UF HealthStreet’s most recent Our Community, Our Health national town hall took place on November 14, 2017 from 6-7pm. This town hall focused on topics of food deserts and food insecurity. Featured panelists, including Dr. Bruce Waite (Fresh Wagon), David Dinkins (UF/IFAS), Dr. Catherine Campbell (Family Nutrition Program & Program…
Did you know that in a typical Thanksgiving meal, Americans will consume more than 1,600 calories? Or that an average American eats around 4,500 calories throughout the entire Thanksgiving day? One study even found that eating an unusually heavy and rich meal may quadruple an individual’s risk of having…
A new UF study will examine swallowing and breathing in healthy adults in order to better understand how swallowing and respiratory impairments manifest and progress in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The goal of the study is to answer “what does normal breathing and swallowing look like across the…
Did you know that every 66 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease? More than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and by the year 2050 this number could rise as high as 16 million. It is the sixth leading cause of death in the…
A group of university research scholars at the University of Florida in the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory are studying the brain effects of alcohol use and reductions in alcohol use in people who are HIV positive. Participation includes questionnaires, thinking and memory exercises, giving blood samples, two…
Researchers at the University of Florida have developed a new therapy that they hope can lead the cure for MS. The process uses a gene therapy, which the researchers have been testing on mice. According to the researchers, between 71 percent and 81 percent of the mice had a…
The Pittsburgh-based Magee-Womens Research Institute is planning to offer the prize to a team of top scientists for innovative research into women’s health when it holds its inaugural research summit next October. The prize winner will partner with Magee researchers. The main goal of this incentive prize is to…
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! More than 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the U.S. with most being women over 50, but 10 percent are younger than 45. There are many different symptoms of breast cancer and many women report no symptoms at all.
Please welcome Chad T. Douglas, UF HealthStreet’s new Communications Specialist. Chad earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Florida in 2012 and his Master of Arts in Mass Communication at UF in 2017. Chad has previously worked at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity…
Last year in August more than 500 people from Gainesville and surrounding communities gathered in Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville for an evening of live music, dancing, food, and wellness. The inaugural event, UF HealthStreet’s Night of Dance, was a celebration promoting community, diversity, health research and the…
