The UVA Health System is celebrating nearly 200 of its doctors making a list of the best in America. The 195 UVA physicians on this year's Best Doctors in America List represent a range of specialties - from family medicine to neurology and dermatology.
The UVA Health System has collaborated with industry partners Epic and Carestream Health to create a better way to view X-rays and other imaging tests and then impart that information through a technique called interactive multimedia radiology reporting.
Breastfeeding an infant for at least two months cuts a baby’s risk of SIDS almost in half, according to an international study published in the journal Pediatrics. Moms don’t even need to breastfeed exclusively to get the benefit. “These results are very powerful! Our study found that babies who are breastfed for at least two months have a significant reduction in their risk of dying from SIDS,” said researcher Kawai Tanabe of the UVA School of Medicine. “Breastfeeding is beneficial for so many reasons, and this is really an important one.”
New population estimates put Virginia's annual population growth rate this decade at it's lowest since the 1920s. According to UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, several factors are contributing to this, including a decrease in birth rate, an increase in the number of deaths, and more domestic out-migration or people moving out of Virginia instead of into it.
Tidewater is becoming a more popular place to live, according to UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The center creates population estimates for Virginia localities every year, which are based on factors such as births, deaths, school enrollment and residential housing construction.
The latest statewide population projection shows continued growth in the number of people calling the Shenandoah Valley home, with more than 80,000 living in Rockingham County for the first time. A study from UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service estimating the number of people living in Virginia was released last week.
Still the fastest-growing county in Virginia, according to a UVA survey, Loudoun now has more than 396,000 residents. In the last decade, more than 60 percent of Virginia’s population growth has been concentrated in Northern Virginia, according to latest population estimates released by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
On Monday afternoon, former White House photographer Pete Souza spoke to a packed UVA auditorium about what it was like to follow Barack Obama for eight years.
Several research teams are getting funding from UVA’s Brain Institute. The projects are looking at dyslexia, autism-related disorders, the effects of dopamine on the body clock, the mechanics of concussions, and brain cancer therapies and imaging techniques, among other topics.
Records go back to at least the 1980s on designated survivors, historians say. To be chosen, the person must be in the president's Cabinet in a position that is part of the line of succession and falls under the criteria to run for the office. Whittling down the list takes time, said Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center.
In a presentation at UVA, former White House photographer Pete Souza sought to share a portrait of President Barack Obama the public rarely glimpsed.
When James Ryan becomes UVA’s president in August, he’ll move into Pavilion VIII on the Lawn. That’s because the traditional presidential residence, Carr’s Hill, will be undergoing renovations. Carr’s Hill is the latest historic building to be overhauled as the University tries to update and preserve historic sites while reducing its carbon footprint.
The ACC’s best team went into arguably the conference’s toughest venue and picked up its biggest victory of the year. The Cavaliers (20-1, 9-0 ACC) are off to their best start in league play since opening the 1980-81 season 12-0.
No. 2 Virginia (20-1, 9-0 ACC) lived up to its ranking on Saturday afternoon, defeating No. 4 Duke (18-3, 6-3 ACC) 65-63 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. UVa won its 12th-straight game and is now halfway through a perfect season in the conference.
Jorge Secada, a UVA professor of ethics and political philosophy, agrees that Comey’s decision to publicly reopen the Clinton email investigation was misguided. “Politically, it was very ill-judged; he should have been much more careful. The FBI doesn’t have to make public everything they look into at any moment,” he says.
Future presidents, not this one, may weigh on the minds of the justices in general. “The fundamental question [of this case] is whether this president gets the same deference that every other president gets,” said Douglas Laycock, a UVA law professor and religious-freedom expert.
As UVA law professor Deborah Hellman notes, just because you have a constitutional right to do something doesn’t necessarily mean you have a constitutional right to spend money to do that same thing.
Workers across the country and in the Charlottesville area might receive a raise, a one-time bonus or increased 401(k) matches, thanks to recent tax law changes. George K. Yin, a UVA law professor and former chief of staff of Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation, said that both large and small businesses are, in general, going to be winners with the tax law changes, but workers won’t necessarily see pay increases immediately.
Why a child bullies varies from case to case: Some might want to display dominance, while others are reinforcing social status, said Catherine Bradshaw, a UVA education professor who studies bullying, trauma and violence among young people. Some children who bully might have trouble engaging with others or in expressing their feelings.
You’re busy with stuff. When it comes to day-to-day priorities, sexuality often falls low on the totem pole. We prioritize the things that stress us out the most, even if its emptying the dishwasher, said Dr. Anita Clayton, UVA psychiatry professor and writer of “Gratification: Females, Sex, and the Quest for Intimacy.” When our partner approaches us, we suppose, I have to get this done and you’re talking about that?