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Posts by Amy-Sarah Marshall

April 21, 2011 Organ donor registration drive April 26 at UVA Medical Center

More than 110,000 Americans – including more than 2,800 Virginians – are awaiting an organ transplant, according to LifeNet Health,…

April 14, 2011 UVA and Habitat’s high-tech Health House offers innovative solutions to nation’s health problems

As Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville marks the completion of its first mixed-income community, the University of Virginia Health…

April 11, 2011 Seeking better ways to detect traumatic brain injury in soldiers

An increasing number of United States soldiers are suffering traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by bomb blasts. As the first…

April 6, 2011 UVA tests alternative to open-heart surgery that may offer hope to high-risk and inoperable heart valve patients

An alternative to open-heart surgery tested at the University of Virginia Health System may hold new hope for inoperable and…

April 1, 2011 Tonsils are likely targets of the cancer-causing KSHV herpes virus

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., April 1, 2011 -- AIDS patients, organ transplant recipients and others suffering from weakened immune systems are particularly…

March 30, 2011 Town hall meeting April 2 on traumatic brain injuries in children

As Virginia’s lead center for the Sarah Jane Brain Project, Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center at the University of Virginia Children’s…

March 25, 2011 University of Virginia wants to improve vaccine results in poor countries

The University of Virginia School of Medicine is leading a study to determine why vaccines that work so well on…

March 23, 2011 Blue Ridge Poison Center: More than a hotline

While answering calls about possible poison exposures is what the University of Virginia Health System’s Blue Ridge Poison Center is…

March 15, 2011 UVA researchers identify certain group of drivers with type 1 diabetes at higher risk for car accidents

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Mar. 10, 2011 – Getting behind the wheel of a car carries certain risks, as more than 1.2…

March 10, 2011 Clinical trial of scalpel-free brain surgery at UVA relieves patient’s debilitating tremor

Doctors at the University of Virginia Health System have for the first time used focused sound waves to relieve a…