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February 14, 2011 Global health researchers discover that leptin, the hormone that prevents obesity, also protects against a potentially fatal infection

A 10-year study of urban slum children in Bangladesh has resulted in a groundbreaking discovery that helps explain how our…

February 9, 2011 Drinking and driving death rates among college students have been significantly overestimated, UVA study finds

The rate of college student deaths from drinking and driving accidents is not nearly as high as leading national statistics…

February 2, 2011 Eric Houpt, MD, to lead $3.9 million study on the next generation of molecular diagnostic technologies

A scientist at the University of Virginia is looking to give hope via faster diagnosis and treatment to the millions…

February 2, 2011 Technique offers clearer diagnoses for digestive conditions

For about 30 percent to 35 percent of bile-duct cancer patients, a biopsy produces a false negative, says University of…

February 2, 2011 UVA Office of Telemedicine Leading Statewide Efforts to Give Rural Communities e-Access to Advanced Medical Services

The FCC has announced that UVa's Office of Telemedicine will receive $2.7 million in funding under a three-year national initiative.…

February 2, 2011 No Scalpel in Hand, Surgeons Treat UVa’s 6000th Gamma Knife Patient UVa’s Gamma Knife Center Has Reputation as a World Leader

Recently, Francis Gingras arrived at the University of Virginia Health System ready to undergo a form of brain surgery with…

February 2, 2011 UVA Health System Runs First-of-its-Kind Scan in U.S. With New Siemens Interventional Imaging System

The University of Virginia Health System was first in the nation to image a patient with the next generation of…

February 2, 2011 UVA Health System Team Gives Away 21 Million … Calories

A team of people who treat cancer patients at the UVA Cancer Center has just passed a landmark. They have…

February 2, 2011 New Partnership to Advance Medical Research at UVA and EVMS

Eastern Virginia Medical School and the University of Virginia School of Medicine have signed an historic agreement that will advance…

February 2, 2011 New Mom is Recipient of UVa’s First Intestinal Transplant

Courtney and Bill Wagner were newlyweds expecting their first child when their lives began veering in a direction they never…