Adding AI to Artificial Pancreas Enhances Efficiency, Study Finds

5/7/2024

Adding advanced artificial intelligence to an artificial pancreas regulating type 1 diabetes is safe and improves the system’s efficiency, a first-of-its-kind study from the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes…

Late School of Medicine Scientist’s Work Could Yield New Cancer Treatments

5/7/2024

Some of the final work of a late University of Virginia School of Medicine scientist has opened the door for life-saving new treatments for solid cancer tumors, including breast cancer,…

Carrie Cowardin, PhD, and Colleagues Develop New Tool to Better Understand Devastating Effects of Childhood Undernutrition

5/1/2024

A new tool developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will help doctors and scientists better understand and overcome childhood undernutrition that contributes to almost half of all…

Nationwide Clinical Trial Provides Insights into Link Between Blood Sugar, Dangerous Brain Bleeds

4/24/2024

An ambitious, nationwide clinical trial led by UVA Health’s Karen Johnston, MD, has provided doctors with long-needed insights into the importance of managing stroke patients’ blood sugar after treatment with…

UVA Researchers Develop New Artificial Intelligence Risk-Assessment Tool to Improve Heart-Failure Care

4/16/2024

UVA researchers have developed a powerful new risk assessment tool for predicting outcomes in heart failure patients. The researchers have made the tool publicly available for free to clinicians. The…

Kenneth Walsh, PhD, and Team Discover How Y Chromosome Loss Triggers Form of Heart Failure Prevalent in Men

4/3/2024

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene on the Y chromosome that contributes to the greater incidence of heart failure in men. Y chromosome loss in…

UVA Health Seeks to Improve Cancer Prevention, Clinical Trial Access Across U.S.

4/3/2024

Two University of Virginia Cancer Center experts in gynecologic cancer have outlined simple steps to improve cancer prevention for millions of rural and medically underserved Americans, as well as increase…

Multiple Unsafe Sleep Practices Found in Most Sudden Infant Deaths

3/27/2024

There were multiple unsafe sleep practices at play in more than three-quarters of Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths reported in 23 jurisdictions between 2011 and 2020, a new study reveals. The…