The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers detailed directions… about what we should and shouldn’t do in

When its 28-day residential program for substance abuse treatment in downtown Lynchburg closes at the end of June, Central Virginia Community Services will join the majority of the state’s 40 community services boards in looking for that care for people of high need and low income

The first New River Trail 50K will start in the Grayson County, Va., town of Fries on Oct. 11, and stay within the New River Trail State Park and will raise money for the National Committee for the New River.

Forbes recently named Baku, Azerbaijan, the planet’s dirtiest city. But in a recent issue of Health magazine, Charles Gerba, professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona, and a panel of experts found some nasty spots that hit a little closer to home. 

A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking cessation: A smoker is more likely to kick the habit if a spouse, friend, co-worker or sibling did.

Shapes, a women-only gym franchise, developed “Bridalicious,” a cardio-centric 12-session boot camp. Shapes members who pay $15 a session for a Bridalicious session gather for high-intensity interval training several times a week. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Entereg (alvimopan) to accelerate the restoration of normal bowel function in patients 18 years and up who have undergone partial large or small bowel resection surgery. Entereg will be used in hospitalized patients who can receive no more than 15 doses.

As Senator Kennedy is in the hospital diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor people want to know more…

Knowing her experience could help others motivated Carole and some of her family members to participate in a project through the Mayo Clinic in Florida to help researchers learn more about the disease. 

Depression can sit differently on men.  They can be irritable, angry, withdrawn or uncommunicative. They don’t have the problem — it’s their wives, their bosses, that bad driver in their way. 

Calorie counting websites mentioned on Monday’s noon newscast

Imagine discovering one morning after waking up that you could barely see. Joann Milton lives with the nightmare of vision loss daily since a morning in 1998 when she joined millions of people who suffer from macular degeneration. 

If you go looking for Ben Milam this summer, better check the travel costs before you start.  Milam, of Lynchburg, is a University of Virginia medical student selected as a 2008 Global Health Scholar. He’s headed to South Africa for research on anemia. 

Some parents are turning to a new method to prevent their children from drowning.

Veterinary college to offer free eye exams for service dogs

The program began losing its financial soundness in the late 1990s as benefits exceeded income from fees paid by doctors, insurers and hospitals and because financial projections underestimated the life spans of program children.

Patients are being notified about a major heart medicine recall.

Only three in 10 Americans get enough exercise, according to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

More than 1 million Virginians lack health insurance, studies find, and the percentage of Virginians getting health-care coverage through their employers dropped from a high of 70 percent in 1979 to 57 percent in the intervening 26 years.

A major recall has been issued for the heart medicine Digitek.

What works best for one person may not work best for you…

Several factors determine when it’s time to sell the car, stop cooking and move into a skilled nursing facility or adult living center. 

The American Cancer Society’s New River Valley Breast Health Team is hosting a “Women’s Night Out.” This fun and informative event will be held on Monday, May 12, 5-7 pm, in the Cascades Room at the Giles Memorial Hospital. Women of all ages may enjoy light refreshments, free gifts, music, and a variety of activities. 

It’s your time: Get inspired.  Get Healthy.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic versions of Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride) tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says testing of Aretha Vinson’s brain tissue showed that she didn’t die of a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The illness has been associated with mad-cow disease.

While this past weekend’s total is not yet final, proceeds topped $192,254. The local goal for the 2008 Relay for Life was $170,000.

New research finds we should be more selective about what we grill…

Many of us laugh about our tendency to collect clutter and call ourselves pack rats. But pack rats don’t let their clutter interfere with their lives. They don’t feel secretive or ashamed about the stuff they save.

Lisa Crawford is part of a new generation of women with breast cancer who are taking aggressive action — and in many cases, making difficult decisions — to control their destinies.