University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Binge drinking among University of Florida students, and especially among men, has declined during the last two years, according to a new campus study.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida veterinary researchers have found two critical missing pieces in a mysterious food chain puzzle that results in devastating neurological disease for tens of thousands of horses each year.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s aggressive pursuit of health-related grants helped generate a record $379.5 million in research funding during fiscal year 2000-2001, up 11.8 percent from the previous year, figures released today show.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many physically unfit adults think they exercise more vigorously than they do, a misperception that may hamper their efforts to prevent heart disease, University of Florida researchers report.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A new University of Florida study shows that seeking a second opinion after a diagnosis of prostate or bladder cancer can sometimes spell the difference between radical surgery or more conservative treatment — even watchful waiting. In rare instances, pathologists also disagree on whether cancer is even present, according to research published recently in the Journal of Urology.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—One of the latest drugs designed to keep the body’s immune system from attacking a life-saving organ transplant works no better than a 40-year-old mainstay in warding off short-lived bouts of rejection in lung transplant recipients, report researchers from Duke University and the University of Florida Shands Transplant Center.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Getting your goat will be as easy as picking up a loaf of bread on the way home, if Florida researchers have anything to do with it.