Nursing and Med School Students, Faculty Join U.Va. Colleagues at RAM Clinic
Christine KueterMore than 1,000 patients are expected at this weekend's annual Remote Area Medical Clinic, a three-day health care extravaganza supported by the University of Virginia Medical Center...
View ArticleNursing Forum Explores What Nancy Milio’s Detroit Mom and Tots Clinic Did So...
Christine KueterIf the Civil War had Abraham Lincoln, said Dorrie Fontaine, dean of the University of Virginia School of Nursing, then Detroit’s inner-city Kercheval neighborhood had a champion of...
View ArticleMother-Daughter Nursing Duo Travels to Malawi to Staff Rural Clinics
Christine Phelan KueterDiscombobulated by an 18-hour overseas flight, separation from her fiancé and unsure of what she’d face in the developing world, University of Virginia nursing student Amanda...
View ArticleFrom a Distance, U.Va. Uses Technology to Save Lives of Southwest Virginia Women
Christine Phelan KueterIt’s long been known that there’s a dearth of access to medical care in general, and advanced gynecologic care in particular, for women in rural Southwest Virginia. As a result,...
View ArticleLife-Saving Breast Cancer Drugs Going Untaken in Appalachia
Josh BarneyNearly a third of breast cancer survivors in Appalachia are not taking the critical, potentially life-saving follow-up treatment – despite having insurance that would pay for it, a troubling...
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