A new University of Virginia Children’s Hospital study finds infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children. Dr. Mark DeBoer said they found this when they were actually studying if children born small for gestational age had a higher likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease, and whether they had greater weight gain between kindergarten and 2nd grade. He says what they found, instead, is children with birthrates of 10-pounds or more had an 87-percent more likelihood of being overweight by 2nd grade — and an 89-percent better chance of obesity.
A high birth weight may put infants at increased risk of becoming obese as children, says a study.By identifying at-risk infants early, doctors could work with parents to prevent weight gain and the health problems it eventually brings. “We are hopeful that these data may help physicians and families make healthy lifestyle decisions for their young children to avoid later weight problems,” said researcher Mark DeBoer of the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital in the US.
Overdoses are the leading cause of unintentional death in the United States, noted committee chair, Richard J. Bonnie, Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in a briefing. "The numbers are extraordinary, and unfortunately, it's still getting worse," said Dr Bonnie. He said the response to the epidemic will require a coordinated and sustained effort — with an emphasis on continued attention.
One of only 50 state legislators chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 200 nominees, Jefferson County Delegate Jill Upson, R, was nominated and selected to participate in the 2017 Emerging Leaders Program sponsored by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. The program was held in Charlottesville, Virginia, from Monday to Thursday, and Upson said the program has challenged legislators to engage in deep thinking.
“The idea is to present the city as it is today and then we incorporate design proposals so people can see their three-dimensional form,” said Dr. Guoping Huang of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture.
“The numbers are extraordinary and unfortunately it’s still getting worse,” said Richard J. Bonnie, chairman of the panel and director of the University of Virginia School of Law’s Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy.
This growing group of aging Virginians could account for more than half the state’s total population growth, according to recent forecasts from the University of Virginia.
UVA researchers say they want parents to know the risks that could come with having a big baby.
Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests. The researchers say pediatricians may want to counsel parents of high birthweight babies early on to prevent the onset of obesity and the health problems it eventually brings.
A Virginia lawmaker is proposing legislation that would rename two post offices for fallen military members from his district. The Daily Progress reports U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett introduced bills that would name a Palmyra post office in honor of Navy Gunner’s Mate Dakota Kyle Rigsby and another that would name the University of Virginia post office after Army Capt. Humayun Khan.
Brandon Rogers always wanted to be a doctor and always loved to sing. So when he got to the University of Virginia on a scholarship, he majored in religious studies and prepared to apply to medical school.
We’re surprisingly bad at budgeting our spending ourselves, said Jennifer Doleac, a UVA professor studying the economics of crime, so good policies can help us budget.
At the Global Innovators' Roundtable led by Darden School of Business professor Edward D. Hess, executives from companies including Capital One, IBM and Siemens discussed digital transformation and how it impacted their companies.
On Swale, anyone can board the barge and pick whatever they want, from strawberries and blackberries to kale, lettuce, and chamomile. Most of the city dwellers who visit the floating food forest have never foraged before, says Brittany Gallahan, a college student at the University of Virginia, and Swale’s intern for the summer. They don’t even know where to start. “They’re a little starstruck,” says Gallahan. Whoever is volunteering on board shows them around the garden and gives them some herbs to try in a tea. “They come back with bags and forage,” Gallahan says.
“There’s something really special about this tick,” said Jeff Wilson, a fellow in the University of Virginia allergy research division focused on this allergy. The division had come to these findings having discovered that 80 percent of the meat-allergy sufferers investigated had previously reported being bitten by a tick. “Just a few bites and you can render anyone really, really allergic,” Wilson told Wired.
Saikrishna Prakash, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, told Politico, “I don’t know how a rule of the Department of Justice can limit the president’s constitutional authority.” “My view is the president can fire the special prosecutor without regard to what the rule says,” Prakash added.
Law professor Brandon Garrett of the University of Virginia says since Watergate, federal law has forbidden any direct or indirect foreign contribution or promise of such to a US election. The statute outlaws any donation "or other thing of value" which Prof Garrett said could potentially include information. "One does not have to have committed a crime, the attempt is enough," said Prof Garrett.
‘A nothing burger with some secret sauce:’ Saikrishna Prakash is James Monroe distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia. There are tidbits worth investigating here. For one, why did the convener of the meeting say that the meeting was “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump?” After all, the lawyer from Russia now claims she is not a government lawyer. Moreover, does the statement suggest knowledge on the part of the Trump campaign about support from the government of Russia? I’m certain Congress and Robert Mueller will want to probe. But I don’t think this...
A 2010 study by the University of Virginia of 893,658 patients in the university hospital found that individuals on Medicaid had the worst post-surgery survival rate of any patients, including the uninsured, after controlling for age, health status, income, and other relevant factors.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have come up with a safe way to successfully "shut off" genes, potentially leading to a cure for genetic diseases. Gene editing, using the CRISPR system, has been around for several years, but cells would often be damaged in the editing process.