The evolution of food
By Emily Dinning | October 15, 2013Molière’s quote, “One should eat to live, not live to eat,” proved to be wise beyond his years.
Molière’s quote, “One should eat to live, not live to eat,” proved to be wise beyond his years.
The University’s Hoos Well program hosted the Benefits and Wellness Fair Monday, bringing together more than 30 vendors to discuss health and wellness with University employees.
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, a government shutdown furloughed more than 800,000 federal employees and left thousands to work without pay.
The University’s dining halls have a plethora of choices from pizza and stir fry to a fully-stocked salad bar and fresh fruit. It is entirely possible for University community members to eat a healthy meal in all of the University’s dining halls, however, it becomes much more difficult when they are simultaneously presented with many unhealthy options.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 150 Americans die every year from ingesting too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 150 Americans die every year from ingesting too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.
Fluorescent lights shine harshly over the tiled floors and empty couches of the waiting area of the Medical Center’s Emergency Room.
In a monumental change for licensed healthcare professionals who deliver services to disabled and senior citizens, the Department of Labor announced this week that starting in 2015 they will require minimum wages and overtime protections be extended to home-based “direct care” workers.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, those under the age of 35 account for 56 percent of new HIV infections; individuals from the age of 13-24 account for 26 percent.
While a majority of smokers wish to quit, most find it difficult due to a strong dependence on nicotine that often emerges. The e-cigarette has emerged as healthy alternative.
The AIDS/HIV Services Group in Charlottesville, Virginia has been working hard for the past 25 years to increase awareness for HIV and AIDS and to help those affected to live healthier and more stable lives, but a recent grant has allowed the organization to expand and place a greater emphasis on inmates affected by the disease.
Hoping to eventually develop customized treatment options and ease some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, researchers at the University Medical School are currently looking into the link between genetics and memory loss in Parkinson’s patients. Parkinson’s, which affects one in 500 people worldwide, develops when nerve cells in the brain are unable to produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter that helps the brain control movement.
While many University students spent the summer break toiling away in an internship — often unpaid — one group of students and faculty members spent their summer nearly thousands of miles away helping to improve the health care system of two communities in South Africa. A group of medical, nursing and public policy students and faculty members worked to educate home-based caregivers of two clinics in Thohoyandou and Tiyani, South Africa on different methods of treating prevalent chronic disease such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
Every Labor Day weekend since 1983, 3500 women of all shapes and sizes line up at 8 a.m. in Charlottesville to walk and run for a cause.
The University is now able to more accurately estimate its nitrogen footprint thanks to a new model developed by Environmental Sciences faculty member James Galloway.
For most college students, the end of a summer brings a flood of new sources of stress. Fall move-in means no more lounging on the beach, no more sleeping in, no more Orange is the New Black marathons and much more work.
Spouses of University employees who have access to health care plans through their own employers will no longer be eligible to receive insurance from the University as part of a family plan, the University announced in a press release Wednesday.
As many students traveled the world for internships, study abroad opportunities and family vacations this summer, a group of researchers from the University’s psychology department was making headway on a unique study that combines neuroscience and molecular genetics research.
During the summer, Charlottesville was filled with more than just the normal sounds of perpetual construction and late-season Lawn streakers as the Brood II cicadas made a rare appearance along the east coast.
Particle physicists have theorized about the existence of the Higgs Boson, the smallest elementary particle, for decades.