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February 23, 2015

February is American Heart Month Have you had your blood pressure taken lately? Research shows that about half of the adults that suffer hypertension have not been diagnosed. There are several risk factors for developing high blood pressure--learn ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: American Heart Month, Blood, Blood Pressure, Community, Diet, Educational, Extension, Family, Family & Consumer Sciences, Family And Consumer Sciences, Health, Healthy, Heart, Hypertension, Living Well In The Panhandle, Management, My Plate, Nutrition, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension

UF/IFAS study shows how diet affects lab-raised mosquitoes in medical studies

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June 14, 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Most people try to avoid feeding hungry mosquitoes, but for some medical researchers it’s a different story. Lab-raised mosquitoes are used in studies investigating how the blood-sucking insects transmit viruses and ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Blood, Entomology And Nematology, Experiments, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Mosquitoes, Stephanie Richards, Vector Ecology

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