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E-mail: fkaye@ufl.edu 4 Received 10 April 2009; Revised 29 October 2009; Accepted 8 November 2009; Published online 14 December 2009.

Lighten up your mood by watching the illuminated holiday boat parade sail across Garrison Channel from aboard the SS American Victory at 6:30 p.m. at 705 Channelside Drive.

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 5:54 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 5:54 p.m. University of Florida College of Medicine and Shands officials have moved to treat the water system at the new Shands Cancer Hospital after Legionella bacteria was found in a patient room Tuesday.

Product: Attune probiotic wellness bar in chocolate crisp, mint chocolate, blueberry vanilla, dark chocolate and other flavors, $1.19 for a 20-gram bar at Whole Foods and www.attunefoods.com. Key ingredients: Chocolate or white chocolate coating, organic brown rice crisps and probiotic cultures .

NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League , awarded $1.5 million in grants to support sports-related medical research at 11 organizations.

The quirky domed building was one of the first things prospective home buyers would see when touring this country club community in 1922.

The interior design schools in Florida offer either specialist program in which a student will learn as part of the group or individual program.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 8:08 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 8:08 p.m. Lake City Community College is one step closer to a new name -- Florida Gateway College.

An 11-year-old student at Bashaw Elementary throws a shoe at his teacher and hits him in the head.

A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans.

A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans.

Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 10:13 p.m. Every 45 seconds, someone in America has a stroke.

A virus that in nature infects only rabbits could become a cancer-fighting tool for humans.

Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. It's official: CFCC will become CCF - College of Central Florida - in summer 2010.

A leader in the fight against brain diseases and in drug discovery to help Alzheimer's patients has joined the University of Florida College of Medicine, interim dean Michael Good, M.D., announced.

Lake Nona's emerging "medical city" resembles a high-tech Oz, glistening with potential as a complex of hospitals and research centers rises from the flat pastures south of Orlando International Airport.

First-year enrollment at the nation's medical schools grew again in 2009 because of the launch of four new schools in Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania, as well as notable expansions in class sizes at a dozen more schools, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, or AAMC.

As part of its goal to become a center for renewable energy and green technology research and education, Florida Gulf Coast University has joined the John D. Backe Foundation in a collaborative venture to create Florida Gulf Coast University Innovation Hub , a 1.2 million square-foot, state-of-the-art research and development area.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 5:05 p.m. A leading researcher in the field of drug discovery and Alzheimer's disease has joined the faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine.

Crime stats comparing Florida A&M and FSU with other universities rank the two schools near the top when computing how many crimes might have occurred if there were a hundred thousand students on campus.