As a groundbreaking is held for the new medical school in Roanoke, Carilion’s CEO talks one on one with WSLS

Remarkably, the monkeys regained use of paralyzed muscles by learning to control the activity of just a single brain cell.

Ethel Mae Mitchell died from breast cancer in 1959.  Nearly 50 years later, her three daughters will honor her memory this weekend — as they have for the past three years — with an event to raise money, and awareness, to combat breast cancer.

The CEO of Carilion Clinic responds to the negative attention the health care provider has been receiving recently.

Learning of that risk leads to myriad questions, says Sue Friedman, founder of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), the nation’s only support group for the high-risk hereditary breast and ovarian cancer community. 

Any participant with Medicare Part B coverage will receive their shot at no cost at Ridgewood Gardens

The nation’s leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

Sheriff Jimmy Ayers underwent cardiac bypass surgery and is recovering

Virginia Tech’s Department of Psychology is looking for infants to participate in a language development study.

Health officials recommend that girls get the shots when they are 11 or 12, if possible