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…

Sweeping Review of Human Genome IDs Stroke Risk Genes

2/23/2016

Largest Study of Its Kind Targets Debilitating and Often Fatal Ischemic Strokes Researchers seeking to better understand how our genes contribute to stroke risk have completed what is believed to…

Salmonella’s Strange Recipe for Defeating the Immune System

2/10/2016

Pathogen Uses Its Food to Know When and How to Attack, Researchers Find In a surprising new discovery about potentially deadly salmonella, researchers have determined that the foodborne bacteria has a…

Unexpected Link Found Between Immune Cells, Weight Control, Disease Resistance

2/10/2016

Researchers Identify Genetic Factors Governing Immune Response to Viruses New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shown how our DNA determines our ability to fight off viruses, revealing that…

UVA Testing Treatment for Enlarged Prostate Symptoms

2/2/2016

Common Condition in Older Men Can Cause Sexual Dysfunction, Frequent Urination University of Virginia Health System researchers are examining a non-surgical treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by an enlarged…