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The Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases at UF Health has recently unveiled its new, world-class clinical care and research building, marking its latest step in the pursuit of providing the nation’s most comprehensive and advanced care for Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The new facility opens to patients July 1. The $9 million...

Exactech, a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products and biologic solutions for extremities, hip and knee, has announced the successful first surgeries with Truliant® Porous, the newest implant innovation in the Truliant Total Knee System.  Truliant Porous is a non-cemented implant system that is designed for reproducibility and efficiency in total knee...

University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital has been nationally ranked in five medical specialties, making significant gains in three areas — pediatric cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, and diabetes/endocrinology, according to the recently released 2019-20 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings by U.S. News & World Report. UF Health’s pediatric cardiology and heart surgery program achieved...

By Jennifer Webb The tea was incredibly sweet, the kind I would never drink back in Gainesville. However sitting in the spacious living room of Mrs. Jehan Sadat’s home in Cairo, it somehow didn’t seem appropriate to refuse the drink. This specific tea had been part of the allure of the unusual tour my son...

Foresight, a diversified construction management firm, recently broke ground on a new worship facility for The Rock of Gainesville, a family centered nondenominational church currently located on SW 24th Avenue. Foresight is the construction management firm for the church’s new 27,669 SF north campus worship facility on W. Newberry Road that will include a state-of-the-art...

Karen Wright worked her way through the small gathering outside her 4-month-old daughter’s room in pediatric intensive care. It seemed to her as if everyone at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital had come to witness this historic moment. Wright, nervous but thrilled, told a nurse, “I think I’m going to cry.” Near her, a pharmacist...

Brian Hunt thought there had to be a better way. The 44- year old runner and triathlete – with an Ironman, multiple marathons and other shorter races under his belt – was tired of searching through different websites to try and find information on when and where races were happening. “It was almost as if...

The Office of Professional and Workforce Development, in partnership with Warrington College of Business and the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Florida are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Inspiring Women Leaders Conference that will be held March 8-10, 2020 at the University of Florida Hilton Conference Center. This 2...

RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., a global surgical implant company, has announced MedTech Breakthrough has selected TETRAfuse® 3D Technology as the “Best New Technology Solution – Orthopedics” in their 2019 Awards Program. MedTech Breakthrough is an independent organization recognizing the top companies and solutions in the global health and medical technology market. This year’s program attracted...

Alachua-based CTD Holdings, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company that develops cyclodextrin-based products for the treatment of disease with unmet medical need, has announced that it closed its previously announced private placement of securities with a group of institutional and accredited investors that included directors and officers of the Company. Investors in the private placement...