Articles Tagged “December”
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The Expectation Trap
Written By Mike Verano If buying gifts and traveling to family gatherings become too much, battle holiday stress with these strategies. With the holiday season upon us, the time has come for the time-honored traditions…
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Where Are They Now
Alison Johnson, Skip Miller, Page Freer and Danielle Di Salvo contributed to this story. | We’ve shared some unforgettable stories in our six-and-a half-year history. In this special feature, The Health Journal follows up…
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Gift Guide
This year we’ve got something for everyone on your list. For Her • BCakes Honey Bee Soap, $ varies, Ellwood Thompson’s Market or online at home.comcast.net/~b_cakes/index.html Handmade in Richmond, BCakes makes all-natural soaps, shampoos, lotions and…
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Burn 100 Calories a Day…
Written by Gayle Pinn, C.P.T. …and keep the holiday weight gain away! With all of the holiday festivities come ample opportunities to overindulge, load up on extra calories, and pack on a few extra pounds,…
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Here’s to Your Health & Holiday Cheer
Written by Heather McGinley | During the winter holidays we often indulge in favorites such as eggnog, Irish coffee, hot buttered rum and mimosas. It’s likely many of us don’t consider the nutritional value…
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Armed with the Right Apps
Written by Stephen P. Sowulewski | Pack your smartphone with programs that can help you lose weight, monitor your health and plan your workouts. Apps” used to immediately conjure up the image of appetizers,…
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Reflections on Our Past
Written by Alison Johnson For some, a bygone illness has lingering effects. When Valorie Hilbmann was diagnosed with breast cancer, everyone knew the word “cancer.” Doctors didn’t look at her like a mystery they could…
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Walk Before You Run
Written By Rick Platt By slowly increasing the pace of each workout, you can adapt your body to longer distances There are many who would like to begin a running or walking program—for health reasons,…
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The World is Ending!
Written by Skip Miller {But don’t worry, we’ve still got your horoscope} If you’re not sure about going all in on the December 2012 doomsday flop, you’re undoubtedly interested in what else the new year looming…
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Success Reported
At Virginia Women’s Center for patients’ ability to use the secure online patient portal. The portal allows patients to schedule appointments, send messages to their care team, request prescription refills, receive lab and test results…
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Honored
Buford Road Imaging Center and Chesterfield Imaging Center, part of the HCA Virginia Health System, for excellence in patient satisfaction. Both facilities are the recipients of CTQ Solutions’ APEX Quality Award, which was only given…
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Fluoridation Voted Out
The Pinellas County (Fla.) County Commission in early October voted to discontinue the practice of adding fluoride to its drinking water. Fluoridation, as it is called, has been a common practice in the United States…
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Awards
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), with second consecutive 4-star rating from nation’s largest independent charity evaluator, Charity Navigator. The Hampton, Va., based PAF is a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation…
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Black Death Deciphered
Working with a skeleton from a London graveyard, scientists solved the genetic code of the Black Death plague that wiped out as much as a third of the European population in the mid 14th century.…
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Elected
Donna Dittman Hale, as Interim Executive Director of The Arc of Greater Williamsburg. Her appointment follows the resignation of Pamela McGregor, who served as the Arc’s Executive Director since 2006.
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Donated
A $22,000 diagnostic device, to the Lions Center for Sight at Sentara Norfolk General, courtesy of the Lions Charity Foundation of Eastern Virginia and the Lions Medical Eye Bank. The device aids in the diagnosis…
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Medical First
For Riverside Regional Medical Center, the first hospital in the state to introduce the next generation of da Vinci surgical robotic technology. The advanced robotic platform of the da Vinci is equipped with high definition 3-D…
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Angels Among Us
Written by Samantha M. Stone | “Yay! We made it…we made it, yes!” exclaimed seven-year old Ryan Cornett as we landed at Philadelphia International Airport. After about an hour-and-45-minute flight to Philadelphia from Williamsburg,…
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Free Screenings
Will be offered Nov. 8 and Nov. 10, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and again from 2 to 3 p.m., at Women’s Health Physical Therapy, 1919 West Huguenot Road, Suite 202. Call (757) 379-3002 to…
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Merged
Tidewater Physical Therapy (TPT) and Southside Physical Therapy. The merger aligns Southside PT’s 22 employees and three clinics with TPT’s Performance Center and 27 therapy offices, located in South Hampton Roads, the Virginia Peninsula, Williamsburg,…
