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You’ve likely heard the joke about doctors ‘practicing’ medicine, and the punch line about when they’re going to do it for real. Now UF doctors and engineers have designed a training tool for medical students, a computerized patient who seems very real. For more, here’s Research Report.

Consumer confidence in the sunshine state has gotten downright gloomy. The University of Florida’s monthly index of statewide consumer confidence has dropped to its lowest level in twelve years.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 26th.

Many dog owners nationwide have had their dogs vaccinated for kennel cough - a mild respiratory infection. Now veterinary scientists say a new virus, canine influenza, is making the rounds. It mimics kennel cough but proves much more dangerous. It has already killed racing greyhounds in seven states.

Fixing crooked teeth can mean a life-long commitment, starting with braces and then a retainer. But a natural hormone that aids in childbirth might one day be used to shorten the time needed to straighten teeth.

You’ve heard about the dangers from toxic floodwaters being drained from New Orleans. Now a new study suggests all American cities are at risk from the potentially toxic effects of even a small rainstorm. In fact, a University of Florida researcher says, all cities can learn from what’s happening in New Orleans.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 19th.

Experts may have found what triggers dementia in some people with HIV and AIDS. In healthy people, white blood cells gather to fight infections. But a University of Florida study shows that in HIV patients those white blood cells crowd into the temporal lobe to fight the virus over-crowding brain tissue, which starts to […]

Dieters resolving to lose weight on popular low carbohydrate diets can have their meat and eat their potatoes too, thanks to a new potato variety developed at the University of Florida. For more, here’s Research Report.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 12th.