BC senior receives FCCLA scholarship
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Bridgewater College senior Jessica A. McClean received the first annual college scholarship of $1,000 from the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
Search Results for cancer
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Cats run over Dash, 7-1
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The Hillcats put their foot on the gas from the very beginning in their 7-1 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash. The Dash entered with the league’s best record, but the Hillcats scored a run in six of the eight innings with an at-bat
America’s Top Doctors honors 53 UVa. physicians
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Fifty-three University of Virginia Health System physicians from 28 specialties are featured in the new edition of America’s Top Doctors® (11th Edition), which honors the top 1 percent of specialists and sub-specialists in the U.S. UVA also had 20 physicians selected for a companion publication, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer (7th Edition). Published annually by…
Creigh Deeds: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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On the 18th day of April, about six weeks after the procedural resolution called for the passage of a budget, Virginia’s General Assembly, together for a Veto Session, finally passed a budget. There is much in the budget to like, some items not to like, and signs for the future that are very worrisome.
College at 13 tackles early-entry decisions
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Great Potential Press announces the release of its newest book, College at 13: Young, Gifted, and Purposeful, written by Razel Solow, Ph.D., and Celeste Rhodes, Ph.D. This book describes 14 highly gifted young women, now in their 30s, who left home to attend college at age 13 to 16, skipping all or most of high…
Shakin’ announces 2012 season
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The 2012 Shakin’ at the Station concert series is set with an opening date of May 17 and concerts slated all the way through the end of August. The 2011 season generated $30,000 and each of the 15 charities involved took home a total of $2,000. The 2012 Shakin’ Series looks to build on last…
Politics marks the second anniversary of health-care reform
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The health-care reform law that has come to define the first term of President Barack Obama is marking its second anniversary today, and as might be expected, the occasion is serving as fodder for political posturing from the two sides of the political aisle. “Today, two years after we passed health care reform, more young…
Riane Eisler and Catherine Bohnsack: Contraception, prosperity and quality of life
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Some politicians are still calling contraception a social evil. This is an astonishing claim in the 21st Century when all the evidence is that contraception is key to a more successful economy and a better quality of life – not only for individual women and their families, but for us all. Because contraception makes it…
RMH to present free colon health seminar March 21
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RMH will present a free seminar, “Keep Your Colon Healthy,” from 6-8 p.m. March 21 in the hospital’s lower level conference rooms. RMH medical experts will address colon health and colon cancer prevention, particularly the importance of a colonoscopy screening.
HPV repeal tabled in State Senate
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The State Senate voted 22-17 Monday to sending HB1112 back to the Education and Health Committee for the year. The legislation, authored by Del. Kathy Byron (R-Bedford), would have repealed a law requiring parents of pre-teen girls to receive information about the HPV vaccine. The House passed HB1112 on a 62-34 vote in January.
