A host of health care organizations and individual health care providers that advocated for expanded telemedicine want federal budget and Medicare payment advisers to look outside the Medicare program for evidence of the benefits of telehealth. The UVA Medical Center is among the organizations that signed on to the missive.
Talcum powder, or baby powder as it's sometimes called, seemed harmless enough before. But recently the stuff has gotten a reputation for its connection to ovarian cancer. Now, there is new evidence that use of the powder is strongly linked to ovarian cancer in African American women. According to UVA epidemiologist Joellen Schildkraut, who was the principal investigator in the study, "African-American women have been targeted for use of body powder, and they use it more commonly." Schildkraut started out a skeptic of claims that there was a link between use of the powder and ova...
Petroglyphs left behind by indigenous peoples had never been seen on Montserrat or nearby Antigua. UVA anthropologist George Mentore, who studies the indigenous cultures of the Caribbean and Amazonia, said similar engravings had been found along rivers in the north of South America where Arawak- and Carib-speaking groups live today.
Former UVA All-American Malcolm Brogdon is one of five NBA draft-eligible players to be named to the 25-person USA Men’s Select Team roster that will train with the U.S. Olympic National Team this summer in Las Vegas.
The UVA Health System is expanding its emergency department. Plans for the expansion have been in progress for about two years, in response to cramped conditions.
Despite Sanders’ strong push in California, “it seems almost certain that Clinton will have won enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination on Tuesday,” said Alan I. Abramowitz, senior columnist for the UVA Center for Politics’ “Crystal Ball” blog, which has been projecting winners in each primary race.
It’s rare for people to be barred from courtrooms, but judges have the authority as long as there is a substantial reason, UVA law professor Darryl Brown said. There is likely no way to challenge the banning order while a trial is ongoing, and an appeals court would be unlikely to second-guess the judge and order a new trial based on it, he added.
Could Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order automatically restoring voting and other rights for released felons lead to a landmark education decision? Virginia incorporated a promise of a high-quality education for all in Article VIII, Section 1 of its revised 1971 constitution. However, as UVA Law Professor A.E. Dick Howard – who helped write the new Constitution – has explained, the drafters made clear they intended this goal to be “aspirational” only. An “aspirational” goal, unlike a right, isn’t enforceable in court should...
“By no means will Sanders and his backers give up just because Obama says so,” said Larry Sabato, a UVA political science professor. “But Obama’s endorsement will tame some of the more aggressive rhetoric.”
“Trump may eventually be our proof that politics, like life, really is a zero-sum game because as he’s gaining white voters, he’s losing Hispanic and Asian voters,” said Larry Sabato, the director of UVA’s Center for Politics. Sabato’s view is that while Trump may have made Pennsylvania and Ohio more competitive for Republicans, he has also made Arizona more competitive for Democrats and even put Colorado and Nevada entirely out of reach.
“The amazing array of cross-disciplinary work in archaeology and paleoecology described in this wide-ranging paper is revealing the surprisingly large extent of early human transformations of this planet,” said William Ruddiman, a UVA researcher who studies paleoclimatology but was not involved in the work, in commenting on the paper. “Yet very few scientists in other disciplines are aware of this emerging story, especially fields that emphasize physics and chemistry. This emerging evidence confirms large early agricultural effects on landscapes and on greenhouse-gas emission...
The debate over whether or not general thinking skills, or GTS, actually exist is well traveled within a relatively small circle of researchers and thinkers, but virtually unknown outside of it. On one side are the generalists, who believe “critical thinking can be distilled down to a finite set of constitutive skills, ones that can be learned in a systematic way and have applicability across all academic disciplines.” On the opposing side are specifists, or those who argue that “critical thinking … is always contextual and intimately tied to the particular subject mat...
Telemedicine may seem like a cold replacement for visits to your doctor. But Karen Rheuban and David Gordon say it’s a tool that may actually deepen the relationship between specialists and patients in rural locations and around the world.
The University of Virginia has named Mark M. Luellen to its top fundraising position. Luellen will replace Robert D. “Bob” Sweeney as the university’s senior vice president for advancement. UVA said the appointment is “effective immediately.”
Every Monday through October, the University of Virginia Research Park is hosting “Market in the Park,” where people in Albemarle County can enjoy an array of fresh baked treats and foods.
No one called this U.S. presidential election cycle – except, perhaps, in a roundabout way, a 1979 book about the presidential-primary system. UVA politics professor James Ceaser outlined the history and potential weaknesses of various nomination processes, including one that largely relies on popular primaries.
A new UVA study has shown that if a young teen can argue effectively with his or her parents, they are more likely to resist peer pressure to use drugs or alcohol later in adolescence.
UVA football coach Bronco Mendenhall explained his move from BYU, which involved moving not only his wife and children, but all of the family's animals – including horses, cattle and more.
Two Americans are among the seven international scholars honored by the Danish National Research Foundation with Niels Bohr Professorships this year. They are Rita Felski, a professor of English at the University of Virginia and editor of the journal New Literary History, and Enrico J. Ramirez-Ruiz, a professor and chair of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.