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The UVa. women’s basketball team (13-12, 6-6 ACC) never trailed in an 80-64 victory over Virginia Tech (11-14, 1-11 ACC) on Sunday (Feb. 16) at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.
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A test used to detect a type of cancer in children may produce false positives because it is based on a faulty assumption, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined.
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University of Virginia Cancer Center and UVA Children’s Hospital will soon offer additional treatment options to pediatric cancer patients through a new early-stage clinical trials program.
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Augusta Health and University of Virginia Health System have announced a new service, Augusta Health Thoracic Surgery. Thoracic surgeons perform surgery in the chest—such as on the lungs, the esophagus and the chest wall—but do not perform open heart surgery.
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University of Virginia Cancer Center is among the first centers in the U.S. to offer a new breast cancer treatment that aims to reduce treatment time to a single day instead of several weeks.
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Ten medical specialties at University of Virginia Health System are recognized in the 2013-2014 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide. UVA’s Diabetes & Endocrinology program is ranked 35th in this year’s guide, placing UVA among the 3 percent of U.S. hospitals with a nationally ranked program.
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The University of Virginia Health System has selected five ambitious proposals that could create transformative advances in medicine as the inaugural recipients of its new clinical research grants.
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Of the 43,000 Americans diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer each year, only 10 percent to 15 percent are diagnosed early enough to receive potentially lifesaving surgery. The main challenge: There are no established screening guidelines for early detection, leaving doctors unclear about which patients to screen and what tests to use
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The Center for Innovative Technology announced today a $50,000 investment in University of Virginia-based start-up Rivanna Medical, a company specializing in portable, low-cost, radiation-free X-ray replacement technology based on medical ultrasound. CIT President and CEO Pete Jobse said, “Rivanna Medical’s ultrasound technology platform is innovative, applicable, and relevant to what clinicians want and need –…
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Five medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked among the top in their field in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” guide. UVA specialties ranked in the 2011-2012 guide are: Diabetes and endocrinology (13) Neurology and neurosurgery (35) Ear, nose and throat (39) Gynecology (44) Cancer (48) “These rankings…
