July 12, 2016 FDA approves scalpel-free brain surgery for tremor pioneered at UVA

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first focused ultrasound device to treat essential tremor , the most common…

July 11, 2016 UVA Receives Federal Grant to Fight Southwest Virginia Opioid Epidemic

A federal grant to the University of Virginia Health System will help battle the opioid epidemic in Southwest Virginia by…

June 30, 2016 UVA pioneering use of electronic tablets to speed stroke care

A clinical trial testing mobile videoconferencing as a means for physicians to diagnose stroke patients while they’re being transported to…

June 29, 2016 ‘Bad guy’ cells blamed in asthma, allergies prove life-saving in deadly C. difficile

Surprising discovery points to way to prevent life-threatening consequences of C. difficile infections C. diff kills one in seven infected…

June 20, 2016 UVA Health System and HemoShear Therapeutics to Collaborate on Advanced Cancer Tumor Models

To better understand cancerous tumors and help develop breakthrough treatments, University of Virginia Health System and HemoShear Therapeutics, LLC, will…

June 16, 2016 Amid terrorism fears, promising leads in hunt for radiation antidote

School of Medicine researchers have identified promising drugs that could lead to the first antidote for radiation exposure that might…

May 31, 2016 Two additional UVA orthopedic surgeons join Culpeper clinic

University of Virginia Health System has added two orthopedic surgeons who will work at UVA Orthopedics Culpeper to provide care…

May 26, 2016 Watch a smartphone’s wild ride through a hospital’s pneumatic tube system

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have investigated a strange mystery involving blood samples by sending a smartphone…

May 25, 2016 Young Norfolk girl receives liver transplant in unique care partnership between UVA Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

A 13-year-old Norfolk girl is the first patient to receive a transplant in a unique pediatric liver transplant partnership between…

May 17, 2016 Gene helps prevent heart attack, stroke — and may offer way to block effects of aging

 Findings in a nutshell: Gene thought active only in embryos and permanently silenced in adults is actually critical in preventing…