UVA honored for protecting babies against Hepatitis B
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University of Virginia Children’s Hospital and UVA Women’s Services have received a national award for their efforts to immunize newborns against Hepatitis B.
Search Results for UVA Cancer Center
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UVA Named to 100 Great Orthopedic Programs list
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The Department of Orthopedic Surgery at University of Virginia Medical Center has been honored among “100 hospitals and health systems with great orthopedic programs” for 2015 by Becker’s Hospital Review.
New treatment for deadliest brain cancer available at UVA
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A device that represents a rare advance against glioblastoma – the deadliest form of brain cancer – is now available to newly diagnosed patients after successful testing at the University of Virginia Health System and more than 80 other sites around the world.
Breast cancer in Appalachia: Surprising new findings on obstacles to care
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Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have taken a new approach to understanding why so many breast cancer patients in Appalachia aren’t getting the care they need, and their findings are set to change how people view the obstacles to care that beset the region.
Second-year UVA student Claire Romaine receives inaugural Hannah Graham Memorial Award
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University of Virginia second-year student Claire Romaine is the recipient of the inaugural Hannah Graham Memorial Award, the University announced Friday.
E-mail query leads UVA medical student to Rwanda’s health ministry
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Anisha Hegde spent her summer writing a pilot survey to improve prenatal care for women in Rwanda on behalf of that African nation’s Ministry of Health. How she got there is pretty surprising.
Top European scholar crosses Atlantic to lead UVA Center for Design and Health
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Jenny Roe, newly appointed to lead research at the University of Virginia’s Center for Design and Health, has spent her career examining how the places we live affect the lives we lead.
UVA study IDs dramatic benefits of weight-loss surgery
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A study evaluating the effects of bariatric surgery on obese women most at risk for cancer has found that the weight-loss surgery slashed participants’ weight by a third and eliminated precancerous uterine growths in those that had them.
Newsweek’s ‘Top Cancer Doctors 2015’ list features 16 UVA physicians
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Sixteen University of Virginia Cancer Center physicians were named to Newsweek’s “Top Cancer Doctors 2015” listing.
Cancer: Cell discovery may fundamentally alter treatment
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University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a new strategy for attacking cancer cells that could fundamentally alter the way doctors treat and prevent the deadly disease.
