January 19, 2011 UVA opens state-of-the-art operating room for heart patients

  The University of Virginia Health System has opened a state-of-the-art operating room for heart patients. Called a hybrid OR…

January 19, 2011 Ethics is focus of summer institute at School of Medicine

During the past three summers, undergraduate students and recent graduates of the University of Virginia have participated in a unique…

January 18, 2011 Study indicates new protein may reverse neurodegenerative diseases

An investigational protein that  transformed normal laboratory mice into super-jocks holds great promise in developing new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases…

January 17, 2011 UVA offers innovative device for patients on supplemental oxygen therapy

Nearly one million Americans today require 24/7 supplemental oxygen therapy to help them breathe. Ruth McCoy, a former respiratory therapist…

January 17, 2011 Lifestyle intervention program improves mind, body and wallet

Workers with diabetes and obesity improved their absenteeism and disability rate by as much as 87 percent with the help…

January 17, 2011 Common genes tied to alcohol, cocaine addictions

For decades, finding clues to substance addiction has been much like searching for a needle in a haystack.  But researchers…

January 17, 2011 As winner of Society for Endocrinology’s top award, UVA researcher will discuss latest anti-frailty research

Michael O. Thorner, M.D., a clinician and researcher at the University of Virginia Health System, is scheduled to discuss his…

January 17, 2011 New report shows obesity, hypertension, arthritis and diabetes prevail at nation’s largest free mobile clinic in Wise, Va.

They are forty-something, overweight or obese, and suffer from arthritis, diabetes and/or hypertension. The overwhelming majority are either uninsured or…

January 17, 2011 School of Medicine celebrates Match Day 2009 as 138 members move forward to residency

"You have set standards we will never exceed," said Richard Pearson, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education, as he saluted…

January 17, 2011 Cholera epidemic in Africa a preventable human rights tragedy, asserts global health expert

Although illness rates and mortality from cholera have been drastically reduced in a vast majority of the world, Africa remains…