Podcast: Play in new window | Download Protein powder isn’t just for cutoff-wearing, bicep-baring, iron-pumping meatheads anymore. The supplement is gaining popularity from teen athletes to moms trying to get back their pre-baby body to those simply filling in protein potholes in their diet. Studies have shown upping protein intake can help curb hunger, burn [...]

Researchers from the University of Florida are starting a clinical trial targeting the 30 million Americans that are exposed to noise that may lead to hearing loss. Dr. Colleen Le Prell, an associate professor in the department of speech, language, and hearing sciences at the University of Florida, will lead the first FDA-approved clinical trial testing a drug [...]

Elliott Jacobson, D.V.M., Ph.D., a professor of zoological medicine at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the 2011 Emil Dolensek Award from the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. The AAZV named Jacobson as the recipient of the award, which consists of $1,000 and a plaque, during the group’s annual meeting, held [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download It was the kind of blog post that gets shared on social media sites and quickly gets passed from one person to the next. A physician wrote about a friend who said she no longer accepted long waiting times at her doctor’s office. Instead, she informed the doctor’s [...]

The University of Florida has received $1.1 million to offer behavioral health training to colleagues in three Indian cities and increase research opportunities between the university and Indian partners. “Our goal is to reduce the training gap and increase research in perpetration and exposure to violence, addiction to prescribed and illicit drugs, and the most [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download If you’re sniffling and sneezing through yet another cold and flu season, grab another tissue and take heart: Our seasonal battle with viruses may one day be a thing of history. Researchers have developed a new drug that may be able to cure just about any viral infection, [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download On the battlefield, wounded soldiers may live or die depending on how fast they receive medical treatment. It’s believed that 90 percent of combat-related deaths occur before injured personnel arrive at medical facilities. Field medics usually provide initial treatment for life-threatening situations. But sometimes there aren’t enough medics [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download These days, kids are bombarded with distractions from TV, smartphones, video games, and of course, social networking sites. It should come as no surprise that checking status updates, chatting with friends, tagging photos and playing games takes time away from studies. But now researchers have proof that all [...]

Since the program began in the mid-1990s, 532 patients have received donor lungs. Also speaking (second from left in the first row) was District 14 Florida State Sen. Steve Oelrich, who stressed the importance of organ donation. Also leading the event were Maher Baz, M.D., medical director of the Lung Transplant Program; John W. Walsh, [...]

Podcast: Play in new window | Download This week, Americans will gather around the dinner table to devour slices of succulent oven-roasted turkey, mounds of buttery garlic mashed potatoes doused in gravy and gobs of green bean casserole, finished with a few slices of pie and some glasses of wine. Thanksgiving is our country’s favorite [...]