Richmond health department moving administrative offices
The Richmond City Health District is moving its administrative offices to 400 E. Cary St. this week, with the Tenth Street Clinic services to follow later...
Va. school’s research on HIV continues after drug setback
Researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School had zeroed in on what they had hoped would be a way to prevent HIV infections. The idea was that the substance,...
VCU to offer new doctoral program
Virginia Commonwealth University will offer a new doctoral program in the fall that will focus on the social, biological and behavioral factors that affect...
Tips for slow cooking
The slow, moist heat of a slow cooker is ideal for stews, sauce-based dishes and for tenderizing inexpensive cuts of meat. It will bake beans evenly and...
Ulrich Paul ‘Rick’ Kalkofen dies at 74
It was “Dr. Rick vs. the Invaders.“ Not a science-fiction movie, but a career of battling fleas, worms, ticks and other parasites that plague...
Podiatrists offering pedicures
Christine Witte likes getting pedicures, but she has reason to be particular about where she gets them. “I actually had foot fungus in the past,...
5 from Va. contract disease in El Salvador
Members of Virginia mission groups that traveled to El Salvador this year developed a lung disease usually caused by exposure to bird droppings. A Virginia...
Patients, not shoppers, served at old Ukrop’s
Dr. Mark C. Barr guesses his office is located about where the deli used to be in the old Ukrop’s store on Patterson Avenue. The building that housed...
Nursing home rating system under way
If new Medicare ratings are on the mark, more than half the adult nursing homes in the Richmond region are of below-average quality.
Special report: Philip Morris research requires constant tests, tweaks
Philip Morris wants smokers to try new things—but they’re a tough group to convince. Just this year, Philip Morris pulled the silvery packs...
SPECIAL REPORT: Searching for tobacco’s future
As the U.S. market for cigarettes shrinks, the country’s largest manufacturer is toiling away at perfecting its products and developing other ones...
Studying the research
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has online records of patents granted and patent applications at
Program for young scientists is retired
Philip Morris USA pulled research even closer to its vest this year, quietly canceling a multimillion-dollar grant program for young scientists.
Patent work sets Philip Morris apart
Philip Morris is far and away the leader among cigarette companies when it comes to research and development. In the past two years, the company has applied...
New site’s role broadens
Inside Philip Morris USA’s Research & Technology Center in downtown Richmond, the company is doing more than just scientific research.
Monthly HMO premiums in Va. average $280
People enrolled in health maintenance organizations in Virginia paid an average monthly premium of $280 last year, according to Virginia Health Information’s...
FLU-VACCINE CLINICS
The following places are offering flu shots.
Woman reaches ‘last resort’ of weight loss
Since suffering a heart attack two years ago, Queenie Riley has been trying to lose weight. By exercising and eating two meals a day plus a Slim Fast drink...
Va. report: Diploma rate up
Over the past year, Virginia has improved its rates of high school graduation and appears on its way to fulfilling the ambitious goal of preserving an...
Norovirus likely cause of illnesses at day care
Norovirus is the likely cause of illnesses that closed a local child-care facility in Richmond. The Friends Family Childcare Center in Jackson Ward closed...
ON THE MONEY
Despite recommendations from the government and doctors, only 52 percent of U.S. adults said they planned to get the flu vaccine this year, according to...
Health status, poverty linked
Black children in Virginia are 12 times more likely than white children to experience the double disadvantage of being poor and living in neighborhoods...
Decision due on Goochland hospital plan
Goochland County residents will know by the middle of this month whether a plan to build a new hospital in its eastern end has approval from the state...
Decision due on Goochland hospital plan
Goochland County residents will know by the middle of this month whether a plan to build a new hospital in its eastern end has approval from the state...
A Few Simple Steps Could Save a Baby’s Life
Six years ago, I was a new mom to a beautiful baby boy. My son Hayes was everything to me. His chubby cheeks, his blue eyes that seemed to smile on their...
Innsbrook heart walkers step up to healthy lifestyles
Bobby Coleman was at the front of a pack of 5,000 finishing up a rainy 3-mile walk through Innsbrook yesterday morning. He did it in about a half-hour....
HEALTH CARE
As a pediatrician, my life’s work is about caring for children. Next month, we each have an opportunity to use our voice and vote for leaders in...
Who should make call that a patient is dead?
By Lee Bowman Scripps Howard News Service When should doctors and nurses and EMTs stop trying to save or artificially preserve a patient’s life?...
Elizabeth Edwards criticizes McCain’s health plan
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, said today that Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s...
Lakewood Manor Celebrates 30th Anniversary
On October 21, 2008, Lakewood Manor, a retirement community located in Henrico County at 1900 Lauderdale Drive, will celebrate its 30 year anniversary....
