Category: Health

One day, there could be a new test to screen for type 1 diabetes, now that scientists have found markers in the blood of the umbilical cords of children who […]

Similar to the way one bad apple can spoil the bunch, killing cancerous cells is difficult to accomplish without harming healthy cells in the process.

Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived significantly longer than those who did not get the […]

UF Health Cancer Center researchers have found a surprising culprit behind common health problems like obesity, diabetes and fatty liver disease: silent genetic glitches in the blood system that occur naturally […]

A national study of Parkinson’s disease patients has found that deep brain stimulation — a medical technique long championed at University of Florida Health — offers improved symptoms and quality […]

In the hunt for fresh clues about emerging illicit drug use and accidental poisonings from drugs, University of Florida epidemiologist Linda Cottler and her team cast a wide net.  Cottler’s […]

University of Florida researcher Daniel Swale describes his work in the simplest of terms: He studies the most lethal creature on Earth.  “Mosquitoes are a nuisance to us in the […]

U  niversity of Florida biomedical engineering Professor Christine Schmidt has spent nearly three decades developing ways to heal damaged nerves so that people like Shirley Pincus could live pain-free lives.  […]

Nobody likes to feel pain, but it’s something every person will experience at some point in their life.

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are aware of this […]