January 17, 2011 Alarming rates of kidney disease and high blood pressure identified at recent community screening

UVA nephrologist Rasheed Balogun, M.D. reports that more than a third of the 97 people who attended the March 14…

January 17, 2011 UVA Medical Center named one of nation’s top 100 hospitals

The University of Virginia Medical Center is one of only 15 major teaching hospitals to be ranked among the nation's…

January 17, 2011 UVA offers elderly patients new approach to aortic valve replacement

A team of heart specialists at the University of Virginia Health System last week performed a leading-edge procedure in which…

January 17, 2011 UVA and The Health Wagon preparing for second mobile mammography clinic

On April 23 and 24, the University of Virginia Health System and The Health Wagon will again team up to…

January 16, 2011 School of Medicine researchers to lead worldwide study on links between malnutrition, intestinal infection and child development

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will lead the largest-ever worldwide effort to investigate how malnutrition and…

January 15, 2011 National Guide names 47 UVA doctors top in their fields

Forty-seven physicians from the University of Virginia Health System were included in the latest edition of America's Top Doctors TM…

January 15, 2011 New study shows dialysis patients who fall have added mortality risk

Hemodialysis (HD) patients who fall once or more have a higher risk of hospitalizations and mortality than their sure-footed counterparts,…

January 15, 2011 Children’s Hospital awarded service grant

Giving teenagers a safe and caring environment where they can speak frankly and be themselves makes a huge difference in…

January 15, 2011 Pacifiers no barrier to breastfeeding success, find School of Medicine researchers

Many women have heard of the benefits of breastfeeding and pacifier use in reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death…

January 15, 2011 Pulmonary disease program is second in U.S. to earn Joint Commission Certificate of Distinction

The Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) program at the University of Virginia Health System has become the nation's second recipient…