At least 2 million older Americans are taking a combination of drugs or supplements that can be a risky mix - from blood thinners and cholesterol pills to aspirin and ginkgo capsules - a new study warns. ...more

December 24, 2008 |

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist to science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science. ...more

December 20, 2008 |

Aiming to capitalize on its success in its fight against diabetes, the University of South Florida named one of its prominent professors to its new $1.4 million endowed chair in diabetes research. ...more

December 1, 2008 |

Few issues are likely to generate more emotional opposition than federal funding of stem cell research. Handled wrongly, it could energize conservative opponents and derail Barack Obama's presidency. There is no question that we must move ahead, but caution is key. ...more

November 15, 2008 |

University of South Florida leaders on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to capitalize on their success in their work to fight diabetes. ...more

November 14, 2008 |

University of South Florida leaders today unveiled an ambitious plan to capitalize on their success in their work with diabetes. ...more

November 13, 2008 |

Vitamins C and E - pills taken by millions of Americans - do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has found. ...more

November 10, 2008 |

A $5.3 million grant awarded to the University of Florida College of Dentistry will target cancer prevention for low-income men across the state, including those in St. Petersburg. ...more

November 8, 2008 |

The National Institutes of Health paid the University of Florida's College of Dentistry a $5.3 million grant to open a research center aimed at detecting oral disease early in low-income minority men. ...more

October 22, 2008 |

The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression - a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. ...more

October 21, 2008 |