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6 Preaching the Word of Health Local churches aim to educate members about health issues such as chronic disease prevention.
25 Last Chance to Cast Your Vote!
Take The Health Journal’s 2010 Readers’ Choice Survey.
12 A Healthy Mouth Speaks Volumes
A dentist shares tips for a lifetime of good oral health.
19 Yoga & Mindful Eating
Lose weight, not your mind, with advice from Yoga Instructor Jennifer Daly
38 Awareness: Autism
EVMS launches a program for adults; U.S. court rules vaccines are not to blame.
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PUBLISHER Brian M. Freer
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Rita L. Kikoen EDITOR Page Bishop-Freer
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Beth Shamaiengar
MEDICAL EDITOR Ravi V. Shamaiengar, MD
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April has a special place in my heart, and not just because my daughter, Cami, turns one year this month. It was at this time five years ago that my good friend Brian—who’s now my husband and copilot in life, business and first-time parenting—asked me to resign from my job and help him start up a health magazine. “It’s a crazy idea,” I thought. But with nothing to lose, I took the chance anyway. And here we are, five years later, and we’ve not only grown together as a family but have increased The Health Journal’s circulation and coverage area five-fold. This month marks yet another giant step for our business as we expand westward into Richmond with a fourth edition. This year has marked one of the biggest upgrades we’ve ever made to the look and feel of The Health Journal. Changing from a “loose” format to a stapled-and-trimmed one has allowed greater creative freedom in our layout and design. The past few issues have also featured cover stories that fall outside our traditional in-depth coverage of health and medical conditions. In February we ran as our cover story a heart-wrenching essay by a grieving father who had lost his infant daughter to a rare metabolic disorder. We’d published readers’ essays and commentaries before, but nothing to the depth and degree of “Remembering Josephine.” (As an update to the story, we’re proud to announce the family celebrated the birth of a son, Christopher Joseph Lampitt, born Feb. 26.) This month’s issue marks another editorial first: Following last year’s successful series on Colonialera health practices (read the series online at www.thehealthjournals.com), we’ve published a portion of local author Tony Williams’ latest book, The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin and the Epidemic that Changed America’s Destiny (Sourcebooks, April 2010). You’ll also find an in-depth interview with the veteran author and father of two, who’s already making special appearances at local book stores. Here’s the synopsis: When a British ship, fresh from the Caribbean, sails into Boston’s harbor in early April 1721, it carries upon it a deadly virus that sparks a series of dramatic events that ultimately wreak havoc upon the city. As more than half of Boston’s residents contract smallpox, Reverend Cotton Mather, the port city’s most popular Protestant minister, tries to convince local doctors and townspeople of the efficacy of inoculation, an early form of modern vaccination. “Surprisingly—no, almost shockingly,” says Williams, the doctors refuse to practice inoculation and vehemently attack those who tout its effectiveness. Mather recruits one physician, Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, and together they begin inoculating patients— with good results. Meanwhile, the city is racked with violence as tensions peak between the ministry and the town’s physicians. Mather is threatened on the street, publicly attacked in the newspapers (particularly by young Benjamin Franklin and his older brother James, another surprising twist to the story), and someone even launches a bomb through a window of Mather’s home in the middle of the night. (Sound strangely familiar? Think health care reform.) Inoculation is eventually accepted; later in that decade Boylston presents his findings to lead scientists at London’s Royal Society (similar experiments were being done in Europe), and by the turn of the 19th century smallpox vaccination (using the cowpox virus) was becoming common practice. Fastforward 200 years, and smallpox is globally eradicated. We’ve got to hand it to Mather and his contemporaries for, despite the fierce opposition, standing up for what they believed was morally right—a concept that, in the end, saved millions of lives and spared countless more from pain and suffering. Is there a modern lesson to be learned from this little-known slice of American history? Only time will tell.
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“Thank you for sharing Claire and Ed Lampitt’s story [February 2010, p. 22] about the sad death of their daughter Josephine. Claire is a dear friend, and I am grateful you recognized the magnitude and tenderness of their life with and loss of Josephine.” —Kathy B., Boulder, Co.
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2. Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Countertop Spray ($4.99 at Target stores) Get your spring cleaning on with this lemon-verbena scented spray made from essential oils and other natural ingredients. Just spray and wipe; safe for any non-porous surface. 3. Physician’s Formula Mineral Wear Correcting Powder ($13.95 at drugstores) This 3-in-1 corrector, primer and powder provides a polished finish by evening out skin tone and diminishing the look of imperfections. 4. Moisture Drops Rapid Replacement Formula ($115; available exclusively at Ageless Dermatology and Laser Center) Want baby soft skin? Apply a tiny dab on cleansed skin once or twice a day. Your skin will become smooth and hydrated with fine lines less apparent. Great as an every day moisturizer for normal, dry and sensitive skin types. Contains ceramides and sphingolipids, both natural components of the skin. 5. Groceries On-Demand ($4.95; www.harristeeter.com) Harris Teeter’s Express Lane online shopping is now available at four area stores (see website). This service is perfect for young professionals, working parents, caregivers—basically anyone short on time and energy. Plus, ordering online really helps you stick to your list. Oh, and don’t forget to pick up a copy of The Health Journal near the entrance—we’re now in every local Harris Teeter! 6. “The Natural” Eco-Friendly Umbrella ($32; www.greenhome.com) Each part of this umbrella is made from recycled materials, from its post-consumer plastic fabric to its handle made from 65 percent shredded wood. Available in green or black. The online store also features a golf-size umbrella for $52.
