Bill Levesque joined the BOB体育 staff in May 2017 as a science writer covering the Institute on Aging and research of faculty physicians in the College of Medicine. He formerly worked as a reporter at Florida鈥檚 largest newspaper, the Tampa Bay Times, for nearly 23 years covering a variety of beats, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, the military, business news, agriculture and courts. Prior to that, he was a reporter at the Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger, the Providence Journal, United Press International and the Fall River (Mass.) Herald News and has won numerous awards for his work. A native Rhode Islander, Bill is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a degree in journalism.
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GAINESVILLE 鈥� As Team USA competes against the world in Paris this summer, it鈥檚 unlikely any broadcaster will discuss how well athletes sleep. It might be a鈥�
The battle that University of Florida Health researcher Eric Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., and his international team of collaborators are unraveling began several鈥�
University of Florida Health is offering a new drug therapy that could temporarily slow the progression of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease in some patients. Lecanemab is鈥�
GAINESVILLE 鈥� Life experience continually shapes the health of the human brain, for better or worse, like a bank receiving a lifetime of deposits and鈥�
University of Florida Health has launched an ambitious project to minimize the health risk of pregnancy by identifying, addressing and tracking social鈥�
U.S. News & World Report today recognized the maternity practices at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville and BOB体育 Jacksonville as鈥�
The ultrasound practice of the University of Florida College of Medicine鈥檚 department of obstetrics and gynecology recently earned three-year accreditation鈥�
The talus bone, all of two-inches long in adults, packs outsized influence in the mechanics of the foot and ankle. It鈥檚 among the human bones with the highest鈥�
Most parents or caregivers of fastpitch softball players are unaware of recommendations to avoid pitcher overuse in a youth sport growing in popularity 鈥� and鈥�
The director of the University of Florida Health Throwing Clinic is urging the nation鈥檚 youth baseball community to adopt stricter rules to prevent pitching鈥