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December 19, 2003 UVa Psychiatric Medicine Department and UVa School of Medicine Form Medical Reserve Corps to Serve Community
December 12, 2003 Researcher Finds that Internet-Based Treatment of Childhood Problem is Effective
December 11, 2003 Claude Moore Foundation Gives UVa School of Medicine $12.5 Million for Education Building
December 10, 2003 UVa Wins Grant for Lymphoma Research
December 8, 2003 UVa Surgeons Perform One of the First Robotic Cystectomy Procedures on the East Coast
November 20, 2003 UVa Emergency Room Physicians Seeing Increase in Abuse of Cough Suppressant
November 17, 2003 UVa's CardioVillage Wins Web Excellence Award
November 10, 2003 UVa Cardiology and Heart Surgery Selected as one of Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals in Country
November 10, 2003 Protein Identified That May Play Central Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
November 3, 2003 UVa Neurosurgeon Named President-Elect of American College of Surgeons
October 31, 2003 UVa Doctors Make List of America's Top Doctors
October 31, 2003 FCC Chairman to Visit University of Virginia for Telemedicine Demonstrations
October 30, 2003 Melanoma Vaccine Developed at the University of Virginia Shows Promise in Clinical Trial
October 28, 2003 Laurencin Elected NMA Speaker of House of Delegates
October 28, 2003 UVa Awarded Grant to Study Peripheral Arterial Disease
October 28, 2003 UVa Health System to Open State's First Multi-Specialty Fitness Program for Overweight Children
October 24, 2003 UVa Health System Researcher Raises Questions Surrounding Sanity Evaluations in Criminal Defense Cases
October 9, 2003 UVa Neurosurgeons Implant Wafers to Treat Recurring Pituitary Tumors
October 8, 2003 UVa Health System Adds Open MRI System
October 3, 2003 Benchmark Study of Brain Tumors Points to Resection Over Biopsy as One Key to Survival
September 30, 2003 UVa Researchers Find New Tools in Repair of Cartilage Damage in Knee Injuries, Question Current Method
September 30, 2003 UVa Medical Center Named Top 100 Hospital Five Years in a Row
September 14, 2003 Sensory Cells for Hearing and Balance are Fast-Developing, UVa Researchers Find
September 4, 2003 Medical Center Hour - Fall 2003 Schedule
August 26, 2003 How Does Cancer Spread to Bone? One Factor Identified By UVa Scientists May Be Potential Treatment
August 26, 2003 Educator, Hospital Leader Ed Howell to Chair NIH Clinical Center Board of Governors
August 25, 2003 UVa Medical Center First Healthcare Institution in the Country to Receive Force-Plate Treadmill
August 22, 2003 UVa Health System Researchers Receive $5.5 Million to Study Hormonal Disorder
August 20, 2003 UVa Participates in Brain Aneurysm Study Suggesting Benefit from Proactive Treatment
August 15, 2003 UVa Health System Emergency Medicine Department Adopts New Approach for Treating Congestive Heart Failure
August 7, 2003 UVa Leads Clinical Trial for Ovarian Cancer Drug
July 29, 2003 UVa Receives Grant for E. Coli Research
July 29, 2003 New Research Casts Doubts on Benefits of Common Treatments in Patients with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
July 25, 2003 Drivers With Type-1 Diabetes Report Increased Incidence of Car Crashes
July 22, 2003 UVa Medical Staff Prepares for Annual Clinic in Southwest Virginia
July 17, 2003 Ten UVa Medical Specialties Ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals
July 15, 2003 Microbubbles Can Image Blood Vessel Growth in Tumors
July 9, 2003 UVa Researchers Discover Mechanism for the Regulation of Low-Voltage-Activated Calcium Channels
July 7, 2003 UVa Health System First in State to Get Bike for Paralyzed Patients
June 30, 2003 Double-Lung Transplant Recipient Hits the Streets Running
June 23, 2003 New Mechanisn of Action Discovered for Crohn's Disease
June 17, 2003 U.Va. Introduces First PET-CT Scanner in Virginia
May 29, 2003 DOD Awards Grant to UVa for Prostate Cancer Research
May 29, 2003 UVa Study Shows Gallstone Procedure Safe for Pregnant Women
May 28, 2003 Moonshine Can Still Cause Health Problems
May 23, 2003 U.Va. Introduces Drug-Eluting Stent in Cardiac Care
May 5, 2003 Bed Sharing With Siblings and Soft Bedding Increase SIDS Risk
May 2, 2003 U.Va. Health System Expands Digital Mammography
May 1, 2003 Everyday Activities Increase Risk of Noise Induced Hearing Loss
April 30, 2003 A New Mechanism That Triggers Autoimmune Disease
April 30, 2003 Drug Shows Promise in Preventing Type 1 Diabetes
April 16, 2003 U.Va. Researcher Reports on Advances in Treatment of a Leading Parasitic Killer in Developing Countries
April 8, 2003 National Emergency Medicine Society Certifies U.Va. Health System ER as a Level One Center
April 4, 2003 New Chairman of U.Va. Orthopaedics Department Named
March 21, 2003 U.Va. Center for Biomedical Ethics Launches Website on Bioterrorism

March 18, 2003

Moms-to-Be at U.Va. Health System Get New Source for Answers to Pregnancy Questions

March 7, 2003

U.Va. Cardiologist Repairs Heart Defects With a New and Gentler Approach

March 5, 2003

U.Va. Health System Researcher Develops New Protocol for Detecting Skin Cancers

February 27, 2003

Not All Herbal Mixtures for Prostate Cancer Have the Same Effects According to U.Va. Research

February 24, 2003

U.Va. Researchers Discover Possible Hindrance to Blood Platelet Regeneration in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

February 19, 2003

University of Virginia Teen Health Center Awarded Grant from Dave Matthews' BAMA Works

February 14, 2003

High Demand Expected for U.Va.'s Mini-Med School 2003
February 11, 2003 U.Va. Offers Innovative Treatment for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
February 11, 2003 U.Va. Doctor Performs First Cadaver Meniscus Transplant in Central Virginia
February 11, 2003 Forehead Flap Technique Helping Skin Cancer Patients Face the World Again
February 6, 2003 U.Va.'s CardioVillage Wins Web Excellence Award
February 1, 2003 Common Pediatric Anesthesia Drugs Cause Brain Damage and Learning and Memory Problems in Infant Rats
January 28, 2003 Smart Microbubbles Can Detect Blood Vessel Growth
January 13, 2003 Medical Center Hour - Spring 2003