“The article on Child Development Resources [March 2010, Williamsburg Edition, p. 37] was beautiful. We truly appreciate everything you did to help increase awareness about CDR, our services and our annual auction.” —Sissy Allen, assistant director of development for CDR
“We have been receiving The Health Journal since you first started publishing. Thank you for a very enlightening and educational journal! In the October 2009 issue, you featured an article, “New Help for Hemorrhoids,” about infrared treatment. Are you aware of any other physicians on the Peninsula or Southside of Hampton Roads (or even the OBX!) who also use this treatment?” —Charles and Sally R., Newport News Ed.: According to Sentara Healthcare officials, Dr. Jared Brooks of Norfolk Surgical Group may be offering this method. “I have been told by all the nurses, my physician and the attending that my pregnancy mask is the worst they have ever seen. My son is now eight months old and my mask has been significantly diminished with creams. Any suggestions on removing the last of the pigment, which now is orange?” —Charity W., Alberta, Canada
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hen Pastor Walter Johnson delivered a recent Sunday sermon, he touched on a subject outside his traditional religious framework: the risk of vitamin D deficiency in African-Americans. The vitamin, found naturally in few foods, boosts bone strength and may lower the risk of certain cancers. The problem? Darker skin blocks more of the sunlight that helps the skin make vitamin D. After Johnson, pastor at Zion Prospect Baptist Church in Yorktown, learned at a doctor’s appointment that he had low levels of vitamin D, he was confident at least some of his church members did, too. Johnson’s sermon was just one example of how a growing number of local churches are diving into the field of health education. Zion Prospect Baptist also has taken part in an American Heart Association initiative called Power to End Stroke, a national campaign that includes an educational film on stroke risk factors and symptoms. In addition, the church has held workshops on heart disease, obesity, AIDS and senior health as well as prostate and breast cancer. Church officials schedule blood pressure checks once a month and organize a walking group during good weather. “The church is such a good place to disseminate this kind of information,” Johnson says. “You’re getting right at the people who live in the community. These are people who might not otherwise hear the things we’re saying. There’s not a doubt in my mind that it’s making a difference. People are much more aware of what they can do to be healthy.” Churches now touch on a wide variety of health topics, from prenatal care and childhood obesity to alcohol addiction and caring for Alzheimer’s patients. Some have replaced fatty, salty or sweet fare at celebrations with fruit, vegetables and nuts, and in addition have passed along healthy recipes. Church-run programs to help keep kids active include sports leagues and martial arts classes. Many also have hosted visits from public health representatives and mobile vans offering immunizations, blood pressure and cholesterol screenings and educational programs. “Churches are important centers of family and community life,” says Dr. David Trump, director of the Peninsula Health District. “They have the opportunity—and many churches definitely have taken on
the role—to share messages on healthy eating, physical activity and disease prevention and screening with the members of their congregations and within the community they serve.” In Newport News, for example, churches have been an important partner in the city health department’s “Heal-thy Generations: A Southeast Community Health Movement,” a program that works to reduce chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma in high-risk communities. (Read The Health Journal’s July 2008 coverage of this program online at www.thehealthjournals.com.) African-American churches in particular have boosted their health care ministries to fight common risks within the population. For example, African-Americans are 1.5 times more likely to die from heart disease compared to Caucasians and 1.8 times more likely to have a fatal stroke, according to the American Heart Pastor Walter Johnson
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“Promoting healing and good health is part of addressing the spiritual needs of our congregation.” — Priscilla Channel, health care ministry president, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Hampton Association. In response to these statistics, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, an approximately 600-member congregation in Hampton, has organized presentations and public health fairs to provide information on diabetes, nutrition, weight control and high blood pressure. “We really think promoting healing and good health is part of addressing the spiritual needs of our congregation,” says Priscilla Channel, health care ministry president at the church. “We emphasize holistic care—a mind, body and spirit approach that we hope can empower our families.”
