Category: Medical Subspecialties

A doctor offers seven important tips for managing obesity.

UVA Health is testing the use of plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 as a potential treatment for inpatients with the disease.

A UVA Health-developed artificial pancreas system is among the nominees for 2019’s best biomedical research and is… read more >

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial pancreas system – based on technology from… read more >

University of Virginia (UVA) Center for Diabetes Technology and Novo Nordisk today announced that they have entered into a five-year research collaboration where UVA and Novo Nordisk will work together on the development of virtual environments focused on modelling of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Only 8% of Americans survive cardiac arrest outside a hospital, but that percentage could increase significantly if… read more >

233 UVA Health physicians have been named by their peers to the 2019-2020 Best Doctors in America®List…. read more >

A multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating a new artificial pancreas system — which automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels — has found that the new system was more effective than existing treatments at controlling blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes.

A UVA Health interventional radiologist has harnessed the power of virtual reality to increase the availability of a less-invasive treatment option for thyroid patients.

The same approach that could prevent diabetes may also prove effective for battling autoimmune diseases such as lupus and eczema.