http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Florida (Medical Xpress)—An aspirin a day may not always keep heart disease away, say two University of Florida cardiologists. But a new algorithm they have developed outlines factors physicians should weigh as they assess whether a patient would benefit from a daily dose of the drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-aspirin-treatment-individuals.html Medications Thu, 16 May 2013 07:28:12 EST news287908066 (Medical Xpress)—A new study from researchers at the University of Florida may have uncovered a critical factor that drives the relentless progression of Alzheimer's disease ― a discovery that could eventually slow its progression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-uncovers-key-factor-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:10:01 EST news285310460 (Medical Xpress)—We've all been there: You're at work deeply immersed in a project when suddenly you start thinking about your weekend plans. It happens because behind the scenes, parts of your brain are battling for control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-brain-attention.html Neuroscience Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:28:14 EST news284880478 In interviews with nearly 6,000 residents of five U.S. cities, African-Americans were more likely than other racial and ethnic groups to express an interest in participating in medical research, even if studies involved providing blood or genetic samples. The findings appear online ahead of print in the American Journal of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-african-americans-keen-medical.html Health Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:30:35 EST news284196626 (Medical Xpress)—The University of Florida has launched a free, online tool to help caregivers and family members identify drivers age 65 and older who may be at risk for driving problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-online-screening-tool-caregivers-at-risk.html Health Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:20:01 EST news283758995 Researchers at the University of Florida and The Johns Hopkins University have developed a line of genetically altered mice that model the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease. This model may help scientists identify new therapies to provide relief to patients who are beginning to experience symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-treatment-early-stage-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:14:13 EST news281290443 (Medical Xpress)—Pharmacy researchers at the University of Florida have isolated a new marine compound they believe may lead to improved drug therapies for pulmonary diseases by inhibiting their progression rather than managing their symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-marine-compound-discovery-drug-treatment.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:20:02 EST news281262909 University of Florida researchers have found changes in the behavior and in the brains of mice in withdrawal from methamphetamine addiction. These findings may affect the way physicians treat recovering methamphetamine addicts, the researchers write in the current issue of the journal Synapse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-methamphetamine-brain-related-recovering-addicts.html Medical research Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:30:05 EST news280057065 (Medical Xpress)—Driving through his hometown, a war veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder may see roadside debris and feel afraid, believing it to be a bomb. He's ignoring his safe, familiar surroundings and only focusing on the debris; yet, when it comes to the visual cortex, a recent study at the University of Florida suggests this is completely normal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-factor-brain-response-scary-stimuli.html Neuroscience Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:29:06 EST news279527338 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Florida have performed deep brain stimulation on a patient with Alzheimer's disease as part of a clinical trial studying whether the treatment can slow progression of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-deep-brain-alzheimer-patient.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:46:23 EST news278923576 A new way to test anti-hearing-loss drugs in people could help land those medicines on pharmacy shelves sooner. University of Florida researchers have figured out the longstanding problem of how to safely create temporary, reversible hearing loss in order to see how well the drugs work. The findings are described in the November/December 2012 issue of the journal Ear & Hearing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hearing-loss-prevention-drugs-closer-reality-uf.html Medical research Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:08:10 EST news277650484 (Medical Xpress)—University of Florida taste scientist Linda Bartoshuk and her colleagues want to play a trick on you—but it's for your own good. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-natural-compounds-humans-perception.html Medical research Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:45:05 EST news277551828 Cholera could be contained in Haiti by vaccinating less than half the population, University of Florida researchers suggest in a paper to be published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-haiti-quell-cholera-vaccinating-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:00:01 EST news277020618 (Medical Xpress)—People at risk for Type 1 diabetes may have fewer insulin-producing "beta" cells than people not at risk, a finding that could help researchers shed light on what causes the disease, a new University of Florida study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-pancreas-size-diabetes.html Diabetes Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:46:29 EST news274517182 (Medical Xpress)—Rats and humans have at least one thing in common: They both react the same way to a placebo, according to a new University of Florida study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-placebo-effect-humans.html Medical research Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:08:50 EST news273316113