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January 17, 2011 Common genes tied to alcohol, cocaine addictions

For decades, finding clues to substance addiction has been much like searching for a needle in a haystack.  But researchers…

January 17, 2011 As winner of Society for Endocrinology’s top award, UVA researcher will discuss latest anti-frailty research

Michael O. Thorner, M.D., a clinician and researcher at the University of Virginia Health System, is scheduled to discuss his…

January 17, 2011 New report shows obesity, hypertension, arthritis and diabetes prevail at nation’s largest free mobile clinic in Wise, Va.

They are forty-something, overweight or obese, and suffer from arthritis, diabetes and/or hypertension. The overwhelming majority are either uninsured or…

January 17, 2011 School of Medicine celebrates Match Day 2009 as 138 members move forward to residency

"You have set standards we will never exceed," said Richard Pearson, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education, as he saluted…

January 17, 2011 Cholera epidemic in Africa a preventable human rights tragedy, asserts global health expert

Although illness rates and mortality from cholera have been drastically reduced in a vast majority of the world, Africa remains…

January 17, 2011 New discovery raises doubts about use of certain targeted therapies in bladder cancer

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found that one of the genes commonly thought to promote the…

January 17, 2011 Alarming rates of kidney disease and high blood pressure identified at recent community screening

UVA nephrologist Rasheed Balogun, M.D. reports that more than a third of the 97 people who attended the March 14…

January 17, 2011 UVA Medical Center named one of nation’s top 100 hospitals

The University of Virginia Medical Center is one of only 15 major teaching hospitals to be ranked among the nation's…

January 17, 2011 UVA offers elderly patients new approach to aortic valve replacement

A team of heart specialists at the University of Virginia Health System last week performed a leading-edge procedure in which…

January 17, 2011 UVA and The Health Wagon preparing for second mobile mammography clinic

On April 23 and 24, the University of Virginia Health System and The Health Wagon will again team up to…