Augusta Health Home Home Health named Homecare Elite
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Augusta Health Home Health has been named to the Top 500 of the 2012 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States.
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Things to Look For When Selecting Kids’ Headphones
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One thing you can look forward to if you have kids is that at some point they will ask you to get them some headphones to work with their computers, games and music players. Headphones are able to markedly increase kid’s use of these entertainment and learning media, but there are a handful of characteristics you should look for when buying these headphones.
VA grants going to Virginia agencies to help end veteran homelessness
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced Thursday the award of $357,000 in homeless prevention grant to Roanoke Virginia’s Total Action Against Poverty (TAP).
Health centers to help uninsured Virginians gain affordable coverage
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $2,501,028 in grant awards to Virginia health centers to enroll the uninsured in new health coverage options made available by the Affordable Care Act.
What do phonemes, audiograms and speech bananas mean to hearing?
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If you are curious, a “speech banana” is not an audiologist’s afternoon snack. The thing that the “speech banana” represents is a special pattern shown in the data of an audiogram, which is a graphical representation of someone’s hearing proficiency inside a certain range of volume levels and frequencies.
Joint replacement team earns national certification
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The hip and knee total joint replacement program at University of Virginia Health System has earned certification by the Joint Commission, the national group that accredits hospitals and healthcare organizations.
Healing Power of Sound: Essentials of Music Therapy
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Sound in an extraordinary thing. It impacts our emotions and thoughts in so many different ways – both negative and positive. Listening to music can be calming and enjoyable, but it can also be annoying and irritating if the volume is excessive.
Women’s Strike Force endorses Democratic state ticket
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The Women’s Strike Force has endorsed the slate of Democratic candidates for the top three elected slots in the Commonwealth following Virginia’s primary Tuesday.
Ralph Northam, Mark Herring win Democratic nominations
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State Sens. Ralph Northam and Mark Herring will complete the Democratic Party ticket for the 2013 state elections. Northam, D-Norfolk, defeated Aneesh Chopra for the lieutenant governor nomination, with 54.3 percent of the more than 140,000 votes cast. Herring, D-Leesburg, won a tighter battle with former federal prosecutor Justin Fairfax for the attorney general nomination, with 51.6 percent of the votes going to Herring.
Karen Kwiatkowski: It’s raining challengers
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The 2013 political forecast is variable, especially for the Republican Party. The GOP in Virginia is like an old comfortable habit that occasionally causes us some angst. Not enough angst to quit but enough to make us think about it.
