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Staff Report VCU news: www.vcu.edu Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants – carbon monoxide and nicotine – as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the December issue of…
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Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene involved with the production of sperm that may contribute to male infertility and lead to new approaches to male contraception. One in six couples trying to conceive a baby is affected by infertility, according to the American Fertility Association – and in about half…
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The Central Virginia VA Health Care System, in partnership with VCU Health’s Hume-Lee Transplant Center, has become the second VA in the country to provide living liver donor transplants to veterans.
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VCU Health System, Bon Secours, Mary Washington Healthcare and Riverside Health System have announced an air medical transport alliance that will increase access and shorten response times for patient transfers requiring critical care air support.
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Sheltering Arms Institute, a collaboration with VCU Health, marked the grand opening of the Dallas Disbro Ability Center on Monday.
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Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health experts will be featured on community panels this week, all presented online on topics related to COVID-19, including health disparities and safely reopening businesses.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital and VCU Health System announced today the appointment of Alan J. Lombardo, FACHE, as chief executive officer of Sheltering Arms Institute – a Joint Venture with VCU Health, effective Feb. 1.
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After a national search, Tom Yackel, M.D., has been appointed president of MCV Physicians, the faculty practice plan of VCU Health. He also will serve as senior associate dean for clinical affairs in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
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A sheriff’s deputy was wounded, and a suspect shot and killed, in an incident reported early Thursday morning in Greensville County, in southeastern Virginia not far from the North Carolina state line.
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The Trump-MAGA Republican Medicare cuts have 10 Virginia hospitals at risk of closure, according to a new report from the nonpartisan group Public Citizen.
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