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Florida Tomorrow is a day when standards are set and excellence is achieved in academic medicine.Diabetes is a growing epidemic. Affecting 18 million people in the United States — a number projected to grow to more than 30 million by 2012 — the disease causes up $142 billion a year in health-care costs. The outlook is particularly dire for children, whose record obesity rates have led to an upswing in Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adults-only problem. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted that if obesity rates grow as projected, a third of American children born in 2003 will go on to develop diabetes. read story |
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Florida Tomorrow is a place where thousands of physicians, scientists and scholars work together to discover, perfect and deliver the world’s most advanced healthcare.When patients talk with Dr. Barry Byrne, director of the Powell Gene Therapy Center, they ask one question over and over: “When can I try gene therapy?” After all, for those facing chronic illnesses — anything from cardiovascular and pulmonary disease to Parkinson’s — gene therapy offers a promising new horizon. read story |
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Florida Tomorrow is a belief that through creative and collaborative science we will alleviate pain and suffering caused by today’s most devastating diseases.University of Florida cancer specialists have been at the forefront
of the fight against cancer for decades. A team of more than 330 clinicians and scientists and hundreds of research assistants, nurses, technicians and staff are each committed to advancing the science and treatment of cancer. UF’s leadership has resulted in an investment of more than $600 million in cancer programs over the past decade. Since 1999, the university has recruited 71 new faculty members specializing in cancer.
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