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Researchers with the University of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø are expanding a study to investigate the link between gut health and Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias.

April 29, 2022Health, Research

Researchers at ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøare launching a research study that will track alterations in the gut microbiomes to see if certain biomarkers can accurately predict which individuals are most likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia.

April 25, 2022Health, Research

Breakthrough research uncovers how a certain type of healthy fat found in Omega-3 fish oil, such as salmon and tuna, works in tandem with enzymes from the spleen to clear the inflammation in a damaged heart.

April 12, 2022Health

Researchers at ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøare launching a research study for people who are concerned about their brain health, cognitive impairment and dementia and the link to their gut health. They will track alterations in the gut microbiomes to see if certain biomarkers can accurately predict which individuals are most likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia.

April 5, 2022Health, Research

Mental Health Law and Policy researcher receives $1.3 million to break the cycle of intergenerational addiction

Nearly 92,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2020, according to numbers recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and opioids are the main driver of overdose deaths.

April 4, 2022Health, Research

Researchers found that only 25 percent of prescribers who offer opioid treatment and 64 percent of opioid treatment programs offer appointments to women, regardless of insurance or pregnancy status.

March 22, 2022Health, Research

The Florida High Tech Corridor matched Psilera's contribution for research focused on developing novel derivatives of DMT with non-hallucinogenic properties for mental health and addiction disorders.

March 8, 2022Health, Research

In the first study to look at asthma treatments for Black and Latino patients, researchers at the University of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø and around the nation spent more than three years developing solutions to historic inequities in care.

March 7, 2022Health

Two researchers from the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøHealth Morsani College of Medicine have received Florida Department of Health (FDOH) grants to help advance discoveries in Alzheimer’s disease and in tobacco-related heart disease.

February 16, 2022Health, Research

Poor sleep can triple risk for heart disease

Individual aspects of poor sleep can be detrimental to heart health. But if you combine them, the risk of heart disease can increase by as much as 141 percent. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

February 7, 2022Health, Research

The University of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø recently received a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutional Training Grant, boosting the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇøHealth Morsani College of Medicine’s (MCOM) capacity to prepare the next generation of scientists in an emerging area of research applicable to many major diseases.

February 3, 2022Health, Research

Multicontinental Team Uses Ecology to Understand Cancer

Cancer is more than just a disease of the genes or a disease of unregulated proliferation. It is a speciation event where a cell lineage of the person goes from serving the person to becoming its own novel, single-celled pathogen.

January 21, 2022Health, Research