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PFASs—short for perfluoroalkyl substances—are synthetic chemicals of various formulations (including PFCs, PFOA, PFOS and GenX, among others) that are used widely in various products for moisture and stain resistance.
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What’s going on at Augusta Health in November 2018?
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National healthcare publication Becker’s Hospital Review has named the University of Virginia Cancer Center at UVA Medical Center to its 2018 list of 100 hospitals and health systems with great oncology programs.
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The Virginia Department of Fire Programs has been awarded $343,000 in federal grant funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s 2017 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
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St. Anne’s-Belfield School has accepted an invitation to partner with the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole in Massachusetts, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, to take part in, and help plan, an on-site high school biology program.
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The angry protests around the 2016 Mylan EpiPen scandal brought into sharp focus the perils for patients when the price of a life-saving drug spikes precipitously, with little or no forewarning, and no ready alternative.
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Quite often, we end up not taking care of our skin even though it is our largest sense organ. Even a simple mark or a spot can lead to serious complications if you do not get it checked out in time.
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Medical research has many benefits, but one of its most important roles is perhaps the widespread effect it has on health care diagnosis and treatment.
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A new telehealth partnership between Novant Health UVA Health System Culpeper Medical Center and UVA Health System will enable Culpeper-area patients to get easier access to UVA’s heart and vascular experts.
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Calendar of events and programs at Augusta Health for the month of October 2018.
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