July 31, 2025 Heart Failure Drug Relieves POTS Symptoms, Study Finds

Researchers have identified a drug that can provide relief for POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), a condition that causes heart racing associated with dizziness when standing, among other symptoms.

July 3, 2025 Newsweek Honors UVA Health University Medical Center Among America’s Best Specialized Hospitals 

Newsweek has named nine specialties at UVA Health University Medical Center and UVA Health Children’s to the national news publication’s 2025 lists of America’s Best Specialized Hospitals and America’s Best Children’s Hospitals.

June 4, 2025 UVA Health Launching Comprehensive, National Program for Connective Tissue Disorders 

UVA Health is opening a national program specializing in comprehensive care for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and other hypermobility disorders, a difficult-to-diagnose collection of connective tissue disorders that cause pain and medical issues throughout the body.

May 15, 2025 An App to Detect Heart Attacks and Strokes — and Save Lives

A new app being developed at UVA Health and other leading institutions can detect when users are having heart attacks or strokes, speeding care and saving lives.

March 20, 2025 UVA Health Joins National Trials Testing Long COVID Treatments

UVA Health has joined nationwide studies examining potential treatments for long COVID.

February 13, 2025 4 UVA Health Teams Earn National Patient Experience Awards

Four teams at UVA Health University Medical Center have been honored with national patient experience awards based on top ratings…

January 23, 2025 UVA Develops Simple Scan to ID Patients at Heart Risk

Everyone knows the risks of carrying too much fat around the waist and hips, but we can now assess the risks of unseen fat around the heart.

November 20, 2024 Weight-Loss Drug Tirzepatide Reduces Heart Failure Deaths

Tirzepatide, from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co., was tested in the SUMMIT clinical trial at 146 sites in the United States and abroad.

October 8, 2024 UVA Health Children’s Named No. 1 Children’s Hospital in Virginia by U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report has named UVA Health Children’s, part of UVA Health, the No. 1 children’s hospital in Virginia for the fourth consecutive year.

October 7, 2024 Newsweek Ranks UVA Health University Medical Center Among America’s Best Specialized Hospitals

Seven specialties at UVA Health University Medical Center and UVA Health Children’s are ranked No. 1 in Virginia and among the top 50 nationally by national news publication Newsweek.