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Released: 18-Jun-2019 8:30 AM EDT
Eight UVA Children’s Hospital Specialties Nationally Ranked by U.S. News & World Report
University of Virginia Health System

Eight University of Virginia Children’s Hospital specialties earned a top-50 national ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 “Best Children’s Hospitals” guide.

Released: 12-Jun-2019 8:45 AM EDT
iTHRIV Awards Pilot Funding, Supports Statewide Research Collaborations
University of Virginia Health System

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has awarded funding to four multi-institutional research projects through the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program.

Released: 10-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Unhealthy gut promotes breast cancer's spread, study finds
University of Virginia Health System

An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body, new research from the University of Virginia Cancer Center suggests.

Released: 24-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
UVA Partnering to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates in Western Virginia
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia Health System is joining a coalition of healthcare organizations to improve vaccination rates in western Virginia for human papillomavirus (HPV), a leading cause of cancer.

Released: 15-May-2019 8:30 AM EDT
UVA Earns ‘A’ From National Hospital Safety Rating Group
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia Medical Center has earned an A on the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national patient safety rating of all general hospitals in the U.S.  The rating is based on 28 publicly available safety measures, which include patient outcomes as well as the processes and structures hospitals have in place to provide quality care for their patients.

Released: 8-May-2019 2:05 PM EDT
iTHRIV Seeks Partners to Improve Public Health, Address Disparities Across Virginia
University of Virginia Health System

The Integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV), which aims to improve the health of people across the state and beyond, is seeking nonprofit or government organizations to partner with researchers to address community health needs and improve public health.

Released: 6-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
UVA Honored Nationally Among ‘100 Great Hospitals’
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia Medical Center has been named to the 2019 listing of 100 Great Hospitals in America by Becker’s Hospital Review, a national healthcare publication. According to Becker’s, hospitals named to the list are nationally recognized for patient care and patient outcomes, as well as for being innovators in healthcare.

Released: 2-May-2019 10:05 AM EDT
UVA's Edward H. Egelman Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Sciences
University of Virginia Health System

Egelman has attracted national and international headlines for discoveries such as how urinary tract infections take hold and how an almost indestructible virus survives and thrives in nearly boiling acid.

   
Released: 23-Apr-2019 8:45 AM EDT
Soft Bedding Poses Grave Danger to Sleeping Babies, Study Shows
University of Virginia Health System

Almost 70% of babies who died from sleep-related suffocation between 2011 and 2014 did so because of soft bedding, a new study reveals. The finding underscores physicians’ urgent message to new parents that babies should sleep only in cribs or bassinets free of blankets, toys and other potential hazards.

Released: 4-Apr-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Strange, Electricity-Conducting Bacteria Yield Secretto Tiny Batteries, Big Medical Advances
University of Virginia Health System

These strange bacteria conduct electricity through a structure never before seen in nature -- a structure scientists can co-opt to miniaturize electronics, create powerful-yet-tiny batteries, build pacemakers without wires and develop a host of other medical advances.

   
Released: 26-Mar-2019 8:30 AM EDT
Pamela Sutton-Wallace Named to Top 25 Women Leaders List by Modern Healthcare
University of Virginia Health System

Modern Healthcare, a leading national healthcare publication, has named Pamela M. Sutton-Wallace, chief executive officer of University of Virginia Medical Center, as one of 2019’s Top 25 Women Leaders.

Released: 20-Mar-2019 10:00 AM EDT
‘Protect Your Prescription’ During National Poison Prevention Week
University of Virginia Health System

The Blue Ridge Poison Center (BRPC) at the University of Virginia Health System is commemorating National Poison Prevention Week from March 17-23 by focusing on protecting your prescription medicines from falling into the wrong hands.

Released: 13-Mar-2019 4:25 PM EDT
Found: The Missing Ingredient to Grow Blood Vessels
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers have discovered an ingredient vital for proper blood vessel formation that explains why numerous promising treatments have failed. The discovery offers important direction for efforts to better treat a host of serious conditions ranging from diabetes to heart attacks and strokes.

