Before takeoff, flight attendants remind passengers that oxygen masks will appear before them in the event of decompression. They tell us if we are traveling with a child or someone…
Browsing: Mental Health
It was one of those freak accidents that you hear about. John, a local professional from Richmond, was in a big box store when a steel display sign hanging from…
What if I told you there was one thing you could teach your kids to help reduce stress, relieve anxiety, improve focus, and tame tempers? That’s right. There is one…
It’s frightening, really. One day, you wake up and your child seems like a different child. He’s scared to be left alone, refuses to eat foods he used to love,…
Dr. Nadia Islam is a clinical child psychologist providing integrated behavioral health services at The Pediatric Center. Dr. Islam specializes in psychotherapy with children, teenagers, young adults, and their families…
Teach your kids to respect others’ food choices and end food bullying at school.
A few years ago, a video Snap was made public where white students from an area middle school held down African American students in sexually explicit positions while making racist…
Since the early 2010s, screen use has increased significantly with the rise of smartphones and similar digital tech that enables easy access to entertainment media, such as the Internet, social media,…
Goldendoodle Elsa is a rock star at VCU Medical Center, even though there’s no red carpet underneath her paws. The calm-natured, 55-pound sandy blonde fluffball strolls alongside her handler, Margaret…
Talking about suicide saves lives. Comprehensive studies by the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health have been conducted addressing that point alone. The results are irrefutable…
Not all kids are college-bound after high school, but many are. For parents who are sending a child off to college for the first time, reactions are often a mixed…
Most people would be hard-pressed to run two miles a day, but not Henrico firefighter Alex Hall or his best friend Thaddeus Meyer. The two ultra-marathon runners clock in anywhere…
