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Alice Carpenter is an RN who performs cardiac stress testing in the Cardiac Stress Lab at UVA. She shared her Women’s Four Miler Training Program experience with us. [caption id="attachment_4590" align="alignright" width="300"] Alice Carpenter and her daughter Sydney will participate in the Charlottesville Women's Four Miler on Labor Day.[/caption] In…

UVA's School of Medicine is part of a unique partnership between the Ministry of Health in the African nation of Rwanda and the U.S. government. This partnership is facilitated by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) run by former President Bill Clinton and includes 13 U.S. schools of medicine, nursing…

When Christy Davis was 20 weeks pregnant, she and her husband went to her ultrasound, full of anticipation like any expectant parents.

Did you know that Vim & Vigor, UVA’s award-winning family health magazine, is online? Check out the fall issue now. Here’s a glance inside: Spinal Fusion: It’s a commonly performed back procedure. But it’s most successful when done for the right reasons. Congenital Heart Defects: Two Virginia women were born…

Robyn Reynolds is a director in the Marketing Department at UVA. She recently volunteered at the Remote Area Medical Clinic (RAM), an annual three-day event in Wise, Va., that offers free medical, dental and vision care. [caption id="attachment_4472" align="alignright" width="300"] UVA employee Robyn Reynolds, right, recently volunteered at the Remote…

UVA’s doctors and nurses care for patients in Charlottesville every day, but their service doesn’t stop in Virginia. Each year, many of our healthcare professionals volunteer to provide free medical care to people in need throughout the world. [caption id="attachment_4331" align="alignright" width="300"] Trena Berg, RN, poses with a 4-year-old Bolivian…

Healthcare facilities produce a lot of waste. [caption id="attachment_4232" align="alignright" width="300"] Volunteers and UVA employees load supplies to be delivered to Ghana.[/caption] There’s medical waste like needles and used surgical gloves that needs to be disposed according to strict regulations. But there’s also other kinds of waste. Unused or outdated…

Donna Wolf, PhD, is a clinical research coordinator with UVA’s Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, where she conducts clinical trials that test asthma treatments in children and adults. Wolf is also a clinical exercise physiologist. She wrote this post for us about asthma and exercise. Asthma is a chronic condition…

Do you have problems controlling your asthma, or your child’s asthma? It doesn’t have to be that way. Asthma is controllable, according to Julia Wisniewski, MD, a junior investigator with UVA’s Division of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology. "Not using the stairs, frequent visits to the emergency room or missing work…

Recipe courtesy of Morrison Management Specialists This dish is light but full of flavor, perfect for summer lunches. It was featured in our cafeteria recently. Makes 6 servings Ingredients For the rice: 2 cups hot water 1/2 teaspoon low sodium vegetable base (no msg) 1 cup brown basmati rice (long grain,…