Clinical

The Psychology of Pain

Mar 30, 2021 at 04:15 pm by pj

By DR. MARY CATHERINE SEGOTA    Pain is one of the leading reasons patients seek medical care. Estimates of chronic pain among adults range from 11.... Read More

Hundreds of UF Students to be Part of Landmark Study on COVID-19 Spread

Mar 30, 2021 at 04:11 pm by pj

By DOUG BENNETT  The University of Florida will attempt to vaccinate more than 1,000 students as part of a landmark national study to determine whether young people who.... Read More

UF Study: Silent MRSA Carriers Have Twice the Mortality Rate of Adults Without the Bacteria

Mar 30, 2021 at 04:08 pm by pj

By JILL PEASE A University of Florida study of middle-aged and older adults finds those who unknowingly carry methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, on their s.... Read More

Covid Vaccine Hesitancy Drops Among All Americans, New Survey Shows

Mar 30, 2021 at 03:50 pm by pj

    By Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News A new poll of attitudes toward covid vaccinations shows Americans are growing more enthusiastic about being vacc.... Read More

Scientists Seek Covid Treatment Answers in Cheap, Older Drugs

Mar 30, 2021 at 03:44 pm by pj

  By Esther Landhuis, Kaiser Health News Could a decades-old antidepressant be a secret weapon against covid? A few scientists think so, after two small studies sh.... Read More

In His Continued Sparring With Fauci, Sen. Rand Paul Oversimplified the Science

Mar 30, 2021 at 03:36 pm by pj

  By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News   “Sorry Dr Fauci and other fearmongers, new study shows vaccines and naturally acquired immunity DO.... Read More

Nosing In on Kids Who Had Covid and Lost Their Sense of Smell

Mar 25, 2021 at 05:53 pm by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  Orange. Eucalyptus. Lavender. Peppermint. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado and Seattle C.... Read More

Inmates’ Distrust of Prison Health Care Fuels Distrust of Covid Vaccines

Mar 25, 2021 at 05:47 pm by pj

  By Eric Berger, Kaiser Health News One November night in a Missouri prison, Charles Graham woke his cellmate of more than a dozen years, Frank Flanders, saying h.... Read More

How Do Behavior Health Screenings Impact Real People?

Mar 25, 2021 at 01:55 am by pj

By CHRISTI CAMPBELL  A short time ago, I had never even heard of a behavioral health screening.  A close friend of mine was an NP in partnership with another provid.... Read More

Cannabis Use Does not Diminish Cognition in Older Adults 

Mar 25, 2021 at 01:06 am by pj

By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   Based on a recent review of applicable studies published in the journal, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, cannabis exposure app.... Read More

First Triple-organ Transplant in the State Paves the Way for Lifesaving Multiorgan Procedures

Mar 23, 2021 at 09:26 pm by pj

By Dorothy Hagmajer   If surgery were gymnastics, a triple-organ transplant would be a feat worthy of the Olympics. It has everything: Complex and intricate procedure?.... Read More

UF Health Researcher Plans for Next Big Step in Medicine - Human Digital Twins

Mar 23, 2021 at 11:11 am by pj

By Bill Levesque To learn how we might fight the next viral pandemic, consider an engine on a commercial jet. An engineer can recreate that engine and its every component on.... Read More

The Hype Has Faded, but Don’t Count Out Convalescent Plasma in Covid Battle

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:09 am by pj

  By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News  Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as a “breakthrough”.... Read More

So You’re Vaccinated Against Covid. Now What?

Mar 23, 2021 at 01:03 am by pj

  By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News   As you surely know, this country’s covid vaccination effort has been plagued by major birth pangs: regist.... Read More

Some Dream, Others Scheme to Find a Vaccine Before Spring Break

Mar 23, 2021 at 12:55 am by pj

  By Fred Mogul, Kaiser Health News Hawaii, Florida, Seattle and the South of France are on the minds of New York City college students. Those are some of the dest.... Read More

Doctors Debate Use of Blood Thinners to Prevent Clots in Women After C-Sections

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:31 am by pj

  By Harris Meyer, Kaiser Health News   Nearly all women who deliver babies through cesarean section at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York.... Read More

Can Vaccination and Infection Rates Add Up to Reach Covid Herd Immunity?

Mar 18, 2021 at 12:26 am by pj

  By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  It’s been a long, dark winter of covid concerns, stoked by high post-holiday case counts and the.... Read More

UF Health Study: Mutation Patterns in Dominant Coronavirus UK Variant Show New Target for Existing Drugs

Mar 17, 2021 at 11:04 pm by pj

By Doug Bennett An antibiotic used to treat leprosy is among a handful of existing drugs that could attack and slow the spread of the United Kingdom variant of the SARS-CoV-2.... Read More

New Study from Cleveland Clinic Florida Researchers Points to Novel Drug Target for Treating COVID-19

Mar 16, 2021 at 03:59 pm by pj

  Findings published in Nature Microbiology   Researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) have identified a.... Read More

Individuals With Special Needs Must Also Be Prioritized for COVID-19 Vaccine

Mar 16, 2021 at 02:24 pm by pj

  By Sharon Alexander   In early February, President Biden announced that by summer 2021 there will be enough vaccines for everyone in the U.S., and he has since.... Read More