July 13, 2018 UVA Radiology Opens Northern Virginia Vein and Vascular Care Clinic

University of Virginia Health System is now seeing patients at UVA Radiology Vein and Vascular Care Gainesville, which provides leading-edge…

July 6, 2018 UVA Develops Way to Create Drugs Without Side Effects

A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the way for safer drugs that are free of…

July 3, 2018 UVA Heart Failure Program Honored Nationally for Quality Care

For meeting nationally recognized patient-care standards from the American Heart Association, the heart failure program at the University of Virginia Health…

June 28, 2018 As Asylum Requests Rise, Doctors Have Important Role

With applications for asylum in the United States increasing sharply, a new paper from a team of asylum medicine and…

June 26, 2018 Six UVA Children’s Hospital Specialties Nationally Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

Six specialties at University of Virginia Children’s Hospital earned a top-50 national ranking in the 2018-2019 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide from…

June 25, 2018 UVA Reveals True Nature of Cells Blamed in Alzheimer’s, Neurodegenerative Diseases

Immune cells commonly blamed in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases are actually precision cleaning machines protecting the central nervous system,…

June 22, 2018 UVA Stroke Center Earns National Quality Care Awards

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at University of Virginia Health System has received two national quality awards for providing timely, high-quality stroke…

June 14, 2018 Tick-Borne Meat Sensitivity Linked to Heart Disease

School of Medicine researchers have linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat – a sensitivity spread by tick bites…

June 12, 2018 UVA’s PositiveLinks App Improving HIV Care, Study Finds

A smartphone app designed to improve care for people living with HIV has increased users’ consistency in doctor visits and…

June 7, 2018 UVA, Other Top Cancer Centers Endorse Steps to Eliminate HPV-Related Cancers

University of Virginia Cancer Center has joined the other 69 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in endorsing a goal of eliminating…