University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new risk assessment score designed to pinpoint the likelihood a woman with early signs of heart disease will eventually experience a bad outcome such as heart attack, stroke or death appears to determine a patient’s prognosis more effectively than standard methods alone, University of Florida cardiologists will report today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2004 in New Orleans.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Elderly blacks are more likely than their white counterparts to feel overwhelmed by daily life, but at the same time are more inclined to view depression as a condition they can overcome through personal or religious strength rather than a medical one, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It may be the nation’s biggest toxic mystery.

SANFORD, Fla. — Inmates at the Seminole County Correctional Facility, who have been growing their own vegetables for more than 10 years, are now raising thousands of beneficial bugs that attack insect pests and feed on troublesome weeds in Florida.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Repulsive-looking and seemingly harmful intestinal worms may actually benefit their hosts — at least among tadpoles.