While the earth is now approximately 4.54 billion years old, the laws of physics and the universe continue to apply. Although preliminary research in the aerospace department at the University reveals that it will soon be obsolete, Newton’s law of constant gravitation continues to apply.
Becker’s Hospital Review named the University Medical Center as one of 100 hospitals with great women’s health programs in 2014 , based on its ability to “offer outstanding health services geared toward women, such as gynecology, obstetrics, women-focused heart care and women-focused cancer care, among other women’s health needs.”
With the holidays swiftly approaching, feelings of joy, contentment and anticipation arise. However, it can be hard to truly enjoy the holidays while preoccupied with anxiety and fear of the alleged weight-gain that accompanies the holiday season.
Born without thumbs, 2-year-old Connor Woodle now has full function of his hands after having two operations performed by Dr. Bobby Chhabra, co-founder of the University of Virginia Hand Center, which created a set of functional thumbs.
The University Center for Telehealth was presented with a 2014 Governor’s Technology Award for creating easier access to health care for patients across the state through the Telehealth program.
The University Health System recently began the first clinical trial in the United States testing the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound on treating fibroadenomas, benign tumors found in the breasts.
230 lives have been lost to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, making this outbreak the worst on record since the initial identification of the disease in 1976.
About 1 in every 20 people in the world experience “disabling hearing loss” according to the World Health Organization. Caused by the death of the hair cells lining the cochlea of the inner ear, hearing loss in all forms is estimated to affect 15 percent of the world’s population. New research from the University’s Medical School has provided a stepping-stone to the regeneration of cochlear hair cells and the restoration of hearing.
Assoc. Cardiovascular Medicine Prof. Dr. Kenneth Bilchick is helping to pave the way toward higher patient response rates to cardiac resynchronization therapy — a method to improve the heart rhythm in a patient with heart failure. Using MRI scans and tracking patients for several years, Bilchick found that the wiring used during the procedure could be optimally placed to help increase a patient’s responsiveness to CRT. “There are roughly 5 million Americans who have heart failure,” Bilchick said.
Anxiety, worry, depression, addiction and pessimism- imagine a world in which these disorders could be cured without the use of medicine.
