First Proof of Secondhand Smoke Damage
MRI analysis provides evidence
For the first time, the effects of secondhand smoke can be plainly seen, and the picture isn’t pretty. Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging, researchers...
Perspective: ‘I’m living my life’
Randy Pausch’s lessons touch many
Randy Pausch's obsession with time management took on new significance with his cancer diagnosis.
Verbatim
“You can only get so fat.”
—Professor of exercise physiology Glen Gaesser, in a Los Angeles Times article,...
Two for One
Grant has unexpected payoff in African project
A grant from the Jefferson Trust yielded unexpected dividends for a project that’s addressing community health issues in Africa.
The trust, which is administered by...
Lab-grown Ligaments
Many of us are familiar with the pains of a torn ligament. One of the worst ligaments you can tear is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which lies under...
The Quest for a Male Contraceptive
UVA researchers discover a way to keep sperm from swimming
UVA researcher Young-Hwan Kim has discovered a protein in sperm tails that may be crucial for the development of male contraceptive drugs. Known as SFEC (sperm flagellar energy carrier),...
What Underlies Alzheimer’s
Biologists Michelle King and George S. Bloom have made an essential advance in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Research by these UVA professors has identified a heretofore...
A Mother’s Challenge
When I graduated from the University of Virginia, I left with skills I knew would help me in work and in life. I never imagined how much I would...
Saving the Life of a Dummy
How medical students learn to deal with trauma
The UVA School of Medicine employs sophisticated simulations to train third-year medical students for trauma scenarios.
Mission of Mercy
On April 24, 2006, the U.S. Naval Hospital Ship Mercy sailed from San Diego on a mission to provide medical and other humanitarian assistance to the people of South and...
Growing Bones
The potential for bone transplants
It sounds so futuristic—growing bones outside the body, then implanting them when needed to replace those that have become soft or brittle or riddled with osteoporotic fractures....
Once and Future Plague
Coming to grips with a pandemic
Will avian flu be the next plague? Medical experts and scholars at UVA assess the past for clues and weigh in on the consequences of an influenza pandemic.