Released: 12-Mar-2019 9:05 AM EDT
New Contributor to Age-Related Hearing Loss Identified
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers have discovered a new potential contributor to age-related hearing loss, a finding that could eventually help doctors identify people at risk and better manage the condition.

Released: 5-Mar-2019 1:05 PM EST
NIH Provides $23 Million for Statewide Translational Research Institute
University of Virginia Health System

The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has been awarded a five-year grant of nearly $23 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance innovative ideas from the point of discovery to implementation in clinical practice and population health. I

Released: 26-Feb-2019 8:30 AM EST
UVA Expanding Telehealth To Better Treat Diabetes, Heart Disease
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia Health System is expanding its telehealth capacity to help patients across Virginia better prevent or manage chronic conditions that include diabetes, prediabetes and heart disease. Through the UVA Center for Telehealth, UVA will expand or pilot several initiatives to battle chronic diseases, including remote monitoring for patients with diabetes, screenings for patients with diabetic eye disease, cardiac rehabilitation programs for heart failure patients and streamlined access to specialists.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
UVA Discovers How to Make Immune Cells Better Cancer Killers
University of Virginia Health System

Scientists have discovered a defect in immune cells known as “killer T cells” that explains their inability to destroy cancer tumors. The researchers believe that repairing this defect could make the cells much better cancer killers.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 7:05 AM EST
New Project Seeks Enhanced Lung Disease Care in Appalachia
University of Virginia Health System

A new program will use telehealth to bring together a University of Virginia Health System team with primary care providers in the Appalachian region of Virginia to improve lung disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. UVA will partner with Stone Mountain Health Services and The Health Wagon – which serve patients in Wise, Russell, Dickenson, Washington, Buchanan, Lee, Smyth, and Russell counties – with the support of a $10,000 National Science Foundation Grant.

Released: 12-Feb-2019 7:05 AM EST
Get the Latest on UVA’s Artificial Pancreas With Testing Nearly Complete
University of Virginia Health System

A University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher will provide updates on a UVA-developed artificial pancreas – including early results from a nationwide clinical trial – during a presentation at the AAAS Annual Meeting. The presentation from Boris Kovatchev, PhD, director of the UVA Center for Diabetes Technology, is scheduled for 1:30-2 p.m. Feb. 15.

Released: 5-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
UVA Expands Diabetes Technology Clinic
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia Health System has opened an expanded outpatient clinic to help patients with type 1 diabetes and insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes more easily obtain appropriate technology to effectively manage their condition.

Released: 5-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST
UVA Makes Surprising Discovery About Neurons
University of Virginia Health System

Meticulous new research from the School of Medicine has changed a well-accepted scientific belief about neurons, the vital nerve cells that allow us to experience the world and record those experiences as memories in our brains.

Released: 15-Oct-2018 8:05 AM EDT
UVA Joins National Medicaid Transformation Project
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia Health System is partnering with more than 20 other health systems in the AVIA network’s Medicaid Transformation Project to develop financially sustainable solutions to improving the health of the nearly 75 million Americans who receive Medicaid.

Released: 21-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Affordable Care Act: Study Reveals Surprising Gapsin HIV Care Providers’ Knowledge
University of Virginia Health System

Providers in states that expanded Medicaid were more likely to believe that the law would improve HIV outcomes, the study found. However, providers in all states agreed that the law would improve healthcare outcomes in general for their HIV patients.

Released: 6-Sep-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Single-Dose Drug Can Shorten Flu Symptoms By About a Day, Studies Suggest
University of Virginia Health System

A single dose of a new influenza drug can significantly shorten the duration of the illness in teens and adults, according to a study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

Released: 31-Jul-2018 8:30 AM EDT
Study: UVA Heart Failure Program Improves Survival, Reduces Costs
University of Virginia Health System

A University of Virginia Health System program that provides follow-up care for heart failure patients after they leave the hospital significantly improves survival and other outcomes while saving money, a new study finds.

