GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Aggressively tackling invasive breast cancer with a trio of treatments - surgery, chemotherapy and, notably, radiation - helps certain women remain disease-free longer, University of Florida researchers report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida scientists have invented a way of teasing out the genes bacteria use to outwit their human hosts, a discovery that could prove to be a boon for researchers brewing new vaccines and designing drugs for many serious afflictions.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The culprit in more than 1,000 fatalities and 40,000 injuries annually nationwide, construction zones are notoriously dangerous places for road workers and motorists.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians rose in June for the third month straight, buoyed by a strong buyer’s market, University of Florida economists report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Education has announced that the University of Florida has won a number of grants to create a transnational and global studies program and a European studies program, as well as to continue support for existing programs in Latin American and African studies.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The universe just became a little less mysterious.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A jumpstart on puberty increases the likelihood girls will have a fast start with alcohol and marijuana, perhaps leading to a faster life, a new University of Florida study finds.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Wisdom comes with age if people learn to feel and reflect, but there is little incentive to do so in a hectic American culture that reveres Spock-like logic, a new University of Florida study finds.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Often considered unwanted and disengaged from parenting, many stepfathers on this Father’s Day are instead likely to be dads who are emotionally involved with their stepchildren, says a University of Florida researcher.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A form of heart-lung bypass commonly used in newborns battling respiratory distress also benefits older children and teens experiencing lung failure caused by severe smoke inhalation, asthma and other serious conditions, University of Florida pediatric surgeons report in the June issue of the Annals of Surgery.