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  • Class of 2012: Thuy-Van 'Tina' Ho gives back through medicine - 05/16/2012
    Since childhood, Thuy-Van "Tina" Ho has had two goals: Become a physician and serve others. She has been doing the latter for years, taking part in medical mission trips around the world and helping to establish a scholarship to honor a late medical school classmate. She will accomplish the other goal this month, when she graduates May 20 from the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
  • Autistic drivers: A high-tech look at teaching safe driving - 05/15/2012
    Researchers at UVA are partnering with the University of Iowa to take a high-tech approach to investigating how best to help high-functioning autistic teenagers learn to drive safely.
  • UVA artificial pancreas gets first U.S. outpatient test - 05/14/2012
    The University of Virginia School of Medicine has launched the first U.S. outpatient trial of a UVA-developed artificial pancreas that could make it easier for type 1 diabetes patients to manage their condition.
  • Pay doesn’t equal happiness for medical school faculty - 05/10/2012
    Through training, research and patient care, medical school faculty play a vital role in America’s healthcare, which makes determining the key factors in their job satisfaction important to ensuring the U.S. has enough doctors in the years to come. So Susan M. Pollart, MD, MS, associate dean for faculty development at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, joined with a group of researchers to analyze what makes medical school faculty happy at work.
  • Parking restrictions along Jefferson Park Avenue May 9-10 - 05/08/2012
    Parking will be prohibited along the northbound lane of Jefferson Park Avenue between Fontaine Avenue and Emmet Street from 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, until 9 a.m. Thursday, May 10. Temporary no-parking signs will be posted.
  • America’s Top Doctors honors 53 UVA physicians - 05/07/2012
    Fifty-three University of Virginia Health System physicians from 28 specialties are featured in the new edition of America’s Top Doctors® (11th Edition), which honors the top 1 percent of specialists and sub-specialists in the U.S. UVA also had 20 physicians selected for a companion publication, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer (7th Edition).
  • Sound waves as effective as brain surgery at treating essential tremor, trial finds - 04/16/2012
    Scalpel-free surgery using focused sound waves is as effective at treating essential tremor as traditional surgery that requires drilling into the skull, a groundbreaking clinical trial at the University of Virginia Health System suggests.
  • Artificial pancreas approved for U.S. outpatient testing - 03/16/2012
    A University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas that could potentially automate care for millions of Type 1 diabetes patients has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a key testing phase.
  • University of Virginia Children’s Hospital and Kohl’s host free health education expo for children - 03/30/2012
    Kohl’s Growing Up Healthy Expo is brought to the community by the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital and the Kohl’s Cares for Kids program.
  • Dialysis clinics earn recognition for patient safety - 03/28/2012
    The University of Virginia Health System’s dialysis clinics have earned a top patient safety honor from the Mid-Atlantic Renal Coalition, a nonprofit working to improve care for patients with end-stage kidney disease in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Only 15 dialysis centers in Virginia have 5-Diamond status.
  • Cord blood stem cell transplants now available at UVA - 03/23/2012
    The new Stem Cell Transplant Program at the University of Virginia Health System recently performed its first two stem cell transplants, using non-embryonic stem cells from umbilical cord blood. The program offers both bone marrow and stem cell transplants, with a focus on cord blood, to treat leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and other blood diseases.
  • When can premature babies be sent home safely? - 03/27/2012
    One of the toughest challenges faced by healthcare professionals is determining when babies born prematurely can safely leave the hospital. Now, researchers at the University of Virginia, the UVA School of Medicine and the College of William & Mary have developed a new way to measure the coupling of an infant’s heartbeat and breathing – a key indicator for whether a newborn is ready to leave a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
  • Childhood bowel incontinence: New help online for kids with encopresis - 03/26/2012
    A new online intervention aims to help children struggling with the frustrating soiling condition known as encopresis.
  • Seeking better cancer care and more jobs through research partnerships - 03/20/2012
    To speed the development of and access to breakthrough cancer treatments for Virginians, the University of Virginia Cancer Center is seeking Virginia-based companies to partner with UVA cancer researchers and apply for funding through the UVA Cancer Center Technology Partnership Initiative.
  • New high blood pressure treatment examined - 03/20/2012
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 30 percent of American adults have high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke. The standard treatment is medication, but some patients are unable to control their high blood pressure despite taking three or more medications. A team of University of Virginia School of Medicine experts in treating high blood pressure is studying whether a procedure can reduce blood pressure. The treatment, called renal denervation, removes nerves in the kidney.
  • UVA School of Medicine students celebrate Match Day - 03/16/2012
    146 residency-bound members of the Class of 2012 learned shortly after noon where they will be performing their residencies.
  • UVA researchers arrest an autism-spectrum disorder in mice - 03/19/2012
    Researchers have, for the first time, used an immune therapy to halt the symptoms of Rett syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, in test mice.
  • World’s tallest man stops growing - 03/12/2012
    The world’s tallest man appears to have stopped growing following treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Center, earning the medical center a mention in the 2012 Guinness World Records.
  • UVA School of Medicine releases seventh edition of creative journal Hospital Drive - 03/09/2012
    Hospital Drive, an online journal of literature and medical humanities, has released its seventh issue.
  • Drivers with diabetes: Can an online tool reduce their risks? - 03/06/2012
    Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine are investigating whether an “online intervention” could make drivers with Type 1 diabetes more aware of the risks they face behind the wheel, thereby reducing accidents and saving lives.
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