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Posts by Amy-Sarah Marshall

January 28, 2011 Dr. Danny Mistry to serve as team physician for U.S. Swim Team

Described as "untiring and devoted" for his service to the student athletes in the University of Virginia Athletics Department, Dr.…

January 28, 2011 Two Nurses accepted into competitive national management fellowship

The nationwide nursing shortage has caused hospitals around the country to think not just about who will be delivering bedside…

January 28, 2011 A new approach to curb college-age binge drinking?

A team of University of Virginia Health System addiction researchers is leading a first-of-its-kind study testing a medication called ondansetron…

January 28, 2011 Pioneering breast scanner holds great promise for accurately detecting and diagnosing breast cancer at its earliest stages

Perhaps no one can appreciate the importance of early cancer detection as much as Izora Armstrong.  That's because UVA Cancer…

January 28, 2011 Amherst Dialysis staff recognized with national patient safety award

Laura Simms has spent 12 hours a week receiving hemodialysis treatment since last fall, when her kidneys failed as a…

January 28, 2011 UVA is first U.S. medical center to offer new Gamma Knife technology to treat head and neck cancers

A powerful new tool available at the University of Virginia Health System offers treatment to patients with some of the…

January 28, 2011 UVA Health System specialties honored by U.S. News

Three medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked in the 20 th annual survey of "America's…

January 28, 2011 UVA signs research collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., to discover drugs for women’s reproductive health

The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck (known…

January 28, 2011 UVA Children’s Hospital and Kohl’s department store kick off after-school program

The long and snowy winter kept many children out of school and indoors with lots of sedentary time and access…

January 28, 2011 UVA School of Medicine celebrates Match Day 2010 as 131 students move forward to residency

Cam Lewis wanted to study otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania. So did his close friend Liz Nicolli. The two…