The monk parakeet population is sparking controversy in Florida for building its heavy nests on power poles, but a team of researchers may have found a safe solution to contain the birds: Feed them contraceptives.
UF scientists have designed a device that could someday be put into the brains of paralyzed patients and help them control mechanical devices with their thoughts.
Six Shands Healthcare facilities in Gainesville earned the most prestigious national honor for excellence in nursing last week. Five of the facilities received the honor for the second time.
"Ladies night," "two-for-one" and "all-you-can-drink" -Gainesville bars offer all kinds of specials to college partiers. But according to a new UF study, the deals could create a cocktail for catastrophe.
Shands HealthCare was named one of five winners of the 2008 Governor's Sterling Award earlier this month.
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