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UF Education Professor Recommends Children’s Books For The Holidays

GAINESVILLE — This holiday season, you can give children the gift of knowledge, feed their imaginations and broaden their horizons.

Filed under Research, Education, Family on Friday, December 11, 1998.

University of Florida Study: Women Report Higher Pain Levels Than Do Men

GAINESVILLE—Women with chronic pain report slightly higher levels of pain than their male counterparts, but the difference may be as much the result of how society teaches men to handle discomfort as it is a consequence of biology, University of Florida researchers report in the December issue of The Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical […]

Filed under Research, Health, Gender on Thursday, December 10, 1998.

Exercising Just Three Days May Provide Heart Attack Protection

GAINESVILLE — It’s mid-morning on Cape Cod and the thermometer has barely climbed above 50 degrees, but 72-year-old Joseph Sullivan is out walking. Every day he puts his headphones on and walks two or three miles around Cape Cod’s Kelley Park.

Filed under Research, Health, Family, Aging on Wednesday, December 9, 1998.

UF Horticulturist Says There’s A Poinsettia To Suit Everyone

GAINESVILLE—When poinsettias arrived on the U.S. Christmas scene as stage decor for holiday television specials in the 1950s and ’60s, there was red and only red.

Filed under Research, Agriculture on Tuesday, December 8, 1998.

UF Veterinarians Offer Pet Safety Tips For The Holidays

GAINESVILLE — Pet owners should keep in mind their animals’ safety during the holiday season, when hazards increase, say University of Florida veterinarians.

Filed under Research, Veterinary on Friday, December 4, 1998.

TVs, Computer Monitors Contain High Lead Levels, Study Finds

GAINESVILLE — A University of Florida study has determined cathode ray tubes inside television sets and computer monitors contain enough lead to be considered hazardous waste, a finding that may spur officials in Florida and elsewhere to forbid or restrict the current practice of dumping televisions and monitors in landfills.

Filed under Research, Technology, Engineering, Environment, Family, Florida on Thursday, December 3, 1998.

UF Researcher: Leisure Activities Defy Simple Classifications

GAINESVILLE — Fishing, a form of self-expression that has more in common with refined needlepoint than rugged canoeing or hunting?

Filed under Research, Health, Family, Florida on Wednesday, December 2, 1998.

UF Keeps Pace With Industry In The Science Of Growing Grass

GAINESVILLE—Used to be, if you wanted to manage a golf course, all you needed to know was how high to mow and when to turn on the sprinklers.

Filed under Research, Florida, Sciences, Agriculture on Monday, November 30, 1998.

Chinese and U.S. Scientists Identify The World’s Oldest Flowering Plant

GAINESVILLE — On the floor of a steamy Asian forest, a woody plant destined for immortality was thriving among the dragonflies and dinosaurs when a nearby volcano erupted and left it buried in ash.

Filed under Research, Natural History, Agriculture on Thursday, November 26, 1998.

The Pumpkin Of The Tropics Likes Florida, Too, Research Shows

BRADENTON—The pumpkin pie of Thanksgiving future may come out of Don Maynard’s research laboratory.

Filed under Research, Florida, Agriculture on Wednesday, November 25, 1998.