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Sentara honors 300-plus living kidney donors
Each year thousands of people are added to the waiting list for a kidney transplant. Living donors can help to reduce their wait, and on April 9, Sentara Norfolk General honored more than 300 living kidney donors from the last 10 years. Altruistic...
Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Netherlands, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Medical Procedures and Tests
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Portsmouth search for shooter in Sunday afternoon incident
757-247-7870Police are looking for the person who shot a man Sunday afternoon on Merrimac Drive. Officers responded to 88 Merrimac Drive at about 12:20 p.m. after receiving a report that a man had been shot. The victim was located and was transported to Sentara...Tags: Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics
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Suffolk police rescue woman, infant
SUFFOLK — A woman and her 4-week-old infant were trapped in an SUV on Thursday after the vehicle crashed in a ditch when the woman swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle. The crash occurred at around 5 p.m. in the 5100 block of O'Kelly Drive...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Newport News schools considers changes in concussion testing
The expression used to be “had his bell rung.” That was a dismissive way of explaining a concussion. With a seemingly endless list of horror stories showing up in the national media, the hazards of brain injuries are being taken more...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Concussion, Drugs and Medicines, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics
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Newport News surgeon C. Waldo Scott prevailed through perseverance
Two decades after his death in 1993, the memory of Newport News surgeon and civil rights activist C. Waldo Scott still remains strong among many residents of the city he worked so long to transform. Not a month goes by without some past patient or...
Tags: New York University, Justice and Rights, Howard University, Civil Rights, Human Interest
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Camp Lighthouse helps children with grief
A year ago, on March 26, 2012, Dave Thomas, 52, died suddenly from a heart attack. The unexpected loss broadsided his family — wife, Robin, and children Jordan, 16, and Kendall, 14. "It has been a rollercoaster year," said Robin, who works at St....
Tags: NASA, Entertainment, Music, Family, Dave Thomas
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Alzheimer's takes toll on caregivers
Much of the care for Alzheimer's patients, particularly in its early stages, is undertaken by family members. The rising numbers of those with the disease — one in three seniors die with Alzheimer's or another dementia — is putting a...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Association, Long Island, Health Insurance Cost, AirTran
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Hampton University student, Randallstown native drowns at pool party
A 17-year-old Hampton University student drowned while attending a pool party on the Virginia campus on Wednesday. University officials said David Esan, of Randallstown, was at a party at Holland Hall when he drowned. University spokeswoman Yuri...Tags: Hampton University, Students, Colleges and Universities, Randallstown, Teaching and Learning
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Peninsula health systems have taken steps to contain superbug
Nationally, there's a new buzz about a class of superbug, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, CRE, which is resistant to the strongest antibiotics. It has only been found in hospitals and nursing homes and has no presence in the community, nor is...
Tags: Nursing, Riverside Regional Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Specialization, Nursing Homes
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Help for families affected by Alzheimer's
Here are a couple of upcoming events for families/caregivers of those with Alzheimer's diagnosis. Orientation to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias for Family Caregivers April 16, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sentara Careplex, Hampton. Orientations are...
Tags: Washington, DC, Alzheimer's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Association
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Coast Guard suspends search for two lost fishermen off Assateague
The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for two men missing in waters about 15 miles off the coast of Assateague Island after their fishing boat sank a day earlier. The broken-down fishing vessel was battling 20-foot waves and 50 mph wind gusts...
Tags: Annapolis, National Weather Service, Bodies of Water, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hypothermia
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Coast Guard Blue Dolphins' MaryElizabeth Warhol high-points champ at short-course senior meet | Community news
MaryElizabeth Warhol of the Coast Guard Blue Dolphins didn't have much of a chance to relax at the Virginia Swimming Short Course Senior Championships in Richmond, but she didn't mind. Warhol, an Auburn University signee, emerged as the high-points...Tags: Football, Gymnastics Clubs, Coast Guard Blue Dolphins Swim Team, Road Running, Gymnastics
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