New research published in the American Psychological Association’s Psychological Bulletin suggests co-educational schooling offers the same quality of education as single-sex schools.
Recent studies at the Medical School provide early signs that exercising while pregnant may reduce the prevalence of diabetes in the unborn children.
The increase in sick people this time of year is quite noticeable, to say the least. It isn’t possible to sit through a class without hearing someone cough or sneeze.
Tuberculosis, a disease usually associated with the turn of the century and the Great Depression, is making a come back.
The daily lives of Type 1 diabetes patients just got a little easier, thanks to Boris Kovatchev, the director of the University Center for Diabetes Technology, and Assist. Research Prof. Patrick Keith-Hynes.
Assoc. Pediatrics Prof. Scott Lim and his research team at the Medical School have developed an innovative heart device — the MitraClip — which can be used to plug a leaking mitral valve in the heart without requiring invasive, open-heart surgery.
The University Health System recently announced a partnership with Fauquier Health hospital that allows neonatologists about an hour and a half north of Charlottesville in Fauquier to communicate with doctors at the University using live video streaming. University doctors could then consult the Fauquier Health doctors regarding how to best provide care to newborns in need.
In 2005, it was estimated that about 75 percent of processed foods in the United States contained at least one genetically modified ingredient.
The Food and Drug Administration announced Nov. 13 its approval of Imbruvica, an expensive drug designed to treat Mantle Cell Lymphoma in patients who have previously undergone at least one type of treatment already.
Medical School researchers are partnering with faculty in the Education School to use cutting-edge technology to study the impact of head injuries and concussions in 130 male and female high school and college athletes. Though most studies of concussions in athletes follow just male football players, for example, this study will follow athletes from football, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer at the University and St.
Mike McConnell and his research team at the Medical School’s Center for Brain Immunology and Glia have developed a new way of understanding the brain: the Mosaic Model. The model proposes that each neuron may have a unique genome, a departure from the traditional conception that suggests the genomes of all cells are identical.
The University Cancer Center was recently accredited by the Commission on Cancer for the exceptional care it provides to its patients in addition to the support it gives to the friends and families of those patients.
As the Obama administration works to fix recent difficulties with its news health care exchange website, University health policy experts want students to make sure they are aware of the options available to them.
The health insurance marketplace put in place by the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” opened for business on Oct.
In 1913, Danish physicist Niels Bohr published a series of papers titled “On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules” which revolutionized our understanding of the nature of atoms.
Research by scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation recently revealed the discovery of trace amounts of gold in the leaves of eucalyptus trees in western Australia, a phenomenon that could possibly lead to the discovery of gold deposits close by.
The University Health System has introduced a new procedure that changes the way patients recover from certain surgeries.
Do you ever find yourself contemplating the psychology of the U.Va.-Virginia Tech rivalry? Just ask Arts & Sciences graduate student David Reinhard about it.
If you spend any time watching television, chances are you’ve seen the new Samsung Galaxy Gear commercial at least a hundred times — the montage of movie and TV show clips of spies, robots and futuristic personalities talking into devices on their wrists.
For people with the disorder essential tremor, simple tasks such as drinking water, writing or using utensils, can be the most difficult ones. Although the exact cause of the involuntary movements associated with with the condition are unknown, thalamotomy, or the purposeful erosion of a section of the brain, has proven successful in the past as a treatment. However, invasive brain surgery isn’t for everyone, which is why a team of scientists led by principal investigator and Neurology Prof. Dr. Jeff Elias has come up with a form of thalamotomy using magnetic-resonance guided focused ultrasound.
