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PHHP has received approval from the Florida Board of Governors to offer a bachelor’s degree in public health beginning this fall.

A study led by Dr. Arch Mainous finds that less than one-quarter of patients who met the criteria for prediabetes received drug or lifestyle modification treatment from their primary care physician.

A study by Yanning Wang found that 88 percent of teens who used the drugs non-medically said they obtained the medications from someone else.

Dr. Ira Longini and colleagues discuss the trial that combined an experimental vaccine with an innovative method of vaccinating people, resulting in an estimated 100 percent efficacy of the vaccine against the Ebola virus. Photo: WHO/S. Hawkey

HealthStreet brings its innovative model of community engagement to Putnam and Union counties, thanks to a new $300,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation.

Dr. John Lednicky and colleagues say regional monitoring of the flu virus could help build a better flu vaccine.

The therapy could offer older adults with chronic pain an effective alternative to other treatments, including prescription painkillers, say UF pain researchers.

Dr. Linda B. Cottler and Dr. Sara Jo Nixon will lead UF's participation in a landmark study of the effect of substance use on the developing brain.

Dr. Glenn Smith and colleagues have received a $1.56 million PCORI funding award to develop a network that links patients and caregivers with scientists.

The grant supports research led by Dr. Krista Vandenborne on the use of MRI to track Duchenne muscular dystrophy disease progression.