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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...

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Nursing 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...

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Mother-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...

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From 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,...

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Life-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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