September 12, 2011 Telemedicine grant will help improve healthcare access

To help patients in the mid-Atlantic states access specialty care and reduce the burden of travel for healthcare, the University…

September 7, 2011 Anindya Dutta, MBBS, PhD, appointed as chair of the UVA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Steven T. DeKosky, MD, FAAN, FACP, Vice President and Dean of the University of Virginia School of…

September 2, 2011 UVA study reveals how healthy cells continue to cannibalize their dead counterparts

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The healthy human body is extremely efficient at cleaning house.  Every day, we purge 100 to 200…

September 1, 2011 Pioneering research illuminates breast cancer, like you’ve never seen it before

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- University of Virginia researchers have developed a revolutionary three-dimensional model that allows them to visualize how breast…

August 30, 2011 From brain surgery to high jump champion in four months

Addie Coleman’s path to a high school regional title in the high jump began last December with a lack of…

August 25, 2011 Back-to-school safety: Avoid common poison mistakes

The start of the school year means new morning routines for your entire household, creating opportunities for poison mistakes. For…

August 25, 2011 New monitor invented at UVA saving the lives of premature babies

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., August 25, 2011 – An innovative monitoring system for premature infants developed at the University of Virginia Health…

August 15, 2011 UVA neurology stroke researchers win $25 million NIH grant to reduce debilitating effects of stroke in diabetic patients

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have received a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health…

August 10, 2011 Major discovery by UVA researchers helps explain how the adult brain cleans out dead brain cells and produces new ones

Adult brains generate thousands of new brain cells called neurons each day; however only a small fraction of them survive.…

August 2, 2011 U.S. News names 67 UVA physicians as “Top Doctors” in new online directory

Sixty-seven physicians from the University of Virginia Health System appear on the first “Top Doctors” directory issued by U.S. News…