Lutathera is a treatment that slows down or stops neuroendocrine tumor growth. UVA Health is one of the first hospitals in Virginia to offer this new radioactive drug. And Fred …
Uterine Fibroid Embolization: How One Woman Found Relief For Her Fibroids
Uterine fibroids are a type of non-cancerous growth that form in the muscle cells of the uterus. They are common – some studies show that up to 80% of women …
Is Radiation Shielding Still Necessary During My Imaging Exam?
Since the 1950’s, health care providers have been draping their patients with heavy lead aprons or covering certain body parts with lead shields before x-ray exams. In the past, we …
Minimally-Invasive Deep Vein Reconstruction for Chronic Venous Disease
It’s estimated that more than 30 million Americans suffer from venous disease. Many of those individuals have some type of chronic venous disease, which means that symptoms are persistent or …
Diagnosing Liver Fibrosis: Choosing the Right Test for You
Liver disease is a growing issue: by some counts, one-third of the U.S. population has some degree of fatty liver or liver damage. Being able to diagnose fibrosis, or scarring …
When the weather is warmer and you’re wearing shorts, you want to look and feel your best with smooth, unblemished legs. Veins are an important part of the vascular system—but …
One Family’s Journey: A Better Way to Screen for VUR
UVA Children’s is one of the few places in the United States where contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography, or ceVUS, is used to screen for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children and infants. …
Parents: if your child is having a CT scan, this is the information they (and you) will need to know. Read this “CT for Kids” information yourself or read it …
When you hear that you will be sedated for your medical imaging exam, what do you think of? Do you imagine those hilarious videos of people after they have their …
Summer Legs are Made in the Winter: 4 Reasons Why Winter is the Best Season for Vein Treatments
Most people don’t think much about their veins in the winter when they are indoors and their legs are covered up beneath warm layers of clothes. But if you want …