UVA Health Launching Comprehensive, National Program for Connective Tissue Disorders
6/3/2025
UVA Health is opening a national program specializing in comprehensive care for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and other hypermobility disorders, a difficult-to-diagnose collection of connective tissue disorders that cause pain and medical…
Immune System Discovery Reveals Potential Solution to Alzheimer’s
6/3/2025
A new way of thinking about Alzheimer’s disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. University…
UVA Health University Medical Center Named to Newsweek’s ‘America’s Best Maternity Hospitals’ List
5/28/2025
Newsweek has honored UVA Health University Medical Center on its list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals for its high-quality care of mothers and newborns. This is the sixth consecutive year…
HIV Discovery Could Open Door to Long-Sought Cure
5/28/2025
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how…
HIV Drug Improves Vision in Patients With Common Diabetes Complication, Clinical Trial Suggests
5/28/2025
An inexpensive, long-approved HIV drug can improve vision in patients with a blinding complication of diabetes more effectively and a much lower cost than many existing treatments, an initial clinical…
Smartphone App Can Detect Heart Attacks, Strokes, Study Finds
5/19/2025
A potentially lifesaving new smartphone app can help people determine if they are suffering heart attacks or strokes and should seek medical attention, a clinical study suggests. The ECHAS app…
Focused Ultrasound Halts Growth of Debilitating Brain Lesions
5/14/2025
A new, incision-free technique developed at UVA Health to treat debilitating brain lesions called cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) has shown great promise in early testing, halting the growth of the…
HIV Drugs Offer ‘Substantial’ Alzheimer’s Protection, Research Indicates
5/14/2025
UVA Health scientists are calling for clinical trials testing the potential of HIV drugs called NRTIs to prevent Alzheimer’s disease after discovering that patients taking the drugs are substantially less…