University of Florida News: ResearchThe latest from the University of Florida.Future doctors share too much on Facebook, UF researchers say- July 10, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Would it bother you to know that your physician smokes cigars and likes to do keg stands That your gynecologist was a member of a group called I Hate Medical School That your urologist is a fan of The Texas Chainsaw Massacrehttp://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/10/facebook/ Long-term care fraught with uncertainties for elderly baby boomers- July 9, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The continued decline of the nursing home once the mainstay care for the frail elderly and an upsurge in popularity of assisted living will lead to many dramatic changes in long-term care, according to a University of Florida expert and editor of a new book on the subject.http://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/09/assisted-living/ Research shows contraception could control problem parakeets- July 8, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When monk parakeets began to infiltrate the United States in the 1960s, some feared they would ravage farm crops as they often had in their native South America.http://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/08/monk-parakeets/ Floridas rental markets latest to suffer ill effects in housing crunch- July 7, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The spread of For Rent signs is the latest bad news as Floridas real estate market declines in all forms of rentals, a new University of Florida study finds.http://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/07/housing0708/ New study points to agriculture in frog sexual abnormalities- July 3, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot.http://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/03/abnormal-frogs/ Geologists push back date basins formed, supporting frozen Earth theory- July 3, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Even in geology, its not often a date gets revised by 500 million years.http://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/03/old-rocks/ UF study: Religious devotion linked to educational outcomes- July 2, 2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Adolescents who consider themselves very religious are generally more likely to finish college than their less devout counterparts, according to a University of Florida study.http://news.ufl.edu/2008/07/02/uf-study-religious-devotion-linked-to-educational-outcomes/ |