UF Health calls BMI a “deeply flawed” calculation, opts for direct fat measure
Jul 6, 2025
A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI — commonly used to measure obesity and health risk — fails in predicting the […]
UF Health: Timing, consistency of activity linked to better fitness
May 30, 2025
New study looks at cardiorespiratory fitness.
UF studies pitch clocks, overuse injuries in baseball pitchers
May 26, 2024
Study looks at hole in pitch clock restrictions.
UF researcher, international team publish on fighting drug-resistant bacteria
May 11, 2024
Team study published in Science.
UF Health urges stricter pitching rules for kids
Oct 18, 2023
Study notes an increase in pitching injuries for youth and high school baseball players.
UF Health provides automated pharmacy kiosks
May 15, 2023
Patients can acquire common medications at three UF Health ERs.
Study: Sleep apnea poses serious health threat
Apr 29, 2023
UF study shows life expectancy shortens and causes health problems.
UF Health scientist lands grant for rare disease
Mar 2, 2023
Funds will go toward studying rare Smith-Kingsmore syndrome neurological disease.
UF Health leads way in robotic joint replacement
Dec 8, 2022
UF one of first large Southeast academic centers to use robot-assisted system.
UF study finds election stress may impact health
Nov 25, 2022
Study shows population blood pressure rose following 2016 election.
UF: Sleep medication usage drops
Aug 15, 2022
5-year study shows decline in usage, especially among elderly.
UF Health named HHT Center of Excellence
Jul 4, 2022
UF’s work with rare inherited condition involving blood vessels leads to Cure HHT provider designation.
UF researchers develop 30-second coronavirus test
Apr 7, 2022
With any highly infectious disease, time can be a killer. It is crucial to get a test result for a pathogen quickly, lest someone continue in […]
UF study suggests correlation between COVID, ED
Dec 22, 2021
If the threat of death or severe disability isn’t enough to convince someone to get a COVID-19 vaccination, men can add this possible consequence of coronavirus […]
UF Health addresses thyroid cancer overdiagnosis
Oct 21, 2021
It can be a disquieting moment for a patient. A lump or bump is found on their neck. It’s a thyroid nodule. Is it cancer? Many […]
UF scientists examine COVID using lung tissue
Sep 30, 2021
Scientists can grow individual cell lines in a dish and study how the coronavirus infects them. And that’s useful as far as it goes. In a […]
UF: Long COVID continues to plague victims
Sep 28, 2021
The symptoms of COVID-19 can be terrible enough in the days and weeks after infection by the coronavirus. Many people, however, soon discover the microscopic invader […]
UF: Allergies shouldn’t prevent COVID vaccination
Sep 21, 2021
Getting a vaccination against COVID-19 makes sense for just about everybody. Vaccines remain highly effective in preventing infection, severe disease and hospitalization. Unvaccinated Americans are 11 […]
UF Health researchers seek to stop next pandemic
Jun 14, 2021
UF Health researchers are joining an ambitious global effort led by The Rockefeller Foundation to better track the coronavirus and its variants and set up a […]
UF Health doc offers COVID vaccine advice for parents
May 18, 2021
The race to defeat the novel coronavirus took a major leap forward last week when the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control […]
UF Health achieves milestone in heart failure treatment
May 4, 2021
University of Florida Health researchers recently became the first to temporarily implant a new device in a patient with congestive heart failure, a procedure that one […]
UF Health researcher explains herd immunity
Apr 22, 2021
It’s a term we’re going to hear much more frequently during the final chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic—herd immunity. With millions of Americans being vaccinated against […]
UF Health physician tackles pandemic questions, misinformation
Mar 15, 2021
The novel coronavirus is still sickening Americans by the tens of thousands. But three vaccines are now available to stem the pandemic, and for many, hope […]