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Pharmacy locations in parts of the state are inadequate for those older than 65, and the study’s lead author said “racial inequity of access to pharmacies is ubiquitous in Virginia.”
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Additionally, VCU’s overall ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges jumped 23 points over last year.
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Worth Longest and his team received a $3 million grant to create an aerosolized surfactant - a substance that lowers liquid surface tension - and a device to deliver it.
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Collaboration in India is the latest new partnership in South Asia to help hepatologists fight a worldwide health menace.
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Their experiences in health care – good and bad – were captured in a project by Healing Narratives, a program of the Partnership for People with Disabilities.
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Totaling nearly $2 million over five years, the T32 funding will support the training of graduate and postdoctoral researchers in alcohol-related studies.
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The new chair of pediatrics and physician-in-chief for Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Shari Barkin, M.D., brings a generational perspective to child health.
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The study showed that experiences of discrimination can lead to taking longer to fall asleep, spending more time awake at night, and worse overall sleep quality.