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Keeping Your Health Information Private on Social Media
We strive to protect the privacy of our patients at UF Health. Your personal health information is for you to keep safe and we ask that you help guard others’…
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Considerations From Experts This Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and a trending topic among researchers has been the relationship between social media and mental health. Research has…
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UF researcher co-edits new book on social media in medicine
First, tweet no harm. According to a 2011 Nielsen report on Internet traffic, Americans spend nearly one-quarter of their online lives using social media, so…
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A healthy medium ~ The art of balancing social media and health care
When Karen Thurston Chavez learned her 1-year-old son, William, had a heart defect, she envisioned a worst-case scenario. "My immediate thought was, ‘I'm going…
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UF Health study finds association between news consumption and COVID-19 precautions
A new University of Florida College of Medicine study reinforces the influence of the news media during a health emergency, showing older adults who spent more…
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Improving your health literacy
We trust our health care providers to give us the best recommendation when we’re faced with a frightening medical problem. While in doctors’ offices or…
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UF Health accepts major donation of personal protective equipment from Cox Business
UF Health Shands Hospital accepted a major donation this week of nearly 100,000 face masks from Cox Business Florida & Georgia. This donation provides…
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Bridging gaps between health research and the community
Starting A National Conversation UF HealthStreet, a community engagement program in the UF Department of Epidemiology, is partnering with the UF College of…
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A surprising ally in the fight against cancer: “mommy bloggers”
It can be hard to find trustworthy online sources, especially when it comes to health information. A UF Health Cancer Center researcher has found a way to…
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With You Every Step of the Way: Continuity of Care for Cleft and Craniofacial Patients
Each year, one in 700 children is born with cleft and craniofacial differences. These can result from abnormal growth patterns of the face or skull, which…