The holiday season – from Halloween through New Year’s – can serve up a bellyful of digestive distress for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Holiday stress combined with high-fat…
By now, we are settling back into the groove of the school routine. In the midst of adjusting to all the changes a new school year brings, have you noticed…
There is so much to consider as a new parent. For many of us, thinking about vitamin D for our newborns may not even make the list, but providing vitamin…
Since our first breath at birth, most of us have taken for granted that our breathing is normal and healthy. However, how we breathe can have significant consequences for our…
Two years ago, the Starke family was living in Singapore, and mom Arpie and the kids, Mary Mac and Thomas, were visiting friends and family back in their hometown of…
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,…
Last month, I marked the twentieth year of my career in medicine. In 1998, I moved to Richmond to enroll at what was then known as the Medical College of…
Recovery Fest and Cookoff Saturday, September 7, from noon to 5 p.m. McShin Foundation, 2300 Dumbarton Road, Richmond _____________________________________________________________ Newspaper clippings, photo collages, and resource flyers cover the hallways of…
We don’t usually associate the phrase “history repeats itself” with illness, but sometimes diseases we thought were ancient history – or at least so uncommon they slide off the radar…
To raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and the need for global support, World Breastfeeding Week is August 1 through 7. Celebrated in 120 countries, the week marks the…
