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Dual-lead deep brain stimulation shows benefit in treating severe MS tremor
Multiple sclerosis patients with severe, treatment-resistant tremors may gain marked improvement from deep brain stimulation surgery, or DBS, in which two DBS…
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The sweet spot? UF doctors test targets for Parkinson surgery
University of Florida doctors perform a deep brain stimulation procedure. DBS was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for patient use in 2002. It…
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Parkinson treatment shows positive results in clinical testing
Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centers reported results today in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal…
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Researchers: Body fat can send signals to brain, affecting stress response
For Media: Please contact Rossana Passaniti at 352-273-8569 or email at PASSAR@shands.ufl.edu The brain’s effect on other parts of the body has been well…
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UF Health will participate in national trial to study severe traumatic brain injury
University of Florida Health has been chosen as one of 45 institutions in the U.S. and Canada to take part in a study to determine if patients with traumatic…
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UF Health researcher aims to create AI algorithm to help map human body’s cells
Researchers at UF Health are developing an artificial intelligence algorithm to be used by scientists around the nation who are mapping out the entire human…
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UF researchers restore spatial deficits caused by stroke in rats
Building on years of basic science that helped pinpoint a region of the rat brain that affects spatial awareness, University of Florida researchers are now…
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A first: Avian influenza detected in American dolphin
A bottlenose dolphin found dead in Florida’s Dixie County was infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV, making it the first cetacean…
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Researchers find new fertility drug to be more effective than one used for the past 40 years
A fertility drug used for more than four decades could soon be replaced with another drug, which is 30 percent more effective in helping women become pregnant,…
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UF Health among elite group selected to create 3D cellular map of human body
University of Florida Health is one of five institutions nationwide selected by the National Institutes of Health to help create a groundbreaking 3D cellular…