Studies have shown church programs can be powerful weapons. At an American Heart Association conference in March 2009, researchers reported that nearly half of overweight and obese African-Americans who completed a 12-week program called Fit Body & Soul at a church in Georgia lost five percent or more of their body weight. Nearly 70 percent had kept the weight off after six months. At Community United Methodist Church in Virginia Beach, registered nurses are available after two services every Sunday to take members’ blood pressure. “We get a chance to speak with our regulars and assess their wellbeing,” says Jim Hoffower, one of the nurses involved. “If they have had medication changes, we provide counsel on the effects and potential side effects they may encounter. It’s a great service to be providing as well as representing a ‘fellowship’ moment.” The church also will train members in CPR as requested, Hoffower adds. Betsy Davis, a member of Community United Methodist, says the church support can become like a second family. “This city is so transient, and people may not have family here who can accompany them to the doctor or hospital,” Davis says. “People need an advocate.” Church leaders also say they have the power—and the responsibility—to reach out beyond their congregations. Many host health support groups for people struggling with alcoholism, abusive relationships and a variety of health problems (find support groups near you on page 41 of this issue). Warwick United Church of Christ in Newport News, for example, provides a room for “Moms Helping Moms”, a group for family members of children fighting cancer. Linda Manning, a member of the church who lost a son to cancer, is one of its leaders. “The church just believes really strongly about having a strong presence in the community and reaching out when there’s a need,” Manning says. “This is a need. The church is a perfect, safe, peaceful place for people to come together. We can discuss our issues and concerns, educate each other and lean on each other.” That spirit of community is why leaders at Zion Prospect Baptist have screened the educational film on stroke for other congregations, not just their own. The presentation includes a pre- and post-film quiz on basic stroke facts, including how to live a healthier lifestyle and recognize early signs of heart disease and stroke. “You can really empower people,” Pastor Walter Johnson says, “and that is a way to make a great difference in their lives.”
Bon Secours Virginia Health System announced last month it would donate $25,000 for earthquake relief in Chile. Caritas Chile, a group similar to Catholic Charities in the United States, will receive the funds. Chile is now working directly with Catholic parishes in poor, rural communities affected by the earthquake and the accompanying tsunami, providing food and basic survival supplies and beginning rebuilding efforts.
Sentara Neurology Specialists Welcomes Adel Boulos-Mikhaeil Sentara Neurology Specialists, a specialty practice of Sentara Medical Group, has welcomed Dr. Adel BoulosMikhaeil to its office at 4000 Coliseum Drive in Hampton. He has special expertise in providing diagnostic and treatment services to patients with epilepsy and numerous other neurological conditions.
Planned Parenthood Offers Half-Price Testing This Month April is National Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month, and this month Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia will offer half-price testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea. At Planned Parenthood the tests are done through urine analysis during a noninvasive, clothes-on visit. To make an appointment, call (757) 473-8116.
Dilon Diagnostics Receives ISO 13485 Certification Dilon Diagnostics, a brand of Newport News-based Dilon Technologies, Inc., and a manufacturer and supplier of high-resolution molecular imaging systems, announced last month that it has received ISO 13485 certification. ISO 13485 is an internationally recognized standard system which defines the requirements for design, development, production and distribution of medical devices. Dilon’s cornerstone product, the Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera, is a high-resolution gamma camera that performs Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI), a procedure effective in managing suspicious and difficultto-interpret breast imaging cases, and one that many leading medical centers around the country are now offering to their patients.
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programs that promote community wellness. SHIP, the School Health Initiative Program of Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, will receive $553,996, and $179,929 will help fund the new Greater Williamsburg Child Assessment Center, administered by the Colonial Services Board.
Jane Ritter Joins Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Bon Secours Virginia Health System has named Jane Ritter as the new vice president of patient care services/chief nurse executive for Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital. She will lead the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of all nursing care for the hospital. She will also participate in strategic planning and work with physicians and health system leaders to develop evidence-based medical practices. Ritter’s more than 20 years of experience in management and executive roles includes, most recently, eight years at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Ill., as well as positions at other highly regarded institutions.
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Olde Towne Medical Center held a free children’s dental clinic Feb. 27. (1) Dr. Robert Morrison examines patient Colby Echols. (2) Mom Bethany Babb holds daughter Graycie as Dr. Jack Shepard and dental hygienist April Ozmore check Graycie’s teeth.
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(4) the Crown Council, an organization of elite dental practices, recognized Dr. Sebastiana G. Springmann (front row, right) and her team at New Town Dental Arts as one of the Top Team Practices for 2009 and as one of the top fundraisers for Smiles for Life. In addition, Dr. Sarah Allen of New Town Dental Arts (front row, left) visited local schools including the Goddard School (5) and Walsingham Academy (6) during March, which is Children’s Dental Health Month.
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James River Elementary’s “Hearts for Haiti” fundraiser, founded by first-grader Ellie Bolio, raised $538 for Haiti’s earthquake victims. Here, James River Principal Lynn Turner, left, joins Bolio as she gives the funds raised to American Red Cross representative Heather Harmon.
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As part of the Shamrock Marathon festivities held March 19 through 21 in Virginia Beach, nearly 7,000 runners completed the Shamrock 8K sponsored by Towne Bank. (The Health Journal Publisher Brian Freer crossed the finish line in 38:08 minutes—his first competitive running event. Congrats, Brian!) Photo courtesy of brightroom.com.
