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December 15, 2017 Powerful Glow Lights the Way to Medical Breakthroughs

Talk about shedding light on the unknown: A School of Medicine researcher has developed a way to set biological matter…

December 13, 2017 A Gold-Standard Cancer Treatment is in Decline, and Money May Be Why

The evidence is clear: Cervical cancer is best treated with brachytherapy, a form of radiation therapy. Yet the use of…

November 8, 2017 UVA Tests Power of Focused Ultrasound, Immunotherapy to Battle Breast Cancer

In its latest pioneering effort to harness the power of focused ultrasound to battle disease, the University of Virginia Health…

October 30, 2017 Focused Ultrasound Shows Promise to Treat Parkinson’s Tremor

An initial test to determine if focused ultrasound can reduce tremor caused by Parkinson’s disease has produced encouraging results. Further…

October 24, 2017 Exercise Discovery Could Save Sickest Patients

A new discovery about how exercise helps protect us from disease could one day dramatically reduce the death rate among…

October 23, 2017 Susan G. Komen Awards UVA $450,000 for Innovative Breast Cancer Research

Researcher Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, can envision a day when doctors prescribe a specific diet to prevent the spread of breast…

October 9, 2017 An End to Dieting for People With Type 2 Diabetes?

For people with type 2 diabetes, the prescription is typically “lose weight.” But maybe not for much longer. School of…

September 28, 2017 New Triage Tool Helps Doctors Save Lives

In situations where medical resources are most limited, doctors are often forced to make life-or-death decisions with very little information…

September 21, 2017 Just 1 Session of Exercise Can Help Make Cells Healthier

Whether it’s running, walking, cycling, swimming or rowing, it’s been well known since ancient times that doing some form of…

September 12, 2017 New Technique Lets Doctors Predict Genetic Disease Severity

An international team of researchers has found a way to diagnose disease and predict patient outcomes simply by measuring unbelievably…