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Category: Research

3-D Printed Skulls Prepare New Doctors While Promoting World-Class Health Care

7/19/2016

Patients who walk into Dr. Jose Gurrola’s otolaryngology clinic at the University of Virginia Health System are seeking relief from a wide range of nasal issues, from nosebleeds and chronic…

Shocking New Role Found for the Immune System: Controlling Social Interactions

7/13/2016

In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects – and…

Amid Terrorism Fears, Promising Leads in Hunt for Radiation Antidote

7/6/2016

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have identified promising drugs that could lead to the first antidote for radiation exposure that might result from a dirty bomb terror attack…

UVA Tests Electronic Tablets to Improve Pre-Hospital Stroke Care

7/5/2016

A clinical trial testing mobile videoconferencing as a means for physicians to diagnose stroke patients while they’re being transported to the hospital has found that a tablet-based system produced diagnoses…

‘Bad Guy’ Cells Unexpectedly Prove Vital

6/29/2016

They Cause Allergies and Asthma, But They Also May Save Your Life Surprising discovery points to way to prevent life-threatening consequences of C. difficile infections diff kills one in…

Smartphone’s Wild Ride Through a Hospital’s Pneumatic Tube System

5/26/2016

Blood Sample Mystery Produces Useful Tool for Hospitals Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have investigated a strange mystery involving blood samples by sending smartphones hurtling through the…

Potential ‘Fountain of Youth’ Gene May Offer Way to Block Detrimental Effects of Aging

5/20/2016

A gene that scientific dogma insists is inactive in adults actually plays a vital role in preventing the underlying cause of most heart attacks and strokes, researchers at the University…

New Blood Test at UVA Offers Better Monitoring of Diabetes

3/21/2016

Improved A1C Test Can Also Predict Diabetes Risk, Detect Blood Abnormalities A new, more precise version of the A1C test, which is used to monitor diabetes over time, is now…