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June 22, 2018 UVA Stroke Center Earns National Quality Care Awards

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at University of Virginia Health System has received two national quality awards for providing timely, high-quality stroke…

The bite of the lone star tick can cause people to develop a meat allergy. Other people can become sensitized to red meat without showing symptoms.

June 14, 2018 Tick-Borne Meat Sensitivity Linked to Heart Disease

School of Medicine researchers have linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat – a sensitivity spread by tick bites…

The people behind PositiveLinks HIV app: Tianyi Jin, web developer (from left); Rebecca Dillingham, MD, MPH; and Marika Grabowski, clinical data manager.

June 12, 2018 UVA’s PositiveLinks App Improving HIV Care, Study Finds

A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency in doctor visits and…

June 7, 2018 UVA, Other Top Cancer Centers Endorse Steps to Eliminate HPV-Related Cancers

University of Virginia Cancer Center has joined the other 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in endorsing a goal of eliminating…

May 30, 2018 As on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: UVA Targets ‘Giggling’ Epilepsy With Focused Ultrasound

What was fiction on a recent episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” is being pioneered for real at the University of Virginia…

Irina Bochkis, PhD, has made a discovery that might let us cure or prevent diabetes, fatty liver disease and other metabolic diseases -- and possibly reverse aging itself.

May 29, 2018 We Might Reverse Aging By Smoothing Wrinkles Inside Our Cells, Study Suggests

A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty…

UVA telemedicine performed the 1000th telestroke consultation

May 23, 2018 UVA Provides 1,000th Telestroke Consultation

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at University of Virginia Health System recently performed its 1,000th telestroke consultation, enabling patients across Virginia to get…

An illustration of architecture from the submicroscopic world, created with knowledge gleaned through X-ray crystallography.

May 22, 2018 A New Guide for Explorers of the Submicroscopic World Inside Us

Researchers from the School of Medicine have established new guidelines for scientists mapping out the body molecule by molecule to…

May 7, 2018 Pioneering New 3D Cancer Model to Speed New Treatments

A scientist at the School of Medicine, working with local biotech company HemoShear Therapeutics, has created a 3D cancer model…

May 7, 2018 UVA Honored on National ‘100 Great Hospitals’ List

National healthcare publication Becker’s Hospital Review has named University of Virginia Medical Center to its 2018 list of 100 Great…