An online program for stopping insomnia could be a powerful tool for preventing common mental illnesses, researchers say. The program, created at the University of Virginia, involves a cognitive behavioural therapy method used by psychologists.
Treat Huey, top Filipino tennis player, snagged 16th seeding in the Wimbledon men’s doubles alongside British partner Dominic Inglot. Huey and Inglot can draw much from their experience playing together. They won two ATP titles last year and have been playing since their college days at University of Virginia.
(By Dr. John Barcia, a pediatric nephrologist at University of Virginia Medical Center) Hypertension among children was relatively unheard of in past decades, but today, pediatric diagnoses of high blood pressure occur more often, especially in children ages 10 and older. The reason for the shift comes down to one significant risk factor: obesity.
(Commentary by Tony Lucadamo, a master’s candidate at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and a graduate researcher and a regular op-ed contributor for the Miller Center) The jury is still out on Hillary Clinton’s four-year term as secretary of state. How will she be remembered? Is she the prolific world traveler or the negligent Libyan overseer? Yet, perhaps the most important question is how the entire experience affected her potential bid for the White House.
Around Virginia, local government budget constrictions seem to be easing, though it will be months before complete data is collected, several observers said. “My broad perspective is that things have definitely improved … They’ve been through quite an experience,” said John Knapp, a senior economist at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
When Brittany Altomare was about to tee off nine days ago in her professional debut in Decatur, Ill., the Shrewsbury native was nervous as she usually is before each tournament. But nothing else was the same.
Pundit Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia last week not only ranked him "likeliest to lose" among governors facing reelection in 2014; he raised the possibility that Corbett might decline to run in favor of another Republican. That will not happen, according to two people who have spoken recently with the governor. But the chatter from Sabato, a widely quoted political analyst, shows how deeply the perception of weakness has taken root.
“If the court ruled that there was a fundamental right to same-sex marriage, then that would be of the same magnitude as Roe v. Wade,” said A.E. Dick Howard, professor of law at the University of Virginia.
For the first time, blacks make up a majority of the population in Danville, according to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Several factors are driving the change, which shows no sign of reversing soon, said Qian Cai, director of demographics and workforce groups with the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
Health care reform is “an extremely complicated challenge … amplified by the fact that we as consumers are generally pretty far from the nuts and bolts of the system,” said Dr. Tom Massaro, a University of Virginia professor of medicine and law.
Michael Potter, a scientist at the National Cancer Institute whose research led to greater understanding of tumors and the immune system and who won the prestigious Lasker Award for medical research, died June 18 at his home in Bethesda, Md. He was 89.
The more conspiracy-minded of professors probably think that whenever college presidents and other senior administrators talk among themselves at conferences or out-of-the-way meetings, they bemoan the extent to which faculty involvement in decision making impairs their ability to make quick decisions and move nimbly. They wouldn't be entirely wrong. But a different kind of discussion unfolded Saturday at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys here, at a session provocatively titled "The New Normal in University and Faculty Governance: Are Y...