Articles Tagged “Features”
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On the Road
Simple Strategies for a Happy, Healthy Vacation Written by Dianna Stiles When I asked Paula Schnurman, a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist and owner of Thinner Wisdom (thinnerwisdom.com) for her tips for staying healthy on vacation,…
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Kids in the Kitchen
Written by Dianna Stiles The kids bound into the brightly colored kitchen, chattering happily and skipping around the room. “What’s the first thing we do when we get to class?” asks Kristen Braia, the owner…
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Going the Distance
Written by Alison Johnson This summer, Paul Rein will ride coast to coast in search of a cancer cure. When Dr. Paul Rein thinks about riding his bicycle solo across the United States, he’s confident…
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Building Your Home Gym
Written by Patricia A. VanGalen, M.S., ACSM ETT, C.P.T. You want the convenience of a home gym. Any day, any time, right? Before you put the time, energy and money into planning and purchasing equipment,…
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Mother’s Day Gift Guide (Hampton Roads)
Check out our Richmond Mother’s Day Gift Guide here!
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Fitness Legend Richard Simmons to Speak at Annual Forum
Richard Simmons learned early on how to connect with seniors. “My mom was in her 40s, my father in his 50s, when I was born,” the fitness icon told The Health Journal during a recent…
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Overuse Injuries in Active Kids: How much is too much?
Written by Jeffrey R. Hartline, M.P.T. Parents of athletes are always faced with questions—which sport, league, team, etc. But they may overlook important questions about overuse injuries, a common occurrence among young athletes. Whether your…
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Blooms that Brighten expands to Richmond area
Written by Erin Zagursky With the help of about 20 volunteers, two local flower shops recently founded a Richmond branch of Blooms that Brighten, a non-profit organization that provides fresh flowers to patients in nursing…
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St. Jude & the Tell-Tale Heart
Written by Barbara Shine Literature is full of hearts, both real and metaphorical: Heart of Darkness, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Hearts in Atlantis. But my favorite has always been Edgar Allan Poe’s story,…
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Two Hearts Don’t Beat As One
Understanding His & Hers Heart Attack Symptoms Written by Christine Browning, M.D. Let’s face it: men and women are different. It’s a fact of life that holds true time and time again, and includes matters…
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Catching a Ride on the ‘Heartache Express’
Written by Skip Miller While I was going for a gurney ride down a corridor at Riverside Regional Medical Center, my father-in-law was taking a similar ride at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, N.C.…
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Health Care Reform and Your Heart
Written by John E. Brush, Jr., M.D. Health care reform has been one of the most contentious political debates in memory. After a war of words and much political wrangling, President Obama signed the Affordable…
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The Barbershop Effect
Written by Stephen P. Sowulewski Photo by Allen Jones While attending the 2006 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) conference in Los Angeles I met a physician from the Centers for Disease Control…
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Exergaming: Where Fitness & Technology Connect
Written by Barrett Baker When it comes to regular exercise, there are as many excuses as there are benefits. A revolution in video gaming systems is changing all of that and providing a way for…
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CESAREAN RATES: What’s Driving the Trend?
Written by Susan Smigielski Acker The rate of cesarean sections in the United States has increased dramatically over the last 15 years. Today one in three babies are delivered by cesarean section, according to the medical…
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Traveling Reese’s Road
Written by Brenda H. Welch Somewhere that Saturday—maybe it was in North Carolina—Melissa Coffin lost her father, her father’s wife and her brother. She knew she was driving like a maniac, and hard for them…
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It’s Getting Personal
Richmond-based HDL Laboratories helps doctors, patients, see all of the pieces. Written by Rachael Yunis Two thousand years ago Hippocrates said, “It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what…
