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A Richmond artist has developed a series of infertility support cards so you can show you care to friends dealing with the pressures of trying to become pregnant, plus other health and medical news of...
View ArticleHold On, Pain Ends
After months of working together on their sobriety, eight men find hope again
View ArticleA Park for All
Richmond’s only all-abilities park celebrates a successful first year, plus other health and medicine news of the week
View ArticleStemming the Tide
Virginia seeks to roll back an opioid addiction tsunami, plus the week's health news.
View ArticleTreat Them
A VCU poll shows Virginians favor treatment over incarceration for drug addicts, Top Docs voting is now open, plus the week's health news.
View ArticleTaking the Plunge
A Special Olympics Virginia fundraiser features a not-so-polar plunge, and other health and fitness news of the week.
View ArticleJeff Sessions Visits Richmond
The U.S. attorney general spoke to law enforcement officials about crime-fighting strategies as protesters gathered outside.
View ArticleThe Opioid Epidemic Grows
Fueled by an influx of illicit fentanyl, drug overdose deaths spiked in Virginia in 2016, plus the week's health and medicine news.
View ArticleNot Taken for Granted
A federal agency that provided $80 million this fiscal year in research funding to VCU faces a 19 percent cut in its budget, plus the week's health news.
View ArticleCandy: Not Always Dandy
Nonfood treats are a safe Halloween alternative for kids with food allergies, plus more of the week's health news.
View ArticleSlowing the Surge
Drug overdoses continue to rise in Virginia — but at a slower rate, plus more of the week's health news.
View ArticleOn a Mission
The tragic loss of a son to opioids has a VCU oral surgeon advocating for change in how doctors administer painkillers, plus more of the week's health news.
View ArticleIt's More Than Opioids
Spikes in drug, alcohol and suicide deaths among rural, middle-aged whites have resulted in two years of declining life-expectancy rates in the United States.
View ArticleJust Add Water
A partnership based in Chesterfield offers area residents eco-friendly pouches to dispose of unwanted meds.
View ArticleTreating the Condition, Not Masking the Symptoms
Benjamin Seeman prefers a conservative, non-narcotic approach to treating patients in chronic pain.
View ArticleA Hopeful Trend
Overdose drug deaths are projected to decline in Virginia in 2018 for the first time since 2012.
View ArticleWhat Friends Are For
A songwriting project seeks to celebrate recovery and benefits a local nonprofit, plus more of the week's health news.
View ArticleA New Tool to Fight Opioid Abuse?
A vaccine targeting heroin and fentanyl is undergoing evaluation at Virginia Commonwealth University.
View ArticleDopesick and Tired
Best-selling author Beth Macy visits Chesterfield to discuss her book on the origins of the opioid epidemic.
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