University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE — Crime rates for adolescents from two-parent families are lower than for teens from single-parent families, even when one parent is a stepparent, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE — When 71-year-old Verton Gay first went to the Lifetime Cardiac Rehab Center in Ocala, he had just undergone bypass surgery followed by back surgery, and walking was causing him excruciating pain. It seemed he would have to give up living a life he was familiar with.

GAINESVILLE — As the drivers in the Pepsi 400 revved their engines last weekend and prepared to face the difficulties of the Daytona race course, there were millions of drivers in the United States preparing to face what they believe are the same challenges.

GAINESVILLE — When Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Rich Butler steps to the plate, he’s waiting for the type of pitch he hits best.

GAINESVILLE — Concerned what you may learn from the stock market or the visit to the doctor?

GAINESVILLE — When it comes to coaching, the pep talk is better than the locker room tirade, University of Florida researchers have found in a new study.

GAINESVILLE—Expecting the joy of birth, but experiencing the sorrow of death: That is the heartbreaking tragedy for parents of stillborn babies.

GAINESVILLE—El Niño will long be remembered for this year’s onslaught of natural disasters across the nation. Wildfires blazed out of control, deadly tornadoes fell from the sky, flood waters rolled over plains and droughts dried farmlands. All this, and the height of hurricane season looms.

GAINESVILLE — Cocaine abuse does not necessarily affect motherly love, according to a University of Florida study that finds mothers who use the drug during pregnancy care for their babies just as much as moms who abstained.

GAINESVILLE — To the fear of math, flying and other stressful problems of modern high-tech life add computerphobia,’ say University of Florida psychologists.