Patient-focused care would vastly improve the lives of Parkinson’s patients, says Rasheda Ali, an author, advocate in the fight against Parkinson’s disease and the daughter of Muhammad Ali, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's more than 20 years ago.
“My sister Janet Reno has Parkinson’s. My younger brother has Parkinson’s. I have essential tremor. Sometimes we would all shake in unison.” So said Maggy Hurchalla, a former Martin County, Fla., commissioner who talked about her family’s experience with Parkinson’s disease at the opening Monday of the University of Florida’s new Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration.
Media advisory: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will be the first to receive a “patient-centric” tour of UF’s Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration. In 1995, while still serving as attorney general, Ms. Reno announced she had Parkinson’s disease.
University of Florida experts are available to answer questions from media members about the importance of talking with children during family meals. Teens who infrequently have dinner with their families are more likely to say they expect to try drugs.
The first commercially available treatment in the United States for a rare form of muscular dystrophy called late-onset Pompe disease was administered at the University of Florida Health Science Center on Wednesday.
In a collaboration of veterinary medical school programs, a Lipizzaner stallion was cloned at Texas A&M and the foal was delivered at the University of Florida.
Vitiligo — a complex disease that typically causes patches of white skin on the face, neck and extremities, which pop star Michael Jackson may have experienced — is associated with slight variations in genes that play a role in the body’s natural defenses. Multiple cellular pathways may contribute to the onset and progression of vitiligo, which makes fully understanding the disease complicated, but it also gives scientists a variety of starting points to begin developing therapies.
Scientists have learned how a gene controls cell division, a finding that could be useful for understanding why increasing numbers of children are being born with genital malformations.
UF McKnight Brain Institute scientists will study the use of a versatile type of brain cell to restore brain function in an animal model of cortical dysplasia, a condition where the brain develops abnormally before birth, causing severe epilepsy in children and adults.
In a study of college-aged adults exiting bars, patrons who consumed energy drinks mixed with alcohol had a threefold increased risk of leaving a bar highly intoxicated and were four times more likely to intend to drive.
University of Florida researchers continue to work on a therapy will help patients in the late stages of Pompe disease -- the "villain" in the film “Extraordinary Measures” starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser.
Researchers have shown insect colonies follow some of the same biological “rules” as individuals, a finding that suggests insect societies operate like a single “superorganism.”
Scientists have presented a theory of acoustic communication that shows diversity in animal vocal signals can be explained based on the energetic constraints of sound production.
The University of Florida taps an anesthesiologist who helped invent sophisticated medical training simulations used around the world to lead its College of Medicine.
A multi-institutional team of researchers has begun creating genomic tools necessary to compare the extraordinary regenerative capacity of the salamander with mouse models of human disease and injury.
Dr. Todd Golde will direct the College of Medicine's new Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, leading efforts to develop treatments and diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease, dementias, and other diseases.
These days, the newest member of your medical team just might be the building itself – and it’s likely to play a bigger role in your healing than you think. Consider the Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida, designed to better choreograph care while providing a soothing yet energy-efficient environment. The $388-million medical tower opens Nov. 1.
In a study of adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, those who participated in a supervised tai chi exercise program two days a week with three days of home practice for six months significantly lowered fasting blood glucose levels.
How society sees people in terms of race might play a greater role than genetics when it comes to health disparities between different groups. The study by University of Florida researchers is the first to rigorously combine both socio-cultural and genetic data to simultaneously test the relative contributions of each to racial inequalities in health.
Addressing safety concerns related to potential gene therapies for Parkinson's disease, UF McKnight Brain Institute researchers have tested a gene transfer therapy in rats that can be inhibited with a common antibiotic.
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