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How Blood-Pressure Drugs Damage Kidneys
The connection between the drugs and kidney problems has long been known, but how and why that happens has been a mystery until now.
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UVA Student Dives Into Innovation To Develop Wearable Navigation System
Rescue divers often rely on rope signals to communicate with their surface guides. An expert diver – and UVA Engineering doctoral student – has a better way.
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Why Weight? Researchers Say It’s Fitness That Matters
A UVA study shows individuals classified as fit, even if overweight, are in less danger of cardiovascular disease and death.
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Q&A: What’s Going on With Lung Cancer Research?
Research continues as rates rise among younger patients and women, UVA Cancer Center researchers say.
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Study: Many Moms Fall Asleep While Feeding, Endangering Their Babies
Falling asleep in a chair or on the sofa increases the risk of infant death by 49 times or more.
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Shape-Shifting Storm: Astronomers Scrutinize Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed subtle changes in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
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Election Stress Is Real. Here’s How To Feel Better
The secret, UVA psychology professor Bethany Teachman said, lies in asking yourself three simple questions.
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Younger Breast Cancer Diagnoses Increase as Survival Rates Improve
Researchers say breast cancer-related deaths have dropped by 44% since 1989, due to advancements in treatment and early detection.