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On March 23, the Colonial Services Board (CSB) hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Greater Williamsburg Child Assessment Center (GWCAC). The GWCAC is being administered by the CSB on behalf of the Williamsburg Community Health Foundation (WCHF) and provides behavioral health assessment and referral services to children, adolescents and their families. From left to right: CSB Executive Director David Coe, WCHF Board Member Jonathan Weiss, WCHF Co-Interim Executive Director Rene Cabral-Daniels, Delegate Brenda Pogge (R-96th), Williamsburg City Council Member Judy Knudson and CSB Board Chair John McDonald.
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A Healthy Mouth Helps Ensure A Lifetime of Health
WRITTEN BY DR. SEBASTIANA GAGLIANO SPRINGMANN
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ccording to the American Dental Association, most Americans enjoy excellent oral health and keep their natural teeth throughout their lives. But beyond the benefits of an attractive smile, does oral health really matter? You’ve probably heard the phrase “the oral–systemic link.” There is an important correlation between L A oral health and overall health. In other words, T DEN H healthy mouth = healthy body. The same culprits LT HEA AGE, behind gum disease, tooth decay and oral cancer VERY GE are linked to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and AT E A Y ST other diseases. EVER Regular dental examinations and good oral hygiene at home can prevent most dental disease. What should good oral hygiene include? Here’s a look at what you can do at various life stages to maintain a healthy mouth and, ultimately, a healthy body.
Sebastiana Gagliano Springmann, DDS, has practiced dentistry in Williamsburg since 1992. She attended New York University, the College of William and Mary and VCU Medical Center, formerly known as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). Her volunteer work includes Smiles for Life, Donated Dental Services and Smiles for Success. She is an active supporter of William and Mary Athletics and the Heritage Humane Society.
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AGE 0 TO 12 MONTHS A baby’s first tooth erupts between zero to 12 months of age, and he should have his first visit to the dentist by the first birthday. (Easy to remember: all firsts!) Parents should clean Baby’s gums with a wet washcloth after feedings (nursing or bottle) and begin brushing once any teeth have grown in. Avoid bedtime bottles (other than water), which can lead to baby-bottle tooth decay or “nursing cavities.” Tooth decay is always about the bacteria, and bacteria feed on sugars.
1 TO 3
AGE YEARS From age one to three years, more primary (baby) teeth come in. Parents should brush their child’s teeth at least twice daily, limit juice and provide a frozen teething ring to help ease teething pain. Children can start learning to brush on their own around age two, but parents still need to supervise and/ or do a second sweep of brushing themselves. Every six-month checkup with the child’s dentist is important. If any cavities are detected, removing the decay and placing fillings is important to keep the toddler’s mouth developing properly. You’ve all heard people say, “Oh, they’re only baby teeth.” Not so—they perform an important function, so keeping them is key.
3 TO 7
AGE YEARS Somewhere between three to seven years of age, a child begins to lose baby teeth and the first permanent molars begin to erupt. Thumb-sucking and other related habits can cause bite problems that will require correction with surgery or braces. Your child’s dentist will take radiographs to determine any areas of decay and evaluate whether the teeth and bones are forming properly. Sealants should also be placed on any teeth with deep grooves to help prevent chewing-surface cavities.
A HEALTHY MOUTH Depends on What You Put in It To help prevent tooth decay and gum disease, eat a well-balanced diet based on the USDA food pyramid (www.mypyramid.gov), take dietary supplements as directed by your physician, and drink lots of water. These practices will also reduce your risk for heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
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AGE YEARS A child will lose all his baby teeth between seven and 13 years of age. Regular brushing, dental checkups, fluoride treatments (as recommended by a dentist) plus daily flossing are part of a healthy routine. It may be time for a visit to the orthodontist for braces. If the child is active in any contact sports, a sports mouth guard should be used to prevent tooth breakage or loosening as well as trauma to the jaw or concussions.
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ORAL HEALTH ISSUES that affect men and women disproportionately: WOMEN Eating disorders—bulimia can destroy tooth enamel, while anorexia can deplete the body of vital nutrients and affect the health of teeth and gums.
Oral contraceptives—progesterone-containing birth control pills can inflame gum tissue by elevating the body’s reaction to the toxins that dental plaque creates. Pregnancy—increases risk for gingivitis and pregnancy tumors in the mouth.
Menopause—hormone changes and certain medications can cause dry mouth.
MEN Tooth loss—Men are more likely than women to experience tooth loss. The average male will lose 5.4 teeth by age 72. Smoking—Men who smoke will lose an average of 12 teeth by age 72!
Gum disease—Men are more likely than women to develop gum (periodontal) disease and oral cancer.
