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January 28, 2011 Pioneering breast scanner holds great promise for accurately detecting and diagnosing breast cancer at its earliest stages

Perhaps no one can appreciate the importance of early cancer detection as much as Izora Armstrong.  That's because UVA Cancer…

January 28, 2011 Amherst Dialysis staff recognized with national patient safety award

Laura Simms has spent 12 hours a week receiving hemodialysis treatment since last fall, when her kidneys failed as a…

January 28, 2011 UVA is first U.S. medical center to offer new Gamma Knife technology to treat head and neck cancers

A powerful new tool available at the University of Virginia Health System offers treatment to patients with some of the…

January 28, 2011 UVA Health System specialties honored by U.S. News

Three medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked in the 20 th annual survey of "America's…

January 28, 2011 UVA signs research collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., to discover drugs for women’s reproductive health

The University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville today announced that it has entered into a research collaboration with Merck (known…

January 28, 2011 UVA Children’s Hospital and Kohl’s department store kick off after-school program

The long and snowy winter kept many children out of school and indoors with lots of sedentary time and access…

January 28, 2011 UVA School of Medicine celebrates Match Day 2010 as 131 students move forward to residency

Cam Lewis wanted to study otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania. So did his close friend Liz Nicolli. The two…

January 28, 2011 Toxicologist offers law enforcement a glimpse into the medical realm of criminal poisonings

Criminal poisoning cases can be hard to recognize and even harder to solve when law enforcement officials lack a combination…

January 28, 2011 UVA medical team heading to Grundy, Virginia as volunteers at Oct. 4-5 free healthcare clinic

A volunteer team of 30 doctors, nurses, social workers and pharmacists from the University of Virginia Health System will be…

January 27, 2011 Expert available to discuss Pompe Disease, the focus of new movie “Extraordinary Measures”

During the weekend, a film called Extraordinary Measures , starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, debuted in theatres. Based on…