4/26/2022
The University of Virginia Cancer Center has partnered with Central Virginia Health Services to offer free colorectal cancer screenings to uninsured patients in Central Virginia. The partnership’s goal is to…
Cohn and Loughran: UVA and Southwest Virginia — partners in better cancer care
3/16/2022
Last month, the University of Virginia Cancer Center became the commonwealth’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and one of just 52 in the United States — and it…
3/15/2022
To commemorate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Virginia’s two National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers are teaming up with the Virginia Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (VCCRT) to highlight new guidelines recommending that colorectal…
Shared Experience: Cancer Support Program Pairs Survivors with Peers Undergoing Treatment
2/14/2022
Support from family and friends is crucial after a cancer diagnosis, but they often can’t truly relate to the highs and lows of living with the disease. Only someone who’s…
How music is used to heal the sick in Appalachia
2/14/2022
Rodney Harmon of Floyd County, Virginia, has been flatfooting for 60 years, but never had he danced in a health clinic. He can thank Joe Smiddy for the pleasure. Smiddy,…
New UVA-Developed App Helps Fight Cervical Cancer
1/24/2022
If there’s a single truth that associate professor of nursing Emma Mitchell knows from 10 years of fighting cervical cancer, it’s this: Tailored approaches work. They work in rural areas…
Colorectal Cancer Screening Lagging Among Rural Women
12/13/2021
Women who live in urban and rural areas get screened for breast cancer at similar rates, but rural women get screened for colorectal cancer at significantly lower rates than their…
UVA Cancer Center Without Walls Launching Youth Tobacco Prevention Program
11/8/2021
The University of Virginia Cancer Center and Cancer Center Without Walls Southwest Virginia Community Advisory Board is launching a program to cut tobacco use among both teens and adults in…
MECC dental program, Health Wagon provide clinic for students and staff
10/19/2021
APPALACHIA — The dental assistant lab at Mountain Empire Community College got a practical workout Tuesday in what the school hopes will be a regular event. Dr. Emily Bowen, instructor…
Missing the sweet spot: UVA, MEOC starts education program on sugary drinks
10/19/2021
BIG STONE GAP — Even in Indian summer, a soda, pop, energy drink, sweet tea or fruit-flavored punch might sound good when doing that end-of-season mowing or fall raking. University…