People who have a heart attack while traveling abroad may be able to safely fly home on a regular commercial flight, according to a new study published in the Air Medical Journal."There is very little useful information in the literature, to guide recommendations for helping patients and family members who have a medical problem abroad and then ask when it is safe to come home," Dr. William Brady, the study’s senior author, told Reuters Health."Patients with an uncomplicated heart attack were usually able to make it home in about 10 days, flying on a regular commercial air...
According to the University of Virginia Center for Politics data from last year's elections, 79 percent of people in Charlottesville were registered to vote but only 39 percent showed up at the polls.
According to the Bosios, it not only fills a need in the church — to support married couples — but it also responds to data from a recent survey, which says couples who spend time together have more stable marriages.John Bosio cites the 2012 survey “The Date Night Opportunity” — from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville — which notes how date nights (without a spiritual emphasis) are taking part in cities and communities across the country and are having positive results.The study said that by merely spending time to...
The amount of time between heartbeats can vary even at a "constant" heart rate-and that variability, doctors have found, is a good thing.Reduced heart rate variability (HRV) has been found to be predictive of a number of illnesses, such as congestive heart failure and inflammation. For athletes, a drop in HRV has also been linked to fatigue and overtraining. However, the underlying physiological mechanisms that control HRV-and exactly why this variation is important for good health-are still a bit of a mystery.By combining heart rate data from real athletes with a branch of mathemati...
Using the molecularly targeted drug ibrutinib (Imbruvica) together with the investigational anticancer agent ABT-199 may improve outcomes for patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to preclinical data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research special conference, Hematologic Malignancies: Translating Discoveries to Novel Therapies, held Sept. 20-23."Ibrutinib was recently approved by the FDA [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] for the treatment of both mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia," said Micha...
One of eight babies in this country is born prematurely. Some will be under intensive care for months, while worried parents wait and wonder how their newborn is doing. At the University of Virginia’s Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit, nurses are trying something new to ease the anxiety of families and build trust with the medical team.
In the second part of his extensive commentary, Robert F. Turner from the University of Virginia looks at issues of policy and international law in his analysis of executive power, the Constitution and intervention against the “Islamic State.”
By Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, an assistant professor of politicsLast week’s votes in Congress brought the Obama administration one step closer to taking military action in Syria as part of its new strategy for confronting the Islamic State (formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS). American failure to take early, decisive action to prevent a power vacuum in Syria was a significant factor in the rise of ISIS. Such action could have been taken far earlier. One of the main sources of U.S. reluctance to do so has been the fragmentation and radicalization of the armed Syrian o...
[With video] The University of Virginia and Thomas Nelson Community College have partnered to expand U.Va.'s "Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies" program to the Historic Triangle Campus.
While genetic modification may involve replacing or changing individual genes within an organism, synthetic biology involves far more extensive changes such as completely re-engineering the genomes of microorganisms to create “designer” proteins or engineer viruses to attack bacteria harmful to humans.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe has named 30 people — including victims, advocates, student leaders, college administrators, forensic nurses and police — to serve on a task force to combat sexual assault on campus. Three task force members are from the Charlottesville area are:» Maggie Cullinan, director of Charlottesville Victim/Witness Assistance Program;» Allen W. Groves, dean of students at University of Virginia; and» Emily Renda, program coordinator in Student Affairs at UVa.
Three Oklahoma school districts have seen huge improvements on their annual report cards. ... After getting their first report cards two years ago, Anadarko school leaders knew change needed to happen.They were invited, along with El Reno and Guthrie, to participate in an education leadership program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and Curry School of Education. The program is a boot camp for teachers and administrators.
In a second search of the home of the man believed to be the last person seen with a missing University of Virginia student, officials said they took pieces of clothing, but they would not elaborate on the importance of the items Tuesday.The clothing was found Monday at Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr.'s apartment, Charlottesville Police Capt. Gary Pleasants told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.... Police have said they hope to receive lab results late Tuesday from items recovered during the initial searches, and authorities are still trying to locate the campus employee to arrest him...
The hunt for the man police say was the last person seen with a missing University of Virginia student escalated Monday as investigators awaited a forensic analysis of objects taken from his home and car.
Police say the person of interest in the disappearance of Hannah Graham may no longer be in the Charlottesville area. ...We do know digital billboards have gone up across the state in 12 cities including Richmond, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell. Police are also circulating wanted posters of Matthew in an effort to expand the search for the man last seen with Hannah.... We are learning Matthew and Graham were likely complete strangers before meeting on the downtown mall."You don't think they knew each other beforehand?" we asked Chief Longo."No sir," replied Chief Longo....
...Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s Mark Eggeman said nearly 2,000 people searched for clues into Graham’s disappearance. Eggeman said he spent his daughter’s birthday with searchers, saying, “No place I’d rather be.”
Jesse Matthew, who’s wanted for questioning in connection with the disappearance of UVA student Hannah Graham, is still missing, and he’s become the subject of considerable talk in the town where he grew up. Police say he has no record of violent crime, but reporter Hawes Spencer has been asking around and has come up with some intriguing information. We talked with Spencer about one particular incident.
More than 1,500 people spent the weekend searching for missing UVA student Hannah Graham. We spoke with Keegan Thomas, Gary Grant, Roger Hall, Jerry Haskins, Leighton Brown, Sue Harris, Allie and Alex Merrill, Professor Joe Garofalo, Megan Earl and Colleen O'Connor.
...Mixed opinions on police tacticsTheir decision to charge Matthew with reckless driving and put his face on a wanted poster has struck debate among many people.“It’s gonna be hard for him to get jobs and it’s not like he’s been prosecuted or they have evidence on this guy yet,” said Maderio Vanable.Vanable questioned if the law enforcement’s aggressive pursuit of Matthew is the right approach.
When asked about the damage to Matthew's 1998 Chrysler Coupe she explained that he showed up with a damaged car when he moved in a year ago.