Smoking & vaping may increase your risk of catching COVID-19 because they involve touching your fingers to your lips.
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The new location is just off I-64, with free, convenient parking. Patients will be able to see their whole team in one appointment.
Prostate cancer, like many other cancers, doesn’t always cause symptoms in its earliest stages.
When UVA nurse Jonathan Bartels almost passed out while walking to work, he joked that he was dying. He was then diagnosed with cancer.
Hematologist Firas El Chaer, MD, came to UVA in 2019. He treats blood disorders and blood cancer, including leukemia.
After cancer treatment, life isn’t the same as before. Pain, fatigue, depression and other symptoms may continue for months or years.
UVA experts help set the record straight on some of the most common misconceptions about colon cancer risk factors, prevention, screening, and more.
Getting a mammogram is not fun. It's a pain. Frankly, I avoided going for a long time. But I finally did. Not only did I have a great experience. I felt profound gratitude for being alive, whatever happened.
Smoking has been attributed to a variety of illnesses, including heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. But smoking also may put you at increased risk for complications of coronavirus.
Pap smears detect most pre-cancers before they become cervical cancer, but is that enough to protect you? Take this quiz to get the facts.
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