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Living seizure-free 鈥� How epilepsy surgery changed Starr鈥檚 life.

At just 19 years old, Starrlynn Gamble has dealt with more dangerous surgeries and life-threatening conditions than many older than her could claim, starting鈥�

Matthew Tavormina: A Medical Miracle

Rather than shopping for baby clothes and diapers, Alyssa and Brian Tavormina went shopping for a burial plot for their unborn child. They purchased the鈥�

BOB体育 Jacksonville launches unique epilepsy wellness center

May 24, 2018

BOB体育 Jacksonville is launching a new groundbreaking center dedicated to epilepsy wellness. The center, part of the University of Florida College of鈥�

Aneurysm strikes baseball pitcher, but why? A neurosurgeon explains the mysterious condition

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Danny Farquhar, 31, suffered a brain hemorrhage in the White Sox dugout after throwing 15 pitches Friday night, April 20,鈥�

UF clinical trial tests efficacy of drug to treat a rare, and often deadly childhood disease

October 17, 2017

A University of Florida researcher with a $2 million federal grant is launching the first Phase III clinical trial for treatment of a congenital disease of the鈥�

UF receives up to $8.4 million from DoD to study brain training using electric stimulation

April 26, 2017

The U.S. Defense Department is looking for ways to speed up cognitive skills training 鈥� the types of skills useful for specialists such as linguists,鈥�

5 Tips for Reducing Birth Defect Risks

January is National Birth Defects awareness month. Birth defects affect roughly every 1 in 33 born in the United States each year. Some birth defects are鈥�

Folic acid and birth defects: the basics

January is a month to start anew, refresh commitments and kick off the year with a clean slate and healthy habits. It鈥檚 also dedicated to two parts of鈥�

New Year, New Heart

In late fall of 2008, Gracyn DenBesten, 9 at the time, of Windermere practiced tirelessly to perfect her solo to 鈥淎way in a Manger鈥� for her church鈥檚 Christmas鈥�

Lower-carb diet slows growth of aggressive brain tumor in mouse models

April 14, 2016

University of Florida Health researchers have slowed a notoriously aggressive type of brain tumor in mouse models by using a low-carbohydrate diet. A high-fat,鈥