For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery can offer a life-changing opportunity to control seizures. But it can also come with questions about how a procedure could affect language, memory and […]

Young adults who use generative artificial intelligence to ask health-related questions are more likely to screen positive for clinically significant anxiety and depression than those not using the AI tool […]

From coffee shops to customer service call centers, most people believe they have a good sense of how long a service will take. But new research from the University of […]

About a hundred years ago, archaeologists unearthing pottery sherds in Tampa Bay found something unexpected. Some of the fragments they recovered had designs that were nearly identical to decorated pottery […]

Human activities are helping shape where new infectious diseases emerge, according to a new study co-led by University of Florida medical geographer Sadie Ryan, Ph.D. Published in Nature, the study […]

Armed with a prestigious federal grant, University of Florida engineering professor Laura Kim, Ph.D., and her research team will develop technology to detect early-stage endometriosis.  

A simple pattern of black-and-white stripes could cause an autonomous vehicle or robot to misjudge how far away an obstacle is, potentially triggering an unexpected maneuver or even a collision, […]

As scientists edge closer to changing the lives of people with dementia by finding ways to diagnose it earlier and treat it more effectively, a University of Florida-led research network […]

Type 1 diabetes isn’t an overnight attack against the body’s ability to make insulin. It can be a sustained campaign over years that relentlessly targets insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

In Ghana and many African countries, traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers play a prominent role in patient care. These practitioners use herbal remedies, spiritual healing or other practices rooted […]