There have been more deaths from COVID-19 than some state populations and UVA doctors say this is something that could have been prevented. “Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Nine-hundred-thousand people are larger than those state populations. It’s larger than the population of the District of Columbia. So this is, you know, a very sad and grim milestone.” said Dr. Costi Sifri with UVA Health. “The biggest spikes have all occurred, in general, after we’ve seen a surge or a wave of infection. That’s what we’re seeing right now.”
(Co-written by W. Bradford Wilcox, sociology professor and director of the National Marriage Project) Most American adults aspire to be married. But for many today, marriage is supposed to be a capstone achievement rather than a cornerstone of young adult life. The “capstone model”1 says you are supposed to have all your ducks in a row—education, some professional success, and a clear adult identity—before you marry.
Researchers at the University of Virginia are producing a film on Alzheimer’s disease. The film, “Animating Alzheimer’s,” aims to educate more people on what the disease is and how it functions in the brain and body.
Researchers at the University of Virginia are looking into a reason why seizures can cause memory loss. According to a release, the researchers, UVA Brain Institute Director Jaideep Kapur and postdoctoral fellow in neurology Anastasia Brodovskaya, found that seizures affect the same parts of the brain that are responsible for memory formation.
Stop discouraging couples in their early 20s from getting married. This rebuke, directed at American society generally, comes from the authors of a new report showing that the age of a couple at the time they say “I do” has little to do with the long-term success of their marriage. The study, released right before Valentine’s Day, represents a joint publication of Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institution and School of Family Life, as well as the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project.
(Co-written by Jennifer L. Lawless, Commonwealth Professor of Politics) As the 2022 midterm election season gets underway, speculation is already mounting that it’s going to be another banner year for female candidates. But make no mistake, even if 2022 is another so-called “Year of the Woman,” politics is still a man’s game.
Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug that has garnered national attention in online conspiracy theory groups who say it is a treatment for COVID-19. The question is, does it work? The University of Virginia has launched a clinical study to find out.
Tide’s ad depicts a boy not wanting to wash a clean-looking sweatshirt with the face of “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander on it. But as the sweatshirt collects garbage and dog drool, Alexander’s face starts scowling, and only perks up when Tide saves the day. By suggesting that you may be wearing the same clothes more, and washing them less, the ad encourages more detergent use, said Kim Whitler, a UVA marketing professor. “They wouldn’t have run this ad if COVID hadn’t happened,” she said
The University of Virginia Police Department says one of its K-9 officers has died. According to a tweet, K-9 Muki served with the police department for more than seven years as an explosives detection dog.
(Podcast) Dr. Vanita Rahman is a board-certified internal medicine physician, certified nutritionist, and personal trainer. A native of the Washington, D.C., area, she earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Virginia and completed her internal medicine residency at the Washington Hospital Center. At the Barnard Medical Center Dr. Rahman conducts programs on diabetes management and weight loss emphasizing a plant-based diet.
For more than a century, Charles Dickens scholars have tried, without much success, to decipher a one-page letter written by the author in symbols, dots and scribbles. The letter sat for decades, unread in a vault in the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, until recent months, when two Americans with backgrounds in computer science were able to make substantial headway in decoding the letter. They were motivated by a challenge from the University of Leicester, which posted a copy of it online and promised 300 British pounds, or $406, to the person who could make the most sense of it. … Ke...
(Commentary by Aaron Kinard, Ph.D. student in sociology) Over the weekend, hundreds of people took to the streets in Minneapolis to protest the police killing of Amir Locke, a Black man, in his apartment as police carried out a "no knock" warrant.
(Press release) Twelve scientists leading the way in stroke research will be recognized for their exceptional achievements during the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2022. The illustrious group includes four groundbreaking scientists who have devoted their careers to stroke research, seven authors of notable new research and one scientist recognized for outstanding mentorship. UVA’s honorees include Dr. Karen C. Johnston, who will receive the William M. Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke; and Dr. Bradford (Brad) B. Worrall, who will receive the Strok...
(Transcript) HARRISON: J. Miles Coleman with the University of Virginia's Center for Politics says when redistricting started, many thought Republicans might essentially win the House before the election by controlling redistricting in Texas, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina. That's changed, he says.
J MILES COLEMAN: If Democrats lose the House later this year, it's probably going to have more to do with the national environment than how the lines were drawn.
Lynne has volunteered in Democratic circles, but Larry Sabato, founder of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said that does not make the teenager a legitimate target for hardball politics. "You can argue the fine points forever about whether somebody who's active in a party is fair game, but he's 17," Sabato said. "This was petty. It was mean and it was cheap. And Youngkin will pay a price for it."
According to Bradford Wilcox, a professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, it continues to be the norm for men to propose to women due to the symbolism of the act itself. "A man asking a woman to wed is a ritual that's very powerful...having him ask for her hand in marriage is a way of signaling to her, and his friends and family, that he's serious and ready for a future with her," Wilcox told The List. "Her fear might be that if she asks and he says yes, he's just going along to get along...getting that formal proposal from him is one w...
(Commentary by Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies) By the time I got to know Jason Epstein, he had already reinvented publishing at least twice—the high-quality midlist paperback and the high-end Library of America—and had helped launch one of the most influential instruments of American intellectual life, The New York Review of Books. Back on a winter’s day in 2003, Epstein wanted to meet me to wax prophetic about his new vision for American publishing.
(Editorial) The photo on the back page of the A section of Saturday’s Daily Progress was worth the proverbial thousand words. A near life-size head shot of a woman in medical garb stared out miserably over the mask and respirator hanging below her chin. The flesh of her cheekbones bore indentations from the apparatus. The ad did not identify the person in the photograph. She is one of several exhausted figures who appear in a public education campaign sponsored by the University of Virginia Medical Center and Augusta Health. The campaign literally pleads with people to get vaccinated against C...
Studies show that women and people of color are less likely to be successful in negotiations due to biases. A study by public policy expert Hannah Riley Bowles of the Harvard Kennedy School shows that women who try to negotiate “are penalized financially, are considered less hirable and less likable, and are less likely to be promoted” than men. A University of Virginia study led by organizational psychologist Morela Hernandez shows that racial prejudice plays out in similar ways, with Black people often getting worse deals.
Researchers working at the University of Virginia School of Nursing talk about the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms to refer to the neuropsychiatric symptoms in HD. The authors depict that whereas neuropsychiatric symptoms are frequent and derive significant adverse effects on a patient’s daily activities and social withdrawal, their impact on physical, cognitive and social functional status is poorly understood.