The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine will host its fourth annual Healthy Horses Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 28. The event is focused on successful equine health care and will offer lectures, lunch and live equine demonstrations. This year’s topics will include an update on Equine Herpes Virus, rehabilitating lameness [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download It starts with a funny viral video your buddy emails you. That leads to another knee-slapper, and you just have to tweet about it. One of your followers replies, so you decide it must be good enough to share with your friends on Facebook. Next thing you know [...]

A free Public Health Fair on Friday, April 6, will give parents an opportunity to sneak in a fun educational activity for their children during Alachua County Public Schools’ spring break. The Public Health Fair will feature a full day of free, supervised health-related games and activities for children ages 5 to 17, as well [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Going to the see the doctor is an important step in treating what ails you. But even after getting recommendations for powerful prescriptions, many people get no relief. For some the reason is clear — they don’t even get their prescriptions filled! Cost of therapy, fear of side [...]

Oral health problems consistently rank among the most prevalent unmet health needs in the nation, and in Florida, that need is higher than most states. Florida was one of just three states that received an “F” grade on two consecutive Oral Health Report Cards issued by the Pew Center on the States. To improve this [...]

Daniel R. Meldrum, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.H.A., joined the University of Florida department of surgery’s division of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery as a professor and chief on March 1. He will care for patients at Shands at UF medical center. Meldrum comes to UF from Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health, where he [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Salty, sweet, sour and bitter. But what if humans could taste carbs … or protein? It would make for some interesting menu descriptions, to say the least. Well, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis, we can taste fat — for real. [...]

Neuroscientist William G. “Bill” Luttge, 67, the founding executive director of the Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Shands at UF medical center. His wife, sons and other family members were at his side. He was diagnosed in January with multiple [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download You’re late on your way to work, battling rush hour and a severe lack of sleep. Stopped at a red light, you look to your right and see an elderly woman standing at the corner with that dazed and confused expression on her face. She’s clearly lost or [...]