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What is ‘Diet Culture’ and How Can You Avoid Its …

WebA. Christy Harrison, an author and dietitian, defines it as a system of beliefs that worships thinness, equates it to moral health and virtue, and a culture that promotes weight loss …

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UVA Aims to Battle Disease by Understanding Exercise’s Whole …

WebThe NIH then set aside almost $170 million for MoTrPAC’s research – believed to be the agency’s largest-ever investment into the mechanisms of how physical activity improves …

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UVA Opens New Student Health Building, Shining Spotlight on …

WebOctober 14, 2021. The new Student Health and Wellness building is located on Brandon Avenue and encompasses nearly 160,000 square feet. (Photos by Dan Addison, …

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Newsweek Names UVA Health University Medical Center No. 1 …

WebNewsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2024” guide ranks UVA Health University Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in Virginia. The newsmagazine also rates UVA as the No. …

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UVA Discovery Could Protect High-Risk COVID-19 Patients

WebUVA Health researchers have identified a potential treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 in patients at great risk. The new research from the University of Virginia’s Jie Sun and …

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Well Aware of the Problems, This Nurse Offers Health Care Help

WebWellAWARE’s three staffers are professional problem-solvers who help clients overcome entrenched barriers to good health and health care. They organize medications. They …

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The Road to $532 Million: Can Doctors Help With Long COVID …

WebWith telemedicine, “The providers can see you in your home or wherever you are,” Rheuban said. UVA’s Office of the Vice President for Research is celebrating sponsored research …

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Brain Food: Exploring the Connections Between Nutrition and Learning

WebAt a time when the U.S. struggles to address a growing trend of childhood obesity, improving the nutritional benefits of the food children eat at school has the potential for a range of other health benefits. “It’s improving diet quality and thereby improving both learning outcomes and health,” Kranz said. In all of these areas

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Here Is How Student Health and Wellness Is Preparing for …

WebWith many undergraduates poised to return to Grounds for the fall semester amid the coronavirus pandemic, the University of Virginia’s Department of Student Health and …

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Study: Overbearing Parents Lead to Long-Term Struggles With

WebThe new results come from a longitudinal study involving 184 young people from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds in and around Charlottesville, tracking participants from ages 13 to 32. The study took into account family income, gender (about half the group was male and half female) and a person’s grade-point average at the age …

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Newsweek Ranks UVA Medical Center as No. 1 Hospital in Virginia …

WebMarch 6, 2023. UVA Medical Center received top marks among Virginia hospitals and is ranked high across the country and world, according to Newsweek. (Photo by Sanjay …

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Hoos: Find Out Why the Princeton Review Says UVA’s Student …

WebThis month, the Princeton Review released its “The Best 389 Colleges: 2024 Edition,” which combines some new metrics with some previously released rankings, like the one that …

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What You Need to Know About UVA’s New Breast Care Center

WebThe University of Virginia’s new Breast Care Center brings almost all of UVA’s breast care services under one roof and makes treatment and preventative care more convenient …

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UVA Nursing Professors Debunk 4 Everyday Health Myths

WebMyth: Your Body Temperature Should Be 98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit. For most of our lives, our average body temperature is somewhere around 98.6 degrees, according to nursing …

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UVA Health Seeks Public Input for New Strategic Plan

WebAs the health system works to produce a draft of the strategic plan by the end of 2021, community members and UVA Health team members are invited to submit their …

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UVA Joins Consortium Probing Links Between Climate Change, …

WebJanuary 10, 2024. UVA Health researchers have joined an international group to investigate whether climate change is negating years of effort to reduce incidents of childhood …

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UVA Launches Ambitious Effort To Reduce Health Disparities

WebUVA Launches Ambitious Effort To Reduce Health Disparities. By Josh Barney, [email protected]. April 17, 2023. UVA’s School of Medicine is creating a new center …

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UVA Health Effort Reduces Emergency Visits While Improving Care

WebJanuary 23, 2024. UVA Health’s community paramedics are helping decrease visits to the emergency room, visiting patients in their homes and connecting them to medical …

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Q&A: How Can Schools Help Students After a Mental Health ER …

WebA. One barrier is a gap in services across the full continuum of care for youth with mental health concerns. Schools and emergency departments don’t often have the same definition of “imminent risks.”. School mental health professionals tend to have a lower tolerance threshold, meaning school policies and procedures might require a child

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