February 3, 2017 Troubling inconsistency found in dialysis blood testing methods

A blood test used to determine the health and well-being of dialysis patients produces worryingly inconsistent results depending on which…

February 2, 2017 UVA, CHKD form regional collaborative for cardiac care

University of Virginia Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters have appointed Dr. Jay Gangemi as surgical director…

January 26, 2017 School of Medicine sees huge increase in federal research funding

The School of Medicine’s efforts to improve the human condition through groundbreaking biomedical research have been rewarded with a dramatic…

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January 24, 2017 One giant leap against cancer: UVA a lead institution in Cancer Moonshot

The University of Virginia Health System is playing a leading role in the Cancer Moonshot program, which is designed to…

January 23, 2017 Nurse practitioners step in to fill growing need for house calls, study finds

Nurse practitioners are increasingly providing house calls for frail and elderly patients, eclipsing any other specialties in number of home…

January 19, 2017 Affordable Care Act made cancer screening more accessible for millions, study finds

The Affordable Care Act helped make recommended cancer screening more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans, according to new…

January 18, 2017 UVA slashes opioid use while improving pain scores, study finds

A study of more than 100,000 surgical cases at University of Virginia Health System found patients’ pain scores improved even…

January 11, 2017 UVA, other NCI-designated cancer centers endorse latest HPV vaccination recommendations

Together with the other 68 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers, University of Virginia Cancer Center supports the latest human papillomavirus…

January 9, 2017 UVA honored nationally for bariatric surgery, cancer care

University of Virginia Medical Center’s bariatric surgery and cancer care programs have earned 2017 national Women’s Choice Awards from WomenCertified…

January 4, 2017 New dry eye drug aims to treat cause rather than mask symptoms

University of Virginia Health System researchers have developed a potential therapeutic treatment for dry eye , with human testing to…