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Sentara Regional Medical Center and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital have joined a few other hospitals in Virginia using a new GPS-style system to locate, test and mark spots on the lung. The electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy allows for more...

Tips for Getting in Shape in the New Year  If your New Year’s resolution is to begin exercising and get in shape, Becky Croons, fitness specialist at the Sentara Center for Health and Fitness provides answers to frequently asked questions that can...

The annual Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society Auction is Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at the Abingdon Ruritan Club in Bena. The event is sponsored by Chesapeake Bank and is the society's largest annual fundraiser. Other sponsors include Naked Mountain Winery, Middle...

The scorecard for the 2011 Tidewater Golfweek Amateur Tour is a big-time winner again. The scorecard features the following: • A national team championship for the third time in the last four years. • Two national individual champions. &#...

This country's elite table tennis players — including past, present and future champions — will have their rapid-fire games powered up this week for the U.S. Table Tennis Association National Championships at the Virginia Beach Convention...

According to a news release from Sentara Healthcare, they are "donating $10 million to Eastern Virginia Medical School to support two initiatives that will build on EVMS’ strength in medical simulation and the treatment and safety of older patients....

For better or worse, health affects every aspect of daily life. In 2011, we wrote about its many different angles — about individuals battling disease; about extraordinary fitness, wellness and weight-loss efforts; about the effects of illness on...

Sentara offers several specialized support groups for cancer patients; it also hosts workshops and information sessions. For women: "Look good, feel better," an American Cancer Society program for women in chemotherapy or having radiation treatment. It's...

Sentara Healthcare will christen the new Sentara Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance Friday. The new, $7.2 million helicopter replaces one that was 25 years old. The new helicopter, the Eurocopter EC-145, was bought with financial support from...

Jim Borda drove from work in Richmond all the way to Virginia Beach twice a week to take Tidewater Community College's six-month health information technology program. "It was well worth it," said Borda, 39, a James City County resident, who's now...

Emergency departments often see more injuries from storm cleanup than from the storm itself. Five patients were seen in Sentara CarePlex Hospital's minor care unit for storm-related injuries, including lacerations from falling on a hand saw and a...

Surely you've seen the bumper stickers, visited the website or, perhaps, worn the T-shirt. "Save the ta-tas" is a brilliant campaign for breast cancer awareness. So it doesn't take a perfect MCAT score to grasp the aim of Zac Allen's website....