AGE YEARS Adolescents and young adults need to brush and floss twice daily and also use a daily fluoride rinse. It’s a good idea to keep travel toothbrushes in backpacks, purses or briefcases for use at or after school and work. Limit sugary or starchy foods and soft drinks. Don’t smoke, and beware of oral piercing. Bacteria tend to cluster around metal piercings, not to mention that biting on metal can crack the back teeth. During this time, an oral surgeon should be consulted for the removal of wisdom teeth.
ADULTS
SPECIAL CONCERNS OF Along with all the other health concerns adults face, oral health needs, too, may become more complex. Cavities can form around existing fillings, and root decay is common. Tooth and gum sensitivity may develop, crowns may be needed to strengthen damaged teeth, and gum disease—a major cause of tooth loss—may require treatment. Ninety-five percent of oral cancers occur in people over age 40, so be sure to have a thorough oral cancer screening at each six-month dental checkup.
70s, 80s, 90s AND BEYOND
People in this age group may need replacement fillings and crowns as teeth break or wear. Implants can replace missing teeth, and much like a new knee or hip, implants can let you function normally again without relying on dentures. Many seniors suffer from dry mouth, whether caused by age or medications like decongestants, antidepressants and blood pressure medicines. Saliva rinses away food particles and neutralizes harmful acids, therefore playing a major role in cavity prevention. Your dentist can help you select special products to help alleviate dry mouth symptoms. Drink lots of water and avoid sweets, tobacco, alcohol and caffeine to fight gum disease, dry mouth and decay. (Sugar-free chewing gum and some other products that your dentist can recommend may help.) Those in this age category should use a topical fluoride as directed by their dentist, and dental tools such as rotary brushes (as they have large handles) and irrigators (such as Water-Piks™) if arthritis makes handling a toothbrush or floss difficult. More frequent visits to the dentist may be needed to combat gum disease and root decay.
ONLINE RESOURCES www.knowyourteeth.com — View the visual timeline “The Life of a Tooth,” courtesy of the Academy of General Dentistry. Also worth checking out is the Dental Diary widget.
www.ada.org — The American Dental Association’s website has an easy-to-use database, Oral Health Topics A-Z.
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Health Savings Accounts Provide Tax Savings Learn How HSAs Can Reduce Your Healthcare Expenses WRITTEN BY KATHLEEN M. CRAMER
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pril 15 is a day etched into the minds of Americans as the day that our state and federal taxes are due. Are you ready? Have you done everything you can to reduce the taxes you owe? As the economic downturn has influenced much of our spending, we’re now looking for other ways to save money. One way to reduce health care costs is by opening a health savings account (HSA) in conjunction with your health plan. An HSA is a savings and spending account that offers health plan members a way to pay for qualified medical expenses with tax-free dollars, as well as a tax-advantaged way to save for future medical and retirement expenses. HSAs were originally created by an expanded Medicare bill and approved by Congress in 2003 to help individuals save for the future on a tax-free basis. Individuals must first be covered through a government-approved highdeductible health plan (HDHP) structure when making HSA contributions. With more and more companies moving to higher deductible plans, HSAs are becoming a popular alternative for controlling health care spending. enrolled in high-deductible health plans that also offer HSAs and Health HDHPs can be thought of as “low-cost” plans with lower premiums and highReimbursement Arrangements, up from four percent in 2006. Additionaler deductibles. With an HDHP, a member is responsible for satisfying a dely, 12 percent of firms offered such plans to their workers last year, comductible and paying for initial health pared to only seven percent in 2006. care expenses. The HSA may be used A survey of health insurers performed to cover those expenses. Also, with by America’s Health Insurance Plans most HDHP plans, preventive care is (AHIP) found that 6.1 million Amerioffered pre-deductible with little or cans were covered by HSA-qualified HSAs Can TRIPLE Your Tax Savings no member cost to encourage health health plans as of January 2008. maintenance. An HSA is like your own private bank 1. tax deductions when you contribute to your account HSAs can be funded by you, your account: it’s used to pay for current employer or a third party and still 2. tax-free interest or investment earnings health care expenses or to save money 3. tax-free withdrawals for qualified medical expenses be tax-free to you. In 2010, the for future expenses. HSAs are accounts maximum individual contribution that are owned by the health plan amount is $3,050 and the family member, regardless of who contributes maximum is $6,150. Additional catch-up contributions can be made by funds and the money earns interest and other potential returns over time. individuals after age 55. These contribution limits may be subject to change Individuals on Medicare cannot continue to contribute to HSAs; however, you every year by the IRS. can keep the existing money in your account and use it for medical expenses So, what types of expenses are considered “qualified medical expenses” tax-free. The beauty of HSAs is that it’s your money—even if you leave an emfor which you can use your HSA funds? Some examples are: doctor’s visits, ployer, the funds stay with you. Individuals may choose to invest their HSA hospital expenses, lab work, diagnostic services, prescription drugs, dental dollars in stocks, bonds, mutual funds or other eligible savings vehicles. care and vision care. For a complete list, visit the IRS website and reference Publication 502, “Medical and Dental Expenses” (http://www.irs.gov/ The Bottom Line pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf). Funds used for other purposes are regarded by the HSAs are a great option for paying for medical expenses now as well government as taxable income, with an additional 10-percent penalty for as saving for retirement. So, consider choosing a qualified plan and open non-qualified expenditures. an HSA today.
