April 8, 2015 Wearable device slows deadly brain tumors, clinical trial finds

A wearable device that emits low-level electrical fields can slow the progression of glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer,…

April 6, 2015 Common cancers highjack powerhouses of cells

In a breakthrough in the understanding of how cancer does its deadly work, researchers at the School of Medicine have…

March 27, 2015 UVA Memory Experts Receive Grant to Aid Caregivers of Dementia Patients

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 27, 2015 – A new study at the UVA Health System’s Memory and Aging Care Clinic (MACC)…

March 25, 2015 Promising drug a ‘new paradigm’ for treating leukemia

Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine have developed a compound that delays leukemia in mice and effectively kills leukemia…

March 24, 2015 Medical Center Operating Board endorses Emergency Department expansion, move toward private patient rooms

The Medical Center Operating Board endorsed Tuesday a plan to renovate and expand the Emergency Department and create procedural rooms,…

March 23, 2015 Match Day 2015: Excited to start all over again

Whether for two minutes or 45 minutes, every member of the UVA School of Medicine’s Class of 2015 had to…

March 23, 2015 Long-needed answers for prostate cancer patients

Important news for men receiving treatment for prostate cancer : Two new studies from the University of Virginia School of…

March 19, 2015 UVA Cancer Center earns national radiation oncology accreditation

  For meeting national quality and patient safety standards, UVA Cancer Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation in radiation…

March 18, 2015 Potential treatment for myotonic muscular dystrophy identified

A doctor who was one of the discoverers of the gene responsible for myotonic muscular dystrophy has now identified a…

March 18, 2015 UVA expert: Doctors should educate women on less-regulated menopausal hormones

As prescriptions for less-regulated, custom-compounded menopausal hormones approach the number of prescriptions for U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved hormones, a…