Buying a car seat is one of the first - and most important - purchases new parents make. But safety experts at UVA Health say some families are unknowingly buying seats that were never designed to protect a child.

Around 3 million Americans live with a pacemaker - a small electronic device that helps regulate their heart rate. As technology has advanced, so have the pacemakers on the market.

Most people who believe they are allergic to penicillin likely aren’t, according to a doctor at UVA Health. 10 News Anchor Rachel Lucas developed an allergy during early childhood. Despite a severe reaction, she underwent testing as an adult to find out if it was a true allergy, or if she had been avoiding it most of her life for no reason. The results were surprising.

Researchers at UVA Health are looking into a new kind of addiction treatment that uses brain ultrasounds to help rewire the brains of people with substance use disorders.

Many travel nurses have recently transitioned to permanent roles at UVA Health.

Liver cancer rates have tripled since 1980, but UVA Health is offering a new, noninvasive treatment for the disease.

New research into a mysterious condition.

LilyPads Housing has announced the launch of its Care Cart, a new initiative aimed at providing comfort and essential supplies to families of children receiving care at UVA Health Children’s.

Doctors at UVA Health are using a new method to treat pancreatic cysts, which are collections of fluid that form in the pancreas. Some cysts can eventually become cancerous, and typically need surgery to remove.

Going home for the holidays is always an exciting time of year, but for many of us, a stressful time too.

Next month, a state panel is expected to consider whether Carilion Clinic should move forward with a proposed kidney transplant program.

A new study from UVA Health shows that the popular weight loss and diabetes drug tirzepatide can reduce the risk of death in a certain kind of heart failure.

Not all kids get the chance to trick or treat on Halloween. For kids currently staying at UVA Health Children’s, they got a spooky surprise from a furry friend to help them celebrate.

Better access to needed health services in our region, UVA is opening an asthma, allergy, immunology clinic in Lynchburg.

UVA Health experts say leave the fireworks to the professionals.

A medical breakthrough out of UVA Health as a team performs the first-of-its kind implantable heart defibrillator in Virginia.

UVA Health is working to provide more comprehensive treatment for Parkinson’s Disease.

A study from UVA Health showed a sharp increase in Poison Center calls for psilocybin or magic mushrooms.

It’s National Poison Prevention Week and UVA Health’s Blue Ridge Poison Center is warning about an alarming new trend.

According to UVA Health, calls to the Blue Ridge Poison Center for children unintentionally consuming edible marijuana products have nearly tripled from 26 in 2021 to 77 in 2022.

An official from UVA Health has shared an update on the two victims hurt in the Sunday shooting at the University of Virginia.

A new UVA Health study says premenstrual mood swings and anxiety are a public health issue, because of how common they are in women, reports NBC 29.

UVA Health says it will now require all employees to get the covid vaccine by Nov. 1.

Health care workers in central Virginia are working to bring their services to you.

Now that more than a quarter of Virginians are fully vaccinated, many are wondering when we can get rid of our masks.