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Kathleen M. Cramer is the manager of product development for Optima Health, a Virginia-based health plan with more than 440,000 members, nationallyrecognized for its quality, service and innovative programs.
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ould you place a full glass of water on a table with wobbly legs? Of course not—because the glass might fall, spill or break. The same principle applies to your body. Your body needs a strong foundation to maintain balance well into your later years. Good balance is important at any stage of life, but especially among the elderly. Balance worsens as we age, and falling becomes a major concern. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every three Americans over the age of 65 will fall each year, and among individuals 65 to 84, falls account for 87 percent of all bone fractures and are the second leading cause of spinal cord and brain injury. The most common types of injuries sustained during a fall include fractures of the hip, spine and wrist as well as head trauma.
BALANCE EXERCISES FOR EVERY DAY: BASIC MOVES Research shows that muscle strengthening and balance retraining exercises can reduce the risk of fallrelated injuries by as much as 45 percent. Nevertheless, balance exercises are often overlooked as part of a total body workout. I recommend incorporating specific balance exercises, like the ones below, into your current workout or daily routine. (If you have severe balance problems or an orthopedic condition, consult your doctor before performing these exercises.)
One-leg stands 1) First, clear your environment of any obstacles that
may interfere with your balance training. (Note: Any person whose balance is severely diminished should not perform these exercises alone.) Begin by standing on one foot. Time yourself for 10 to 30 seconds, then switch standing legs. If you are a novice, hold onto something sturdy, like a wall or table, with both hands. As you progress, and your balance improves, you can decrease the amount of support by using one hand for stability, then one finger, then no hands. Even as you progress and become more comfortable with this routine, always do these exercises near a wall or a sturdy object that can provide support if needed.
2) Once you’ve mastered standing on one leg without support for more than 30 seconds, try the first training exercise again but with your eyes closed.
Tandem walk Place one foot directly in front of the other and walk a straight line (as if you were taking a sobriety test). Once you can do this, strive to comfortably do the same in reverse. Those at a more advanced level can perform the tandem walk with their eyes closed.
ADVANCED TRAINING Once you’ve mastered the basic balance exercises above, consider using some balance tools such as a BOSU, balance board, foam roller or stability discs. A certified personal trainer can show you how to use these tools for maximum benefit.
Try this move: Stand on a BOSU or two balance discs. Have someone gently push you while you try to keep your balance. Then, play catch with a lightweight medicine ball (if you don’t have a medicine ball, a basketball will work). You can also slowly lower into and out of a squatting position while catching the ball and returning it to your partner. Don’t be surprised if you initially have trouble just standing on a BOSU or the balance discs. It’s unlikely that your balance will improve after a few short sessions. Aim for 15 minutes of balance training daily, but know that it will take time and commitment to achieve better balance.
• Balance on one foot while waiting in line at the grocery store, talking on the telephone or brushing your teeth. • Stand up and sit down without using your hands. • Sit on a stability ball while working at your desk or watching TV.
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MINDFUL EATING: Part of the
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e all lose our minds from time to time. We forget our car keys or misplace an important file. We lose track of a thought or go blank when trying to recall a person’s name. We get caught up in daydreaming and miss our exit on the highway. We may even discover a bruise and have no recollection of the injury. Such mindlessness is all too familiar. It occurs when our minds go on autopilot and we stop paying attention to the present moment. Mindfulness, on the other hand, is a much different state of mind that brings a deliberate awareness of whatever is happening right now in our mind, body, emotions and environment. It is a quality of mind that we all inherently possess. We tap into our innate mindfulness when we simply witness, without judgment or criticism, the various sensations, thoughts and emotions that arise as we move through our lives. With increased mindfulness, we become more attuned to habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and reacting that cause us problems. We begin to recognize how our own mindless reactions have a profound effect on not only our physical health but also our emotional and psychological well-being. With mindfulness, we use kind and compassionate awareness to slow down these reactions, disengage our autopilot and guide ourselves toward better choices.
Mindfulness allows us to recognize that food is just food, and is not our enemy, even if we’re struggling with our weight.
