According to the American Psychological Association and its “Election Stress in America” poll, 52 percent of American adults say the 2016 Presidential Election is causing them stress.
National Sexual Assault Hotline reported 33 percent more online sessions in response to the release of Trump's 2005 Access Hollywood tapes.
The Nursing School’s Compassionate Care Initiative hosted a public lecture last Tuesday with Asst. CCI Director Tim Cunningham, assistant nursing professor, on the importance of storytelling, particularly in narrative medicine, to mitigate compassion fatigue.
The Lars Leksell Gamma Knife Center in the University Health System (UHS) was the first in the state, and one of the first in the country, to acquire Gamma Knife, a technology allowing completely noninvasive brain surgery.
Resumes allow potential employers to identify more about an applicant than just listed academic and extracurricular accolades.
Researchers with the University Health System have developed a new technique to identify and quantify the main causes of pathogen-induced diarrhea, the second-leading cause of childhood death in developing countries.
On Tuesday, the Medical Center Hour, hosted by the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities and the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, addressed the ethical and practical issues of providing undocumented immigrants with health care in a presentation called “Patients without Passports.”
Christopher Stroupe, assistant professor of molecular physiology and biological physics for the Medical School, has found a potential target for the widespread treatment of cancers and, potentially, the Ebola virus: HOPS — a large multiprotein complex — tethering protein and the recycling function of the lysosome.
The World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” February.
The Data Science Institute Friday hosted its second annual Datapalooza, a day-long conference designed to connect people currently conducting data-based research at the University, and to let people know about resources available to them.
Last week, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) hosted a week of events in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week (NSPW). On Monday night, the group painted Beta Bridge with the quote “We’re all broken; that’s how the light gets in.” “We painted Beta Bridge as a club to bond and also spread the message of hope to the rest of the UVA community,” club president Megan Mason Dister, a third-year in the College, said in an email statement.
In March, the National Football League acknowledged for the first time the link between head injuries sustained while playing football and the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The start of a new school year is exciting, but can also lead to an increase in stress.
According to the American Cancer Society website, over 224,000 new lung cancer cases were opened in the United States in 2016 alone, and over 158,000 individuals died from lung cancer.
3-D printing technology offers great potential in fields as diverse as space exploration — with the printing of a ratchet wrench at the International Space Station’s own 3-D printer — and even nutrition — with Columbia University’s 3-D food printer.
Bacterial resistance is becoming more common in hospitals, and it’s accelerating.
Earlier this month, Dr. Jeff Elias, Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University Medical Center, received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of essential tremor using focused ultrasound technology.
A team of scientists from UC Berkeley recently revealed a model for the tree of life — a diagram that attempts to depict the phylogenetic relationships between all living organisms.
Charlottesville Open Bio Labs, located on West Main Street, is a public laboratory space for anyone interested in pursuing biological research, and it provides a variety of educational programs in research techniques and creative applications. Lead Education Intern George Saado, a second-year College student, said he is excited about its promise as an institution that fosters community involvement in biological research and development. “Whole genome sequencing they do for like a hundred dollars now,” Saado said.
Mario R. Capecchi, PhD, a Nobel Laureate whose work can be applied either directly or indirectly to nearly every medical field of research, spoke at the University Tuesday.
