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In a step toward strengthening President Barack Obama’s call for health care reform, the U.S. Senate passed a bill on Christmas Eve aimed at overhauling America’s health care system.
Gators who forgot to sign up for H1N1 vaccines at the Student Health Care Center will have another shot Saturday.
The health care system that American Indians rely on is a patchwork of half measures and empty promises.
Danny Chaviano is a relatively normal guy.
Before UF and Florida International University face off on the football field Saturday, the schools are teaming up to inform fans about breast cancer.
Conservative horror stories about Obamacare run amok are finally coming true in the minds of some.
UF Students in Free Enterprise is hosting a Women’s Career Expo today from 9 a.m. to noon at the Center for Innovation and Economic Development at Santa Fe College.
I was alarmed by the one-sided discussion of Planned Parenthood and Margaret Sanger in Thursday's Alligator article. Margaret Sanger was not a eugenist, a racist or an anti-Semite and was in no way affiliated with Nazi ideology. In fact, Sanger's books were of the first to be burned by the Nazis, as they contradicted their anti-family-planning agenda. Additionally, Sanger consistently stated that family planning decisions should be made on an individual basis, not on a social or cultural basis, which of course directly contradicts core eugenics ideology.
Candlelight flickered in the humid Thursday night, as the normally bustling Plaza of the Americas quieted during a vigil for breast cancer.
Let's just come out and say it - the health care system in America has really seen better days. From insurers booting sick people to the curb to the elderly having to choose between food and much-needed prescription drugs, the States definitely lag behind the rest of the developed world in providing health care regardless of age or socioeconomic status.
Rosemary Piazza, 70, lost her house because of medical bills. Drollene Brown, also 70, was denied health care coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Lee Auerbach said for the first time in almost 65 years, she just felt helpless.
Alachua County's first batch of H1N1 vaccines is expected to arrive early next week.
Rethink Breast Cancer is rethinking its newest advertising campaign after critics say it focuses too much on sex and too little on the dangers of the disease.
I felt a responsibility to address the misguided information given by Caitlin O'Conner on human papillomavirus and Gardasil.
Planned Parenthood of North Florida reduced the price of birth control last week in an attempt to meet women's needs better as they face economic recession.
According to a new study conducted by UF's Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, 20 percent of drinkers are underage, and those who are underage stay out later than those who are 21 years old or older.
An 18-year-old girl who just started college spends the night hanging out with her roommate and her roommate's friends.
Want to live longer? As it turns out, we may have the answer. A report in the July 10 issue of Science showed a dramatic difference between the lifespan of two different sets of Rhesus monkeys in a 20-year study. The results were so shocking that scientists already began seeking additional funding for another 20 years of research.
None of the crises we face today - whether it is the food crisis, the water crisis, the financial crisis or the crisis of climate change - can be managed unless greater attention is paid to population issues.
Joshua Lyon became addicted to prescription drugs when he was introduced to Vicodin as part of an assignment for Jane magazine.
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