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February 1, 2011 Finding New Strategies For Population Control Is Focus of Innovative Fellowship Program at UVa

During the past two years, while Dr. Yanfeng Li has been looking for new approaches to human contraception as a…

February 1, 2011 University of Virginia Lung Transplant Program Achieves Nation’s Highest Patient Survival Rate

Changes to the medications given to recuperating organ recipients have helped the lung transplant program at the University of Virginia…

February 1, 2011 Dr. Anita Clayton of UVa Health System Writes the Book on a Painful Secret Many Women Share

Do women have a secret so painful that they even keep it from themselves? According to Dr. Anita H. Clayton…

February 1, 2011 Interviewing Technique Reduces Risk for Binge Drinking and Unplanned Pregnancies

A University of Virginia Health System researcher and colleagues have just published findings showing that just a few targeted counseling…

February 1, 2011 UVA Cancer Center and VCU Massey Cancer Center Each Awarded $1 Million Grant for Healthcare Outreach in Southside and Far Southwestern Virginia Regions

The Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission has awarded $1 million each to the University of Virginia Cancer Center and…

February 1, 2011 UVA Health System Study Shows Dramatic Drop in Needlestick Risks for U.S. Healthcare Workers

When working with needles, healthcare workers always have to be concerned about contracting a life-altering or even life-threatening infection from…

February 1, 2011 UVA Health System and The Health Wagon Providing Free Mammograms, Access to Follow-up Care for Underserved Women

At 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, nearly four dozen women living in one of the most rural areas of Virginia will begin…

February 1, 2011 UVA Health System’s Richard L. Guerrant, M.D., Receives Walter Reed Medal from American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

International infectious disease expert Richard L. Guerrant, M.D., of the University of Virginia Health System, has been awarded the highest…

February 1, 2011 Patients Undergo Advanced Procedure At University of Virginia Health System to Stop Their Racing Hearts

Gregory Bare of Broadway, VA is an avid bicyclist who enjoys riding 20 to 25 miles several days a week.…

February 1, 2011 Heart Attack Treatment Times at University of Virginia Health System Are in Top 3 Percent Nationally

The University of Virginia Health System is among the top three percent of U.S. hospitals in achieving one of the…