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Three years ago, Health System and Children’s Hospital leadership stood in a sandbox by the 11th Street parking garage. With toy dump trucks and balloons to commemorate the occasion, they celebrated the groundbreaking of a special pediatric outpatient building. [caption id="attachment_8412" align="alignright" width="300"] The Battle Building site on West Main…

Laura Robinson is beyond excited. As a mother whose son has multiple medical needs, she cannot wait until the Battle Building at UVA Children’s Hospital opens in June. “It is just going to be wonderful to go to one place and have everybody under the same roof in an awesome new…

Heart disease kills more people than cancer, car accidents or anything else. And did you know? Structural defects, genetics and aging cause many of these deadly heart diseases. February is Heart Month. Take this opportunity to try some of the following fun ways to educate yourself and get heart smart…

Worried About Your Heart Health? These 10 Quick Heart Tips will help you get started on the road to heart health. Watch now!

This week and every week, we’re thankful for our doctors and staff. Every person working at UVA, even those who aren’t caregivers, works hard to ensure our patients get the best care possible. In this video, Children’s Hospital nurse Nancy Addison recalls taking care of a little boy who came…

I love the holidays. I buy gifts for those less fortunate and enjoy celebrating with friends and family, and if I’m really lucky, there’s some snow. No stress. But now, I have twin infants, so I’m willing to bet the holidays are about to get a lot more hectic at…

While many people associate November with Movember and men’s health, it’s also Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Watch UVA political analyst Larry Sabato's story.

When I took a tour of the newly built Zion Crossroads Primary and Specialty Care, one of the most memorable parts was seeing a new mammography technology. Mammography technologist Lorie Hubbard passionately explained that this technology, tomosynthesis, catches breast cancers earlier and finds fewer false positives compared to standard mammography.…

It’s October, and we know what that means. Pink. Pink everywhere. We see it year-round, but during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the pink explodes. We’re told if we buy pink candy, pink shoes, a pink ribbon keychain or test drive a pink car, we’ll be fighting breast cancer. But our…

Think the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library is just for industrious medical students? Think again. The Health Sciences library is also home to a renowned collection of historical medical devices, artifacts and texts, almost all of which are available for public viewing.  Working on the ground floor below the library’s main…