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Practicing Mindfulness at Mealtimes Mindful eating brings this mindful attention to our responses to food and its preparation. We pay close and careful attention to our inner experiences of eating so that we can respect our body’s cues and inner wisdom. This mindfulness allows us to recognize that food is just food, and is not our enemy, even if we’re struggling with our weight. We begin to realize that it is our habitual reactions to food—when we’re on autopilot—that cause us problems with eating and weight. Through mindfulness we discover how stress and self-criticism interfere with our ability to be fully present in our lives. Many of us have a ceaseless preoccupation with our weight and appearance. We’re dissatisfied with our bodies. We chronically restrict our diets and berate ourselves for overeating or gaining weight. We are always focused on some better future in which we imagine ourselves to be thinner, happier, calmer and more satisfied. Trouble is, this future never seems to arrive. It’s as though we get caught up with daydreaming and miss our proverbial exit to a healthier and happier life. Mindfulness brings us back to today so that we can cultivate our full potential. Our physical and psychological survival depends on a regular intake of food, water, light, sound, love and other things from our environment. How well or poorly we relate to these things determines how happy or unhappy our lives will be. Mindful eating helps us to let go of unhealthy responses to food and eating and replace them with healthy alternatives. With mindful attention to our eating habits, we can break our dissatisfaction with food, ourselves and our bodies and begin to cultivate the pleasure and satisfaction that we need. We learn to be present while eating. Continued on page 20 THE HEALTH JOURNAL
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Continued from page 19 We see, touch, smell and fully experience food and don’t miss these opportunities to find satisfaction and enjoyment. We replace habits that cause food to go into our bodies without thought—like eating while watching TV, driving a car or even standing in front of the refrigerator—with a focus on the colors, textures, smells, tastes and sounds that food and its preparation comprise. As we become more mindful of our moment-to-moment experiences, we discover the satisfaction that comes from appreciating all that the preparation, sharing and celebration of food represents. We go away from meals feeling full and satisfied. So, pay attention to how, what and when you eat. Do you eat while you are talking, driving, working or watching television? Do you limit food during the day only to gorge at night? Do you chew your food thoroughly and appreciate its smell before you begin? All ✽ Always eat in a clean and quiet place of these things can affect how either alone or with people you like. your body responds to eating. ✽ Look at your food and appreciate its But that’s not all. If you cook appearance and smell before you eat. and eat when you are angry or frustrated, then these emo✽ Chew your food slowly and attentively, tions may become associated concentrating on and appreciating its subtle qualities. with food and mealtimes. You may begin to experience ✽ Eat without distractions such as meals as stressful and irritattelevision, radio or other media. ing. These feelings will then ✽ Only eat when you are truly hungry. interfere with your satisfaction and fullness. Remember ✽ Do not eat within 2 hours of bedtime. that we are most deeply satis✽ After exercise wait a while before fied by food that is prepared eating to get an accurate gauge of with love and genuine care. your hunger level. That is why nothing compares to home cooking. ✽ Walk about 100 steps after a meal to aid digestion. Yoga is an excellent way to cultivate mindfulness and im✽ Do not eat when you are angry, prove your relationship with depressed, bored or otherwise food. It is a well-established emotionally unstable. Instead, try to mind-body exercise that puts resolve these feelings first through stress management tools such as you in touch with your body exercise (including yoga), meditation, in ways that few activities can. or seeking the support of friends, Practicing yoga poses helps family, a spiritual adviser or a mental you become more aware of health professional. how your body and mind work together to develop strength and stability. Yoga encourages you to sharpen your awareness of yourself and your body to increase mindfulness. Off the yoga mat, you become more mindful of what you eat, how much you eat and how it feels to be full. Yoga and mindful eating can teach you that your body is your ally and, like food, is not your enemy. You’ll become more aware of your body and you’ll gain better appetite control. Through the quiet and calm of your yoga practice, you’ll learn to listen to and trust your body—accepting its needs while gently encouraging change. You may also become more open to making important changes in yourself and your body. If you want to change destructive eating patterns or thoughts, yoga is the place to start. Yoga can help you cultivate an open, accepting relationship with yourself and your body that allows you to start—and maintain—the realistic changes you need to lose weight and keep it off.
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or the sixth year in a row, Jewish Family Service of Tidewater, Inc.—a nonprofit agency providing an array of home health and social services to Hampton Roads residents—will host its “Week of Healthy Living,” this year held Sunday, May 2, through Friday, May 7. The week will include many health and wellness events that are free and open to the public as well as a fundraiser race. Here’s a look at a few of the highlights of the week:
Jewish Family Service Annual “Run, Roll or Stroll” TIME: 8 a.m. PLACE: Neptune’s Park at 31st Street in Virginia Beach
This fundraising event will kick off the “Week of Healthy Living” with an 8K Run and 5K Run/Walk starting at 8 a.m. followed by a 1-mile Run/Walk at 9:15 a.m. Costs: $25-$30/8K; $20SUNDAY MAY 2 $25/5K; $15/1-Mile. A post-race party will include an awards presentation, door prizes, food and drinks, live entertainment, wellness demos and more.
“Ear 101: Hearing Loss Throughout Life” TIME: 10 a.m. PLACE: Simon Family JCC, 500 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach
In recognition of May as Better Speech and Hearing Month, Brad Kesser, M.D., associate professor and director of the Division of TUESDAY Otology/Neurotology at the University of Virginia, will share MAY 4 information on topics such as hearing loss, ear malformations, and gene therapy for inner ear disorders. An exhibitors’ fair will be held before and after the presentation.