Released: 18-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Autism Risk Determined by Health of Mother's Guts
University of Virginia Health System

A mother’s microbiome, the collection of microscopic organisms that live inside us, determines the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in her offspring, new research from the UVA School of Medicine shows. The research suggests that we may be able to prevent autism just by altering an expectant mother's diet or by giving her custom probiotics.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 9:00 AM EDT
As Asylum Requests Rise, Doctors Have Important Role
University of Virginia Health System

With applications for asylum in the United States increasing sharply, a new paper from a team of asylum medicine and law experts is highlighting physicians’ important role in evaluating refugees’ claims of torture and persecution.

   
Released: 23-May-2018 8:00 AM EDT
UVA Provides 1,000th Telestroke Consultation
University of Virginia Health System

The Comprehensive Stroke Center at University of Virginia Health System recently performed its 1,000th telestroke consultation, enabling patients across Virginia to get treatment sooner and help prevent death or permanent disabilities.

Released: 2-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Infant Death Study Reveals Unsafe Sleep Practices Among Babysitters, Relatives, Others
University of Virginia Health System

Babies who died during their sleep while being watched by someone other than parents often had been placed in unsafe sleep positions, such as on their stomachs, or in unsafe locations, such as a couch, a new study has found.

Released: 27-Mar-2018 8:05 AM EDT
UVA Earns National Accreditation for Pulmonary Hypertension Care
University of Virginia Health System

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association has designated the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at the University of Virginia Heart and Vascular Center as a Center of Comprehensive Care.

Released: 26-Mar-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Lung Transplant Drug Enters Human Testing After Decades of Work
University of Virginia Health System

The drug, regadenoson, is already commonly used to image cardiac patients’ hearts. But the UVA research suggests it could be put to another, lifesaving purpose.

Released: 23-Mar-2018 9:05 AM EDT
Radiologist Uses Virtual Reality as Powerful Teaching Tool
University of Virginia Health System

Physicians, trainees and even laypeople can now stand right beside an expert radiologist as he performs one of the most difficult medical procedures of its kind – in virtual reality

Released: 14-Mar-2018 8:30 AM EDT
Pamela Sutton-Wallace Named to ‘Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare’ List
University of Virginia Health System

Pamela M. Sutton-Wallace, chief executive officer of University of Virginia Medical Center since July 2014, has been honored among Modern Healthcare’s 2018 list of the Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare.

Released: 26-Feb-2018 10:05 AM EST
Discovery Reveals Way to Stop Inflammation in Alzheimer's, Arthritis, More
University of Virginia Health System

The finding “opens up a whole new research area to look at neuroinflammation in the context of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s,” the lead researcher says. “But the clinical impact will be in many, many different areas.”

Released: 23-Jan-2018 12:05 PM EST
Anemia Discovery Offers New Targets to Treat Fatigue That Affects Millions
University of Virginia Health System

UVA has discovered an unknown biological process that controls the production of red blood cells, which carry oxygen to the body. The discovery could help doctors develop new treatments for anemia, which affects millions.

Released: 12-Jan-2018 9:45 AM EST
Scleroderma: Study Suggests Hope for Longer Life for Patients with Rare Autoimmune Disorder
University of Virginia Health System

The approach could represent the first new treatment to improve survival in patients with severe scleroderma in more than four decades.

Released: 15-Dec-2017 9:05 AM EST
A Gold-Standard Cancer Treatment Is in Decline, and Money May Be Why.
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers have determined that offering brachytherapy for cervical cancer ends up costing hospitals money. That can leave hospitals -- and their patients -- in the lurch.

