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October 31, 2012 NIH grant funds battle against deadly childhood diarrhea

The Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has won a $1.7 million, five-year grant…

October 17, 2012 Anthrax can grow, reproduce in soil, School of Medicine discovers

Anthrax has the unexpected ability to grow and reproduce while lurking in soil – increasing the deadly bacteria’s chances to…

October 11, 2012 UVA to test focused ultrasound for treating Parkinson’s disease

After a promising clinical trial of focused ultrasound as a potential treatment for essential tremor, the University of Virginia Health…

September 26, 2012 UVA Medical Center earns national customer service award

University of Virginia Medical Center has been named a 2011-2012 “Hospital of Choice” for customer service by the American Alliance…

September 4, 2012 UVA Hope Cancer Care moves to new, convenient Fishersville location Sept. 4

Beginning September 4, UVA Hope Cancer Care—Augusta will relocate to UVA Medical Park Augusta, 57 Beam Lane , Suite 300…

August 23, 2012 A new way of teaching biomedical sciences

The University of Virginia School of Medicine is reinventing how biomedical sciences are taught, launching an innovative new curriculum designed…

August 15, 2012 UVA joins healthcare training partnership in Rwanda

A veteran of medical mission trips that send nurses and doctors overseas for a few weeks, University of Virginia trauma…

July 17, 2012 UVA Health System honored in U.S. News ‘Best Hospitals’ guide

The University of Virginia Health System joins fewer than 150 hospitals out of almost 5,000 in the U.S. with a…

July 16, 2012 UVA reduces weeks of cancer treatments to less than a day

Cancer treatments for tumors that have spread to bone typically span weeks, but the University of Virginia Health System is…

July 11, 2012 Saving pancreatic cancer patients through early detection

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 11, 2012 – Of the 43,000 Americans diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer each year, only 10 percent…