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Private Gift Enables University Of Florida To Initiate New Statewide Alzheimer’s Research Center

GAINESVILLE — Plans for an Alzheimer’s disease research center to be initiated as a statewide resource based at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute were unveiled today (Dec. 11) at a campus news conference.
Leaders of the Gainesville-based SantaFe HealthCare Inc. announced they will donate $1.5 million over the next three years and pledge to [...]

Filed under Health, Research on Tuesday, December 11, 2001.

Among The Millions Trying To Lose Weight? Lean On Each Other, UF Researchers Suggest

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the holiday snack season in high gear, many people are bound to be wondering what they can do in the new year to atone for all the eggnog, cookies and fudge they’ve been consuming.

Filed under Health, Research on Thursday, December 6, 2001.

Smallest Liver Transplant Recipient Leaves Shands

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eleven-week-old Bethany Joy Mullins was discharged today from Shands Children’s Hospital at the University of Florida — just in time for the holidays. She is the smallest infant in North America to successfully undergo liver transplantation.

Filed under Health, Research on Monday, December 3, 2001.