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- New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers immune response to malignant brain tumor https://ufhealth.org/news/2024/uf-developed-mrna-vaccine-triggers-fierce-immune-response-to-fight-malignant-brain-tumor 41 comments
- First study to find association between lung cancer and poor diet - When scientists fed mice a high-fat, high-fructose “Western diet” that supported more glycogen in the blood, lung tumors grew. When glycogen levels decreased, tumor growth decreased too. https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/eat-better-breathe-easier-research-points-to-link-between-diet-lung-cancer 17 comments science
- Link between diet and lung cancer https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/eat-better-breathe-easier-research-points-to-link-between-diet-lung-cancer 5 comments science
- UF researchers: Soaring birds use their lungs to modify mechanics of flight https://ufhealth.org/news/2024/uf-researchers-soaring-birds-use-their-lungs-to-modify-mechanics-of-flight 2 comments technology
- New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers fierce immune response to fight malignant brain tumor https://ufhealth.org/news/2024/uf-developed-mrna-vaccine-triggers-fierce-immune-response-to-fight-malignant-brain-tumor 33 comments upliftingnews
- A noninvasive brain stimulation treatment (transcranial direct current stimulation, tDCS) improved depression and anxiety symptoms among older adults in a new study, and the treatment benefits persisted at a one-year followup https://ufhealth.org/news/2024/brain-stimulation-treatment-may-improve-depression-anxiety-in-older-adults 52 comments science
- A new AI program, GatorTronGPT, that functions similarly to ChatGPT, can generate doctors’ notes so well that two physicians couldn’t tell the difference. This opens the door for AI to support health care workers with improved efficiencies. https://ufhealth.org/news/2023/medical-ai-tool-from-uf-nvidia-gets-human-thumbs-up-in-first-study#for-the-media 255 comments science
- Mental confusion, disorientation may be early warning sign of severe COVID-19 https://ufhealth.org/news/2021/mental-confusion-disorientation-may-be-early-warning-sign-severe-covid-19-0 12 comments science
- Existing antihistamine drugs show effectiveness against COVID-19 virus in cell testing https://m.ufhealth.org/news/2020/existing-antihistamine-drugs-show-effectiveness-against-covid-19-virus-cell-testing 3 comments science
- UF Health anesthesiology team devises respirator mask made from existing hospital materials https://ufhealth.org/news/2020/uf-health-anesthesiology-team-devises-respirator-mask-made-existing-hospital-materials 7 comments science
- "University of Florida researchers have identified a patient in Haiti with a serious mosquito-borne illness that has never before been reported in the Caribbean nation. Known as 'Mayaro virus,' it is closely related to chikungunya virus and was first isolated in Trinidad in 1954." https://ufhealth.org/news/2016/new-mosquito-borne-disease-detected-haiti 4 comments worldnews
- An increase in alcohol tax appears to have decreased gonorrhea rates in Maryland by 24 percent https://ufhealth.org/news/2015/increase-alcohol-tax-appears-have-decreased-gonorrhea-rates-maryland-24-percent 5 comments science
- Air pollution increases risk for hypertension in pregnant women: Breathing the air outside their homes may be just as toxic to pregnant women as breathing in cigarette smoke, increasing a mom-to-be’s risk of developing deadly complications such as preeclampsia, according to findings from a new study https://ufhealth.org/news/2014/air-pollution-increases-risk-hypertension-pregnant-women 3 comments science