Released: 7-Dec-2017 10:05 AM EST
Prostate Cancer: UVA Aims to Help Men Make Complex Care Decisions
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers are developing a tool to help patients with prostate cancer better understand the potential risks and rewards of their treatment options. The tool eventually will help patients with other cancers as well.

Released: 8-Nov-2017 10:05 AM EST
Could Scalpel-Free Surgery Help the Body Destroy Metastatic Breast Cancer?
University of Virginia Health System

UVA is testing the power of focused ultrasound and immunotherapy to enable the body to identify and destroy metastatic breast cancer cells.

Released: 16-Oct-2017 8:30 AM EDT
Inpatient Satisfaction Improved by Five-Minute Intervention, Study Finds
University of Virginia Health System

As hospitals seek to improve inpatient satisfaction, one effective way takes only a few minutes and no expensive equipment. A study at the University of Virginia School of Medicine recently found that a daily five-minute conversation that focused on hospitalized patients “as people” significantly improved their satisfaction with their medical care.

Released: 10-Oct-2017 8:30 AM EDT
CHKD, UVA Form Network to Enhance Pediatric Care in Virginia
University of Virginia Health System

University of Virginia Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters will establish a clinically integrated network (CIN) dedicated exclusively to improving children’s health. This CIN, the only one in Virginia designed specifically for pediatrics, will initially serve children throughout greater Hampton Roads and Charlottesville and its neighboring counties.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 8:30 AM EDT
Simplifying Information Aids Fight Against Childhood Obesity, Study Finds
University of Virginia Health System

Providing simplified health information designed for parents with low health literacy helps all families in childhood obesity treatment programs regardless of their ability to understand health information, according to a new study.

Released: 28-Sep-2017 9:05 AM EDT
New Triage Tool Helps Doctors Save Lives When Resources Are Most Limited
University of Virginia Health System

An international team of researchers has developed a simple way for healthcare providers to quickly identify and prioritize patients at the greatest risk of death.

Released: 27-Sep-2017 11:55 AM EDT
Teen First in VA. To Receive Cancer Gene Therapy in UVA Clinical Trial
University of Virginia Health System

UVA has administered its first dose of an experimental gene therapy for a deadly form of treatment-resistant pediatric leukemia.

Released: 12-Sep-2017 10:45 AM EDT
Doctors Can Now Predict the Severity of Your Disease by Measuring Molecules
University of Virginia Health System

The simple new technique could offer vastly superior predictions of disease severity in a huge range of conditions with a genetic component, including Alzheimer’s, autism, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, schizophrenia and depression.

Released: 7-Sep-2017 9:00 AM EDT
UVA Joins AVIA to Speed Innovation
University of Virginia Health System

The University of Virginia Health System has joined AVIA, the nation’s leading network of health systems addressing pressing challenges by unlocking the power of digital solutions.

Released: 28-Aug-2017 8:30 AM EDT
UVA, Foundation Radiology Group Partner to Expand Access to Specialized Medical Imaging
University of Virginia Health System

To expand access throughout Virginia to specialized, high-quality medical imaging, University of Virginia Health System and Foundation Radiology Group have signed a radiology and medical imaging services partnership agreement.

Released: 25-Jul-2017 9:30 AM EDT
Could Aggressive Blood Pressure Treatment Lead to Kidney Damage?
University of Virginia Health System

Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the kidneys may actually be damaging the organs.

Released: 21-Jul-2017 8:30 AM EDT
Indestructible Virus Yields Secret to Creating Incredibly Durable Materials
University of Virginia Health System

It lives in boiling acid that dissolves flesh and bone. Now scientists have unlocked the secrets of the indestructible virus, potentially allowing them to harness its remarkable properties to create super-durable materials and better treat disease.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2017 1:00 PM EDT
NIH Awards $8.6 Million for Bold Bid to Transform Lung Transplantation
University of Virginia Health System

Researchers at the University of Virginia have received more than $8.6 million to support efforts that could dramatically increase the number of lungs available for transplant – and then save the lives of the people who receive them.



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