Healthy Balance

UVA Named Comprehensive Stroke Center

Eric Puffenbarger   |   9/1/2017   |   News & Events

UVA is now a Comprehensive Stroke Center, which means that our team is ready 24/7 to deliver the most advanced care for stroke and stroke complications. It places us in the top three percent for stroke care nationwide. More »

May is National Stroke Awareness Month

Erica Gregory   |   5/4/2017   |   Prevention, Videos

May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Take the online stroke assessment to learn if you are at risk for stroke and discuss the results with your doctor. More »

Drinking Alcohol: Myths vs. Facts

Morgan Hembarsky   |   12/30/2016   |   Prevention

Ah, New Year’s Eve, we meet again. Before you pick up your next flute of bubbly, remind yourself to drink responsibility and know how to protect your body. More »

Loving Life: Winter Vim & Vigor

Eric Puffenbarger   |   11/21/2016   |   News & Events

Pam Barile suffered a massive stroke due to a brain aneurysm. The outlook didn't look good but with the support of her family, friends and medical team at UVA, Pam was able to beat the odds and make an inspiring recovery. More »

Surviving a Stroke: Larry’s Story

Megan Davis   |   9/29/2016   |   Patient Stories, Videos

The UVA Medical Center Stroke Team gave tPA, a clot-dissolving drug, just 19 minutes after Larry arrived at UVA through the Pegasus medevac helicopter. Watch his story. More »

A New Normal: Surviving an Aneurysm

Megan Rowe   |   9/1/2016   |   Patient Stories

Sisters Pam and Rhonda couldn't have been more different, and they didn't get along. But everything changed after a blood vessel ruptured in Pam's brain. More »

7 Quick Questions: Meet Matthew Barrett

Erica Gregory   |   8/25/2016   |   People of UVA

Dr. Matthew Barrett is a neurologist at University of Virginia Medical Center. Learn about why he got into medicine and what he loves most about Charlottesville. More »

Research Roundup: “Wahoo Ingenuity” & Stroke Prevention, May 2016

Megan Rowe   |   6/3/2016   |   News & Events

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. More »

Summer Vim & Vigor: Stories of Steve Carell and Neurosurgery

Megan Rowe   |   5/18/2016   |   News & Events

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. More »

Research Roundup: March 2016

Chet Berry   |   4/1/2016   |   News & Events

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. More »