University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE—University of Florida researchers have developed a novel computer program, a silicon soothsayer that predicts the likelihood prostate cancer has spread.

GAINESVILLE–A University of Florida researcher says you can pick out a lemon at any age — at least if you smell it.

GAINESVILLE — Alcohol use is the best predictor of whether teen-agers are sexually active, regardless of their race or gender, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE—For the typical teen-ager, graced by the taken-for-granted health of youth, hearing loss might seem as remote as Alzheimer’s disease–a problem to be faced decades from now, if ever.

GAINESVILLE—Tobacco and nicotine are under fire and going up in flames. Now coffee and caffeine are the latest substances to be put under the addiction microscope.

GAINESVILLE—Stress can accelerate the progression of the early stages of HIV disease, report researchers from the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

GAINESVILLE — Women who return to the workplace after having babies are just as likely to breast-feed as their counterparts who stay home, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE—Using a technique akin to securing a hammock to a tree, University of Florida surgeons have suspended the bladder within the abdomen to prevent urinary incontinence in men whose cancerous prostate glands have just been removed.

GAINESVILLE—A premature baby’s early exit from the womb can leave the child in mortal danger from common infections other infants take in stride. One reason? Too small a helping of the mother’s disease-fighting antibodies.

GAINESVILLE—A 43-year-old Florida man was in serious but stable condition Monday, three days after historic surgery in which he became the first American with a spinal cord injury to receive a transplant of embryonic nerve tissue.