clinical and Translational Research Building

rwayne — Thu, 26 May 2011 14:25:41 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida today will launch construction on its new Clinical and Translational Research Building, a new home for research that will speed scientific discoveries to patients. Set for completion in January 2013, the $45 million, 120,000-square-foot complex will spark collaboration and spur medical advances by bringing together research teams from a range of scientific disciplines.

Multimedia: Germ-killing sanitizers could have effect on alcohol tests

khowell — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:05:20 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Slathering on alcohol-based hand sanitizer every few minutes may have one unintended consequence — a positive screen for alcohol use in certain types of tests, a University of Florida study confirmed.

Multimedia: Vibration helps reduce pain in chronic sufferers, UF researchers find

khowell — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:45:33 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rubbing or massaging is often an instinctive response to pain. Now researchers have found that another kind of touch, vibration, can also help reduce certain types of pain by more than 40 percent. The researchers are encouraged by the prospect that vibration therapies could bring pill-free pain relief to chronic sufferers.

Multimedia: UF study: College students often miss mark when reporting ‘normal’ hearing

khowell — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:00:27 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some college students who think they have normal hearing may actually be overestimating their abilities. In a University of Florida study of college students who believed they had normal hearing, one-quarter did not have normal hearing sensitivity.

Multimedia: MRSA may not be the bully of the gym after all

khowell — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:15:26 +0000

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A sweat-drenched treadmill seems a likely haven for germs to set up housekeeping, including the dangerous antibiotic-resistant bug MRSA. This is one of the reasons why most fitness centers sanitize equipment and supply members with antibacterial wipes.