Kid Fiber
Including more fiber in your diet may do more than promote regularity. A University of Florida study shows fiber has a lot of other health benefits, especially for children.
Including more fiber in your diet may do more than promote regularity. A University of Florida study shows fiber has a lot of other health benefits, especially for children.
Witnessing rude behavior at work may do more than offend, it can negatively affect how you think and act.
Adolescence can prove stressful for both kids and parents. Now a University of Florida study suggests that letting adolescents know they matter could cut a lot of anxiety.
The University of Florida’s won a competitive and very lucrative grant meant to speed the transformation of scientific discoveries into medical advances for patients. UF officials announced the receipt of the nearly twenty-six million dollar grant at a July 14th news conference.
The world’s largest telescope, with a lens thirty-four feet in diameter, is about to give astronomers the best view of the universe they’ve ever had. The University of Florida owns a share of the Gran Telescopio Canarias or GTC, located in the Canary Islands.
Hotels and dormitories having trouble with bed bugs may just have to turn up the heat. University of Florida researchers have found a way to kill bed bugs that doesn’t involve any pesticides; it just works like a convection oven.
A few steps outside your home you could one day find a daily dose of caffeine and a small dose of wellness. Ages ago, people brewed a beverage from the leaves of a yaupon holly tree. University of Florida researchers say it could prove a tasty and healthy drink in modern times, too.
The saying goes “practice makes perfect” and University of Florida researchers are putting that to the test using virtual humans. Medical students are using this virtual patient to conduct a breast exam, one of the most difficult exams to teach and learn.
Parents of children with obsessive-compulsive disorder could be unintentionally enabling their kids to become more fearful than they should be. Because of this, University of Florida researchers say parents could be giving their kids with OCD the wrong impression.
We know drugs can prove addictive, now it turns out high-calorie foods can too. University of Florida researchers have found that when people consume processed foods with lots of calories, like desserts and soda, it can lead to a “refined food addiction.”