Discovery Labs is trying to test a new drug that would combat Respiratory Distress Syndrome, an affliction that strikes a significant number of premature infants every year.
New technology at University Hospital has the potential to save lives. Along with a site in Williamsburg, University Hospital is one of only two places in Virginia that uses digital mammography in place of analog film mammography. With the new unit, hospital technicians can digitize mammogram images for display on a computer, making the process more effective and efficient. In the older process, the technician performing the mammogram would leave the room to get the developed images, adding time to a patient's office visit. With digital mammography, it only takes about 10 seconds to digitize and place the image on a computer screen, said Jennifer Harvey, associate professor of radiology and director of University Hospital's Division of Breast Imaging. Digital images also reduce the chance of lost records because the images can be stored as part of a confidential hospital-wide computer system. "This allows access to the image from any room in the hospital," Harvey said.
Adam Nash, the test tube baby whose living cells were used to save his older sister, is a child whose parents love him dearly.
