News & Events (Page 8)

In the past month, researchers at UVA have published research that shows alarming statistics about the rise of cancer death rates in rural Appalachia as well as made discoveries about chimeric RNA that could change our understanding of human genetics.

Researchers at the School of Medicine and UVA Cancer Center are seeing great promise in an experimental cancer drug that may help stop melanoma, along with other forms of cancer.

The latest research findings from scientists at UVA from the past month include exciting discoveries as well as clinical trial results for using focused ultrasound to treat essential tremor patients.

Carol Chisholm was diagnosed with rectal cancer eight years ago and had surgery at UVA. She's adjusted to life with a colostomy and now volunteers her time counseling others in this situation.

A shocking finding on the immune system, FDA approval of an important minimally invasive treatment for essential tremor, a cancer molecule that might aid in fighting pneumonia, and a federal grant to fight the opioid epidemic: July was an important month for UVA Health System.

Exciting new findings from UVA researchers include a possible antidote to radiation exposure, a better understanding of cancerous tumors and life-saving research about C. difficile infection

The researchers who stuck their smartphones into the hospital’s tube system, which sends samples to the medical lab, didn’t have grants or a complex strategy for their project. They were trying to solve a problem.

With Charlottesville’s recent rainy, chilly weather, it sure doesn’t feel like summer. But the summer issue of our family health magazine, Vim & Vigor, is out now.

From a new male contraceptive to 3D organs, current research gives us glimpses into an innovative and exciting future.

This month, our researchers unveiled discoveries about conditions that affect millions in the U.S.: stroke, kidney disease and diabetes (a major cause of kidney disease). What does this mean for you? Better tools for diagnosis and treatment.