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…
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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…
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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.…
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While finding breast lumps at any stage in life can be scary, young women may be especially unprepared to find breast lumps. Hallie Long was 23 years old when she…
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The Emily Couric Cancer Center can be a tough place for staff to work and an even harder place for patients to be. Yet this team of caretakers found a way…
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Rachel Day saw something during a scan that didn’t look quite right. She asked the doctor to look at the scan early, and the doctor found a major problem. Because of…
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Written by George Beker who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2012. Thanks to UVA Radiology, a “look inside” caught his cancer early, helped him avoid unnecessary surgery, and continues…
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Dr. Timothy Cunningham is anything but conventional. The road that led him to medicine is not exactly what you would call normal. Timothy Cunningham’s Story: From Clown to Nurse You…
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Bill Tricarico woke up one morning and couldn’t hear out of his right ear. When doctors found he had a brain aneurysm, it sent him on a surprising journey that…