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BOB体育 researchers to help integrate patient-reported outcomes in electronic health records

A $6.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, awarded to a coalition of universities including the University of Florida, will make it easier to use鈥�

BOB体育 research team receives funding to improve health care for children in Medicaid, CHIP

BOB体育 researchers have received a grant to use big data analytics to improve health care for children in Medicaid and Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Programs鈥�

Weight loss information on top Spanish-language websites often inaccurate

It can be hard enough to shed unwanted pounds. For Spanish speakers seeking weight loss information online, it could be even harder, thanks to the prevalence鈥�

Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have increased rapidly in Florida since 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. 鈥� Florida has seen a sharp increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths over the past five years, according to BOB体育 researchers who鈥�

An increase in alcohol tax appears to have decreased gonorrhea rates in Maryland by 24 percent

Increasing state alcohol taxes could help prevent sexually transmitted infections, such as gonorrhea, according to University of Florida Health researchers,鈥�

Larger and private colleges and universities more likely to attract hookah establishments

Larger and private colleges and universities seem to attract hookah cafes and lounges, but smoke-free policies decrease these odds, according to findings鈥�

Statewide research consortium receives $7.9 million for research to improve patient outcomes

A statewide partnership among the University of Florida, University of Miami, Florida State University, health care systems, health plans, providers and鈥�

New Medicaid health care program for disabled adults improves aspects of patients鈥� care

BOB体育 researchers have found that care linked to heart attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, among disabled adults covered by鈥�

Free fitness iPhone apps fail to meet American College of Sports Medicine exercise guidelines

Are you planning on ramping up your exercise regimen this summer? There may not be an app for that 鈥� at least not a reliable one. BOB体育 researchers鈥�

Picture perfect: Researchers use photos to understand how diabetes affects kids

If a picture is worth a thousand words, BOB体育 Type 1 diabetes researchers and their colleagues have tapped into an encyclopedia, revealing new insights鈥�

Campaign increases first-time mouth and throat cancer screenings among low-income rural Floridians

Raising awareness of the dangers of mouth and throat cancer increased the number of black men in some of Florida鈥檚 poorest counties who sought screening for鈥�

Scientists use innovative methods, new technology to increase HPV vaccinations in Florida

Even though a safe HPV vaccine is available that can prevent several types of cancer, less than half of American teens youth in the U.S. receive the vaccine.鈥