GAINESVILLE, Fla.—It’s one of medicine’s greatest ironies: The patients who most need a certain treatment may be too ill to handle it. Now University of Florida and Duke University researchers say one group of people long considered too sick for a lung transplant may be able to undergo the procedure after all.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite fears that the United States is unprepared to care for its rapidly growing elderly population, the system of assisted-living facilities actually place it on firm ground, especially when compared with its Canadian neighbors, a University of Florida researcher has found.
That may be an important consideration for millions of baby boomers in [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As an 8-week-old golden retriever puppy, Dreyfus would paddle his little paws while he slept.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study indicates mangoes can be added to the arsenal of foods known to help fight cancer.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The hottest new weapon in the surgeon’s arsenal against liver cancer uses heat instead of cold, a shift that could put the freeze on what until now has been the standard therapy for inoperable tumors. What’s more, it’s easy, cheap and considerably less risky to perform than surgery or using cold to zap malignancies.