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Sportable tennis tournament for people with disabilities

Sportable provides thousands of hours of sports programming each year for individuals of all ages with physical disabilities in Greater Richmond.

With so many teens and younger kids receiving tech gadgets such as smartphones for the holidays, it’s important to set up rules for usage. According to a recent report by…

While you may consider bladder health an embarrassing subject to breach with close friends, let alone your health care provider, remember that it’s something that physicians talk about daily. To…

The American Cancer Society recently updated its colonoscopy guidelines for men and women, regardless of family history. Visit cancer.org for details. ______________________________________________________________________ Chocolate-laced drool trickling down your preschooler’s chin. A…

Breast cancer patients deal with more than the realities of battling a life-threatening disease. There are challenges with self-image and self-worth issues to process as well. While breast preservation in…

Did you ever wonder why your 7-year-old trips over his shoes, without picking them up? Or why your teenager doesn’t hear you when you ask him to make his bed?…

Working with other nurses, docs, and medical experts for nearly thirty years – plus, parenting two kids and managing a home – I know there are plenty of frightening things…

A Closer Look at Conjunctivitis Your eyes feel gritty and itchy. They’ve been tearing all day. Bright lights hurt. They look red and swollen, and there may be a crusty…

Decades after it was declared a major threat to wellness, exposure to lead is still the number one environmental health hazard for small children, and is entirely preventable. There is…

When you count your blessings this Thanksgiving, what will be on that list? For the more than 25,000 Americans who received a lifesaving transplant since last Turkey Day, the holiday…

Ringing, roaring, hissing, or chirping. Each person who has tinnitus may have his or her own special kind of sound, but all agree that the noises can be intrusive and…