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New Brain Cancer Guidelines To Improve Care, Increase Patient Survival
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 7:05 am | UVA Health
UVA Cancer Center Expert Co-Chairs Blue-Ribbon Panel CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 26, 2022 – New guidelines for treating cancers that have spread to the brain are poised to improve care for patients and help many live longer, better lives. The ... More >>
Blood Pressure Drugs May Cause Kidney Damage Over Long Term, Study Suggests
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 6:43 am | UVA Health
Scientists Urge Clinical Trials to Determine Effects in Patients CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Jan. 11, 2022 – New kidney research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is raising concerns that long-term use of drugs commonly prescribed to ... More >>
Treatments In Weeks, Not Months: Scientists Develop Ambitious Pandemic Response Plan
Wednesday, 22 December 2021, 6:50 am | UVA Health
Researchers Aim to Speed Drug Cocktails for COVID-19 – and for the Next Deadly Virus Waiting in the Wings CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 21, 2021 – An international team of scientists has created a plan for an accelerated pipeline for developing ... More >>
For Immunocompromised, Drug Could Offer Long-lasting COVID-19 Protection
Friday, 12 November 2021, 6:13 am | UVA Health
Drug Tested at UVA Shows Surprisingly Long-Lasting Benefits CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 11, 2021 – In what could be very good news for the immunocompromised, an antibody cocktail tested at the University of Virginia School of Medicine appears to offer ... More >>
Prozac Pegged As 1st Treatment For Leading Cause Of Blindness
Friday, 22 October 2021, 6:49 am | UVA Health
Antidepressant Linked to Reduced Risk of Dry Macular Degeneration CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 21, 2021 – An antidepressant best known as Prozac could offer the first treatment for the leading cause of blindness among people over 50, new research from ... More >>
Epilepsy Research Reveals Unknown Trigger For Seizures
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 6:36 am | UVA Health
UVA Scientists Identify How Failure in the Brain’s Natural Braking System Contributes to Epileptic Seizures CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 19, 2021 – Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have uncovered how problems in cortical ... More >>
Discovery Of New Role For Brain's Immune Cells Could Have Alzheimer's Implications
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 7:13 am | UVA Health
Finding Could Benefit Battle Against Dementia, Stroke, Other Conditions CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 13, 2021 – University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have revealed a vital but previously unknown role for immune cells that protect the brain ... More >>
New Research Highlights Importance Of Timely Flu Vaccination
Wednesday, 13 October 2021, 8:09 am | UVA Health
In Brazil, Preventable Influenza Infections Leading to Premature Births CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 12, 2021 – With flu season approaching in the United States, new research from an international team of scientists testifies to the importance of timely vaccination: ... More >>
Antibiotics Can't Save Kids From Stunted Growth, Study Finds
Thursday, 7 October 2021, 6:55 am | UVA Health
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 6, 2021 – Antibiotics alone likely cannot overcome the complex factors that cause stunted growth and perpetuate the cycle of poverty in the developing world, new research suggests. An international team of researchers ... More >>
Scientists Discover Toxic DNA Buildup In Eyes Of Patients With Blinding Macular Degeneration
Friday, 1 October 2021, 6:57 am | UVA Health
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 30, 2021 – Damaging DNA builds up in the eyes of patients with geographic atrophy, an untreatable, poorly understood form of age-related macular degeneration that causes blindness, new research from the University of Virginia ... More >>
Scientists Target Next Pandemic With 'Map' To Victory Over Viruses
Thursday, 30 September 2021, 6:37 am | UVA Health
Researchers Create Potent Tool to Speed Vaccines, Treatments CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 29, 2021 – An international team of scientists has created a powerful new resource to speed the development of vaccines and treatments to battle the next pandemic. ... More >>
Bone-loss Discovery Points To Potential Treatment For Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Wednesday, 22 September 2021, 6:03 am | UVA Health
Scientists Identify Important Driver of Bone Loss CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 21, 2021 – A new discovery about osteoporosis suggests a potential treatment target for that brittle-bone disease and for bone loss from rheumatoid arthritis. The findings ... More >>
Cholesterol Drives Alzheimer’s Plaque Formation, Study Finds
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 6:09 am | UVA Health
Discovery Helps Explain Accumulation of Sticky Amyloid Beta in Brain CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 13, 2021 – Cholesterol manufactured in the brain appears to play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research indicates. Scientists ... More >>
COVID-19 Study Quantifies Antibody Response To Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines
Friday, 3 September 2021, 6:22 am | UVA Health
Study Offers Insights Into Vaccine Recipients’ Immune Response by Age CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 2, 2021 – New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine quantifies the antibody response generated by the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines. ... More >>
Why Is Stroke So Deadly For People Of African Descent?
Saturday, 1 August 2020, 6:20 am | UVA Health
Sweeping Study IDs Genetic Contributors Largest Analysis to Date of Stroke-Risk Genes in This High-Risk Population CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 31, 2020 – African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, ... More >>
Your Brain Parasite Isn’t Making You Sick – Here’s Why
Friday, 31 July 2020, 6:57 am | UVA Health
Discovery Sheds Light on Brain Infections, Neurodegenerative Diseases, More CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 30, 2020 – More than 30 million Americans are infected with a brain parasite spread by cats and contaminated meat, but most will never show symptoms. A new discovery ... More >>
Lack Of COVID-19 Lockdown Increased Deaths In Sweden, Analysis Concludes
Saturday, 4 July 2020, 5:10 pm | UVA Health
Sweden’s controversial decision not to lock down during COVID-19 produced more deaths and greater healthcare demand than seen in countries with earlier, more stringent interventions, a new analysis finds. But Sweden fared better than would be expected ... More >>
