February 1, 2011 Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Reduce Risk of Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease, According to Study in JAMA

The medicinal herb Ginkgo biloba does not reduce the risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease development in either the healthy…

February 1, 2011 Major Breakthrough Transforms Field of Hormone Receptor Research

For decades, scientists have been studying nuclear hormone receptors to gain a better understanding of how they turn genes on…

February 1, 2011 UVA HEALTH SYSTEM PHYSICIAN ACCEPTS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POST

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) has named Dr. JoAnn V. Pinkerton, vice chair for academic affairs and professor of…

February 1, 2011 University of Virginia Health System Studies Show First At-Home Test for Vasectomized Men Is Accurate, Easy

In a report now available online and scheduled to be the cover story of the December 2008 issue of the…

February 1, 2011 UVA Researcher Daniel Gioeli, Ph.D., Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Study Role of Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer

Scientists have long understood that male hormones, androgens and the androgen receptor, play key roles in the development of the…

February 1, 2011 UVA Center for Global Health to Host Fogarty International Center Director Roger Glass, M.D., Ph.D., at Annual Symposium on November 7

Roger Glass, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Fogarty International Center, will speak at Noon on Friday, November 7, in the…

February 1, 2011 An Anti-Frailty Pill for Seniors?

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System report that a daily single oral dose of an investigational drug, MK-677,…

February 1, 2011 University of Virginia Health System Receives Stroke Care Excellence Award

The University of Virginia Health System has received a 2009 Stroke Care Excellence Award from HealthGrades, a provider of independent…

February 1, 2011 Mark D. Okusa, M.D., named chief of Division of Nephrology

Robert M. Strieter, M.D., Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, has announced…

February 1, 2011 Four melanoma experts secure $1.25 million in internationally competitive research awards

The UVA Cancer Center is further strengthening its melanoma research program with the help of four separate investigator awards totaling…