New Model Fails to Explain Near-Death Experiences, Scientists Say
1/12/2026
An ambitious effort to create a neurophysiological paradigm to explain near-death experiences has failed to capture many fascinating and often perplexing aspects of people’s brushes with death, top University of…
Victoria’s Secret Grant Backs Cutting-Edge Ovarian Cancer Research
1/7/2026
Promising ovarian cancer research by Melanie Rutkowski, PhD, at the University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center has won $700,000 in support from the Victoria’s Secret Global Fund for Women’s Cancers…
Common Brain Parasite Can Infect Your Immune Cells; Here’s Why That’s OK
1/7/2026
The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it…
Expanded UVA Medical Park Zion Crossroads Opens
12/16/2025
To increase access to primary and specialty care for Central Virginia residents, an expanded UVA Medical Park Zion Crossroads has opened, bringing an estimated 50,000 additional appointment slots annually. “We want to…
Scientists ID Potential Way to Prevent Brain Injuries From Triggering Alzheimer’s
12/16/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have uncovered how and why traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, and their work suggests a potential way to…
Cause of Obesity-Related High Blood Pressure Found Inside Blood Vessels
12/8/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered an unknown way obesity causes high blood pressure – and it comes from within the blood vessels themselves. UVA Health’s Swapnil…
UVA, Military Researchers Seek Better Ways to Identify, Treat Blast-Related Brain Injuries
12/3/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine and Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) researchers will use a federal Department of Defense grant to better identify, prevent and treat brain injuries for…
UVA Research Leads to New Drug for Deadliest Blood Cancer
12/3/2025
Biomedical research that began at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has yielded a much-needed new treatment for patients with the deadliest form of blood cancer. The federal Food…
