
UVA discovers why obesity causes high blood pressure, ways to stop it
Obesity, we know, causes high blood pressure. New research from the UVA School of Medicine sheds light on why, and gives us ideas on how to treat that form of high blood pressure.

Obesity, we know, causes high blood pressure. New research from the UVA School of Medicine sheds light on why, and gives us ideas on how to treat that form of high blood pressure.

A UVA researcher assisted in a new study that shows that green space has the potential to reduce violent crime.

Donald McEachin and Abigail Spanberger co-hosted a Conversation on Rural Broadband on Thursday.

The VCU School of Nursing will begin offering an accelerated course of study to registered nursing students at John Tyler Community College in fall 2020.

By Chenaye Blankenship Two Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program (MAOP) students from Virginia Tech have won awards for their research presentations at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) this past fall in Anaheim, California. “Attending ABRCMS was an amazing opportunity. Presenting my research to researchers and educators in my field was an unforgettable experience,…

The UVA School of Medicine received $146.3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal-year 2019, the largest amount in the school’s history.

You know the feeling — the warm, heart-skipping sensation that comes with romantic love.

Researchers at UVA have determined that a rare childhood cancer, medulloblastoma, forms an unexpectedly intricate network to drive its growth.

New moms are advised to sleep in the same room, but not the same bed, with their babies. Less than half follow through.

In my next life, I want to come back as a student in the new sports media and analytics program at Virginia Tech.
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