GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cardiologists have long acknowledged that high blood pressure is more difficult to treat in patients of certain racial or ethnic origins. That’s especially true for black people, who are at higher risk of developing the condition, are often afflicted with it at a younger age and are less likely to respond to medications designed to control it.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at the University of Florida believe they have identified a new form of dementia, a disease that develops mostly in elderly people and is characterized by a progressive, generally irreversible loss of mental capabilities.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists from the University of Florida and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have used gene therapy to hinder destruction of brain tissue in mouse models of Canavan disease, a rare genetic disorder that is fatal in children.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — U.S. soldiers fighting in today’s high-tech military force will be much more likely to survive traumatic brain injuries if University of Florida researchers succeed in developing a blood test to assess the severity of head wounds on the battlefield, U.S. Department of Defense officials say.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What do a lottery ticket and a smallpox vaccination have in common?
Before getting either one you need to understand the odds it will pay off, says University of Florida smallpox expert Dr. Parker Small Jr., a professor of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine with UF’s College of Medicine.
Small and risk assessment specialist [...]