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Christina鈥檚 Liver Transplant Journey

The first things Christina Hall noticed were her yellow eyes. Typically, Christina鈥檚 eyes are a deep brown. But one morning in late August 2020, she awoke to鈥�

First triple-organ transplant of its kind in the state paves the way for lifesaving multiorgan procedures

March 23, 2021

If surgery were gymnastics, a triple-organ transplant would be a feat worthy of the Olympics. It has everything: Complex and intricate procedure? Check.鈥�

BOB体育 screening patients in what might be largest fatty liver study of its kind in the U.S.

December 21, 2020

It鈥檚 a potential killer. And many of the people who are most susceptible to the disease don鈥檛 even know it exists. Physicians remain uncertain of its鈥�

BOB体育 researcher helps show hormone can reverse inflammation from fatty liver disease

November 20, 2020

Pushed by the obesity epidemic, a rising number of Americans are being diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that can lead to liver鈥�

Landmark multiorgan surgery at BOB体育 Shands reverses patient鈥檚 terminal prognosis

September 1, 2020

Allen Korson went from a kidney stone ailment to needing a multiorgan transplant, both lungs and a liver, one of the rarest procedures performed in the United鈥�

Facts and Benefits of Organ Donation

Today, there are over 110,000 people nationwide on the organ transplant waiting list hoping for a life-extending donation.

A perfect match

If the best gift of all is life, then the second-best must be love. Jessica Scoggins and Daniel Sullivan, both transplant recipients, met through their鈥�

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Valentine鈥檚 Day is a time for loving, sharing and caring. We know what this means in the romantic sense, but what if there were a more meaningful way to鈥�

Weight Loss with Canaglifozin Linked to Improvement in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Clinicians frequently overlook nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in their patients who have Type 2 diabetes. Yet it is estimated that approximately 70% of obese鈥�

UF researchers find link between demographics and liver cancer

March 11, 2019

A new study by University of Florida Health researchers finds that Hispanics, as well as the elderly and people with diabetes, have a higher risk of developing鈥