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Every week we’re publishing the winning poems from April’s medical poetry contest. This week’s poem was a runner-up in Category II: How Sick Did You Get? Untitled by Jessica Garber Vomit- Rips at the throat Like a chained dog And I am the fence, And you, he who passes by.
Any time you have pain in your chest, it can be unsettling. But the truth is, even though we assume the worst, the majority who experience chest pain aren’t having a heart attack. In fact, chest pain may or may not be coming from the heart.
Every week we’re publishing the winning poems from April’s medical poetry contest. This week’s poem was a runner-up in Category II: How Sick Did You Get? An Embolic Tale By Jamie DeVore There was a young woman it’s said Whose limbs became numb as she tread Her face drooped like…
Every week we’re publishing the winning poems from April’s medical poetry contest. This week’s poem was a runner-up in Category I: Bedside Manners. Untitled By Tina Auth Our son was born dying, little did we know. He was rushed to UVA, the best place to go. [caption id="attachment_8383" align="alignright" width="170"]…
Every week we’re publishing the winning poems from April’s medical poetry contest. This week’s poem won Honorable Mention. Doctor By Katherine Crowley She says his coat reminds her of May: crabapple blossoms in sun, so white they refract bright hues and greens. And she says his movements beneath the white…
Every week we’re publishing the winning poems from April’s medical poetry contest. This week’s poem won one of two grand prizes. The Maddening Gladness By Jarish Cohen I. ars medicina, from a language that has long been dead- the whitest gleam of the short coat , the greenest sheen of…
Welcome to Poetry Friday! Every week we’re publishing the winning poems from April’s medical poetry contest. This week’s poem won one of two grand prizes and will also be published in the Health System’s literary journal Hospital Drive. Meditation on the Sickle Cell By Laura Kolbe A harvest before autumn…
Many conditions can cause your face to be red. Two of the biggest are rosacea and rosacea-like demodicosis and these conditions can be frustrating.
USA Today has dubbed Entamoeba histolytica the "werewolf amoeba." [caption id="attachment_8148" align="alignright" width="250"] Entamoeba histolytica parasites ingesting bites of intestinal cells in a mouse. Credit: Katherine Ralston and David Zemo[/caption] And Christopher Huston of the University of Vermont College of Medicine is calling the discovery a "technical tour de force." As published…
UVA has a new way to help people who need a kidney transplant find an organ donor. UVA has started participating in "paired donor exchanges," where a friend or family member who wants to donate a kidney to a loved one but isn't a match for the recipient can instead…
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