Parenting is hard – parenting while sober may or may not be harder. Here’s a look at one mom’s choice to quit drinking and how that choice changed her life.
Browsing: Health
Shining a spotlight on RVA families with multi-gen service providers – doctors, nurses, dentists who were surrounded by compassion and pass it along every day.
Twins Gabriel and Noah were born with sickle cell disease, an inherited group of blood disorders. Powering though sickle cell as a family!
My family’s caregiving journey for an older adult began some thirty years ago when my father died unexpectedly. In her sixties, my mom was thrust into a dynamic situation of…
Our mothers and grandmothers called it the change – the mysterious process during which females become unpredictably moody, irritable, short-tempered, and most of all, hot. We now refer to this…
The emergence of vaccines to protect kids against COVID-19 means it’s important for parents to stay informed about how science can save lives.
You have just delivered your baby and are adjusting to the many surprises of parenthood when you receive a call from the pediatrician. After you exchange pleasantries, the doctor…
Virginia Physicians for Women patient Rachel Ramirez experienced three miscarriages in five pregnancies. Now she is sharing her story and the resources that helped her through it. My name is…
Dr. Amanda Vaughan discusses the serious respiratory virus that surged among children earlier than usual this year – and how mothers-to-be can help vaccine research aimed to prevent it. While…
Updated Nov 12, 2021 Since the school year began, parents across our region have been understandably anxious about their child’s risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the classroom. Positive cases…
Great advice for couples on how to strengthen relationships from local counselor James Harris of Men to Heal: Help each other without being asked!
The upcoming winter months can bring a host of common childhood illnesses to the forefront of our minds such as colds, flu, and bronchiolitis, which is more commonly referred to…