Pharmacy technician jobs, once sought after by younger workers, are attracting older workers as new licensing laws take effect. While economic uncertainty and unstable job markets linger, many workers, not ready to retire, now see these jobs as stable and fulfilling second careers. The change in demographic became apparent after the first year of the [...]

University of Florida transplant physicians are trading in their white lab coats for neon spandex, sweatbands and sunglasses at night. April is national Donate Life Month, and physicians from the UF Institute of Transplantation are teaming up with local patients and the Junior League of Gainesville to showcase how organ donation and transplantation can help [...]

Media representatives are encouraged to call in advance. Valet parking is available at Shands at UF, 1600 SW Archer Road. For more information, call Czerne Reid at 352-273-5814 or email czerne@ufl.edu. Charles Sabine, a veteran Emmy award-winning NBC journalist, watched his father succumb to Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic neurological disorder for which there is [...]

Sign up to become an organ or tissue donor — you could save someone’s life. Eighteen people a day die while waiting for an organ transplant. One organ donor can help save the lives of up to eight people. One tissue donor can help as many as 50 people. April is National Donate Life month, [...]

In building a culture where even the most underprivileged students can achieve academic success, schools may be able to inadvertently stymie another problem: drug and alcohol use. While studying 61 inner-city middle schools in Chicago, University of Florida researchers found that students in schools that performed better than expected were less likely to use drugs [...]

High rates of illness among the population and poor access to health care don’t just burden society, they also drive economic costs higher. A major contributor to the rise is the gap in health status known to exist between ethnic minorities and other groups, health researchers say. One way to help reduce inequities in health [...]

The University of Florida College of Medicine has announced the appointment of Paul Okunieff, M.D., as the Marshall E. Rinker Sr. Foundation and David B. and Leighan R. Rinker chair. The chair was established last year with a 10-year pledge of $1.2 million from the foundation and the Rinkers. The gift supports the physician in [...]

A longtime community tradition, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Open House, is back after a two-year hiatus and will feature a full day of educational demonstrations, tours and much more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 16. It’s free and everyone is invited. Mounted police from the Gainesville Police Department will [...]

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine will host its 4th annual Healthy Horses Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 9. The event is focused on successful equine health care and will offer lectures, lunch and live equine demonstrations. This year’s topics will include poisonous plants for horses, lameness evaluation, colic, hoof [...]

Rubbing or massaging is often an instinctive response to pain. Now researchers have found that another kind of touch, vibration, can also help reduce certain types of pain by more than 40 percent. The researchers are encouraged by the prospect that vibration therapies could bring pill-free pain relief to chronic sufferers. “The vibration truly represents [...]