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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…
If you live near Keswick, Lake Monticello or Louisa, seeing a UVA specialist, or perhaps a primary care doctor, used to mean driving into Charlottesville. But that’s about to change. UVA Medical Park Zion Crossroads is opening Aug. 26 to bring care closer to families in central Virginia. This new…
More and more, advertisements for brain games, brain puzzles and even brain training programs are popping up. Slogans seem to promise the ultimate mind makeover, with claims like, “improve your memory in minutes a day,” “train your brain with simple games” and “exercise your mind and increase brainpower.” How realistic…
We celebrate more than just the arrival of warm weather the first couple of weeks in May. National Nurses Week ends on Florence Nightingale's birthday, May 12, which also marks the beginning of Hospital Week. That means lots of fun activities to celebrate not just our nurses but all the…
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