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December 31, 2002 U.Va. Researcher Recommends Standards Testing Diagnostic Tests
December 16, 2002 U.Va. Researchers Uncover Role of Platelets in Hardening of the Arteries
December 9, 2002 University of Virginia Medical Center Ranks Among Top 100 Hospitals in Country
November 27, 2002 University of Virginia Psychiatric Services Gets State License
November 26, 2002 Cardiovillage Recognized with National Award
November 22, 2002 U.Va. Pediatric Heart Surgeon Performs Life-Saving Heart Surgery for First Time in Virginia
November 15, 2002 U.Va. Team Identifies Gene that Could Halt the Spread of Cancer
October 21, 2002 U.Va. Doctors Find Potential Breakthrough to Detect Some Gastro-Intestinal Cancers
October 10, 2002 Antibiotics Not Always Beneficial For Childhood Ear Infections
September 25, 2002 U.Va. Faculty Member Wins MacArthur Award
September 20, 2002 Howell Appoints Chief Marketing Officer For U.Va. Health System
September 18, 2002 U.Va. and Community Response Agencies Join Forces to Present Emergency Preparedness Information
September 13, 2002 Fall 2002 Medical Center Hour Schedule Announced
August 30, 2002 U.Va. Intensive Care Units Recognized for Excellence
August 27, 2002 $2.2 Million Herbal Cold Remedy Study Underway at U.Va.
August 15, 2002 U.Va. Researchers Find More Effective Procedure for Knee Ligament Reconstruction
August 8, 2002 U.Va. Researchers Identify Switching Action by Protein Gate-Keepers in Cell Nucleus
July 25, 2002 Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Autoimmune Disease
July 25, 2002 New U.Va. Diabetes Research Center to be First of its Kind in State
July 24, 2002 March of Dimes Funds Two Genetics Studies at U.Va.
July 18, 2002 U.Va. Medical Staff Volunteering for Free Medical Clinic in Southwest Virginia
July 17, 2002 U.Va. Health System Establishes the State's Only Center for Clinical Toxicology
July 15, 2002 U.Va. Researchers Measure Patient Goal Achievement After Female Pelvic Surgery
July 12, 2002 U.Va. Health System Holds Forum on New Findings from the Women's Health Initiative Hormone Study
July 12, 2002 Ten U.Va. Medical Specialties Ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals
July 8, 2002 New Cold Treatment Developed at the Univeristy of Virginia
June 27, 2002 U.Va. Scientists Find New Piece of Gene Expression Puzzle
June 26, 2002 U.Va. Offers New Treatment that Aims to Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence in Lumpectomy Patients
June 20, 2002 Researchers Develop Sperm Stem Cell Line
June 6, 2002 Researchers Discover Effects of Exercise in Women Taking Hormone Replacement Therapy
June 5, 2002 Prying Eyes? Researchers Can Keep It Confidential -- Privacy Options Detailed by U.Va. Researchers
June 4, 2002 Children's Miracle Network Telethon Raises Over $1 Million for U.Va. Children's Medical Center
June 2, 2002 Food Lion Donates $1 Million to U.Va. Health System Meonatal Intensive Care Unit
June 1, 2002 U.Va. Bioethicists Study Need for Regulating Innovative Surgery
May 29, 2002 U.Va. Cancer Center Receives $6 Million Gift for Clinical Trials
May 29, 2002 U.Va. Study Shows Psychotherapy Improves Quality of Life for Brain Tumor Patients and Caregivers
May 6, 2002 U.Va. Health System Pediatric Physicians to Present 21 out of 23 Submitted Research Projects at National Meeting
April 29, 2002 U.Va. Doctors Make List of America's Top Doctors
April 24, 2002 U.Va. Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Opens Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection Web Site
April 23, 2002 U.Va. Researcher's Editorial Published With New Cervical Cancer Guidelines in JAMA
April 19, 2002 Sexual Dysfunction Results from Most Anti-Depressant Drugs, Says U.Va. Researcher
April 5, 2002 U.Va. Receives $52.6 Million Bequest, Second Largest Gift in School's History
April 4, 2002 New Study Finds African-American Women at Increased Risk for Stroke
April 2, 2002 Former U.Va. Patients Inspire Help for Uninsured Via Tax Form Option
April 1, 2002 National Biotech Leaders to Attend U.Va. Symposium
March 28, 2002 U.Va. Offers New, Improved Cervical Cancer Test
March 25, 2002 Arthur Garson, Jr. to Become Dean & Vice President at U.Va
March 19, 2002 Three U.Va. Cancer Doctors Named Best in Southeast by Ladies Home Journal
March 18, 2002 Researchers Identify Genetic Causes of Hypertension
March 18, 2002 $3.6 Million State Grant Funds Collaboration to Research Edible Vaccines and Treatments
March 5, 2002 Artists Display Work in U.Va. Hospital
March 5, 2002 U.Va. Cardiology Department Receives Grant from Entertainment Industry
March 1, 2002 U.Va. to Hold Brain Awareness Open House
February 26, 2002 U.Va. Researchers Finding More Effective Treatment for Lung Cancer
February 21, 2002 U.Va. Scientists Uncover Key Factors Involved in Process that Plays Critical Role in Turning Genes Off
February 15, 2002 Center for Minority Health Announces Spring Speaker Series
February 14, 2002 U.Va. Researchers Receive More Than $1.5 Million From Falk Trust
February 7, 2002 Researchers Find Key Molecular Clue to Inherited Deafness
February 7, 2002 U.Va.'s Gamma Knife Offers Relief for Trigeminal Neuralgia
February 5, 2002 National Kidney Foundation Launches New Disease Guidelines
January 28, 2002 Experimental Drug Shows Promise for Treatment of Spinal Cord Paralysis
January 24, 2002 Concert, Party at U.Va. to Benefit Mental Health Services for the Poor
January 18, 2002 U.Va. Offers Area Residents Free Mini-Med School Course
January 17, 2002

Data on Adenosine's Affect on Spinal Cord Trauma Presented at Scientific Meetings

January 15, 2002 Medical Center Hour's Spring Schedule Announced
January 15, 2002 U.Va. Uses New Technology to Detect Disorders in Small Intestine
January 14, 2002 Blue Ridge Poison Center Gets New National Telephone Number
January 11, 2002 U.Va. and MCV Professors Publish New Textbook on Treating Female Psychiatric Disorders
January 10, 2002 Grant Funds New U.Va. Geriatric Nursing Curriculum