The University of Virginia School of Medicine has launched the first U.S. outpatient trial of a UVA-developed artificial pancreas that could make it easier for type 1 diabetes patients to manage their condition.

The world's tallest man appears to have stopped growing following treatment at the University of Virginia Medical Center, earning the medical center a mention in the 2012 Guinness World Records.

Whether helping cancer patients find accurate information or caregivers for Alzheimer's patients overcome a sense of isolation, Ann Duesing has spent 16 years connecting Southwest Virginia residents with information to help them live healthier lives.

To help patients in the mid-Atlantic states access specialty care and reduce the burden of travel for healthcare, the University of Virginia Center for Telehealth will collaborate with a coalition of healthcare providers to expand telemedicine services with support from a federal grant.

Eleven researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have been named as recipients of Starting Independent Researcher Grants from the European Research Council.

Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have received a $25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to lead a 50+-center national clinical trial investigating a promising new treatment that could greatly benefit thousands of acute ischemic stroke patients every year. More than 750,000 people in ...

Five medical specialties at the University of Virginia Health System are ranked among the top in their field in U.S. News & World Report's annual "Best Hospitals" guide.

Molecular and cell biologists at the University of Virginia Health System have discovered new information about how the Ebola virus works that could eventually lead to new drug treatments for the deadly virus.

The University of Virginia Health System has received a $300,000 grant to study the "Call to Health" model, which uses text messages, stress reduction and other techniques to help African-American women manage type 2 diabetes.

The University of Virginia (UVA) NCI-designated Cancer Center recently made the move from a comparatively sophisticated home-grown clinical trials management system (CTMS) to the OnCore Clinical Research Management System (OnCore-CRM) from Forte Research Systems, Inc.

Advitech Inc. is pleased to announce today that a key UVA testing study has been completed on its oleosome-based sunscreen prototype formulation.

University of Virginia Professor of Medicine Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, has achieved the rare distinction of being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his research into the causes of asthma and allergic disease. The Royal Society is the United Kingdom's National Academy of Science and the oldest scientific ...