“Nutrition for Life” TIME: 11 a.m. PLACE: Simon Family JCC, 500 Corporate Woods Drive, Virginia Beach
A panel discussion on nutrition and chronic illness will feature local experts including: Alan Ganderson, M.D., of Gastroenterology, Ltd.; Beth Gerstein, M.D., R.D., of Sentara’s Clinical NutriTHURSDAY tion Department; Donald Richardson, M.D., of the Strelitz DiaMAY 6 betes Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School; and bariatric surgeon Stephen Wohlgemuth, M.D., of the Sentara Metabolic & Weight Loss Surgery Center.
Following the panel discussion, Chef Phillip Craig Thomason of Vintage Kitchen will perform a healthy cooking demo. An exhibitors’ fair will be held before and after the presentation.
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ast month major health agencies investigated reports of a suspected smallpox outbreak in eastern Uganda. Though it turned out to be a false alarm, the world sat up and took notice. One of the most virulent diseases the world has ever seen, smallpox has seldom made headlines since 1979, when the World Health Organization, which had launched an attack on the disease decades earlier, declared it eradicated. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “a single, confirmed case of smallpox would be considered an emergency.” What many people don’t know, though, is that Colonial America, particularly Boston, served as a testing ground for smallpox inoculation well before it gained approval from London’s Royal Society, a premier institute for scientific research and discovery. In The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin and the Epidemic that Changed America’s Destiny (Sourcebooks, April 2010), local author Tony Williams reveals how the smallpox epidemic of 1721 and the ensuing debate over inoculation changed America forever, depleting the authority of the Protestant ministry and shifting societal attitudes towards a more secular view of liberty and self-governance. Williams says the most startling finding in his research lay not in the 1721 smallpox epidemic itself, which began with the arrival of the HMS Seahorse in Boston’s harbor early that April. Rather, Williams became fascinated with the fierce debate over smallpox inoculation that arose between the minis-
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ters (including Reverend Cotton Mather) and the physicians of Boston. Who sided with science and who attacked inoculation using spiritual evidence may surprise you, Williams says. What’s more, Benjamin Franklin, a key figure in the American Enlightenment, in his younger days publicly attacks inoculation to disparage the ministry and, as Williams puts it, “really knock them down a notch in society,” a little known fact that inevitably places Franklin “on the wrong side of history.” In the following interview, Williams—whose East Coast book tour began April 1—shares details from his new book, and he has allowed us to share with you an excerpt (starting at right).
What sparked the idea for his book: I was working on a piece on Benjamin Franklin, and I’d read a number of biographies and kept coming upon the mention of this 1721 smallpox epidemic in which Franklin plays a role as a very young man. But it was frustrating, because there’d be only a few pages on it and then they’d move on to his later career. I was just fascinated with it. My editor and I were going around on book ideas, and I just kind of threw the idea out there. They said: “That’s it! That’s the one we want to publish.”
Why smallpox was so horrific: First, it was so deadly. Death rates for seasoned populations [those who had some exposure to the virus from previous epidemics] ran as high as 15 to 30 percent. Second, it was highly communicable. In 1721, most of the people who did not have immunity caught the disease. Eventually 6,000 people got smallpox in Boston—a city of 11,000. So it spread very quickly. The other 5,000 probably had immunity from a previous epidemic. Why things get hot in Boston: As more and more people seek inoculation, it sets off a huge firestorm of protest. Not only from the people in town, but more surprisingly—almost shockingly—from the doctors. They argue that it’s untested, but they also make religious arguments. They argue that if people are predestined or fated to get sick, then that is the will of God and you cannot intervene. Because if you do, God, who is already punishing us with this epidemic, will unleash further plagues against us in different forms than this disease and ruin the town.
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What surprised him most in his research: While the doctors make scriptural arguments against inoculations, for the most part the ministers do not. In fact it was Cotton Mather who acts very scientifically to test inoculation. It’s the opposite of what you would expect.
Where Benjamin Franklin comes in: Brothers James and Benjamin Franklin are 21 and 17 respectively during the debate over inoculation. James opens a newspaper [the New England Courant] that summer to, well, sell newspapers. He really focuses exclusively on inoculation and serves as a mouthpiece for the opposition. He uses the paper to attack the power of the ministry and gives the doctors a platform to say whatever they want. James was so impetuous he was jailed, and Benjamin takes over the paper, continuing the attack against the authorities. He later comes to support inoculation when his own four-year-old son dies of smallpox. He even writes his regret in the pages of his autobiography, in which he urges parents to get their children inoculated, even though there was still opposition to it up through the time of the Revolution. People still felt like they were introducing smallpox to people through the practice of inoculation. How the debate changed Puritan society: Neither the covenant to form a city upon a hill nor the authority of the ministers could survive such withering attacks that were, for the most part, unprecedented. This epidemic shatters the covenant. Authority declines. There remains a general respect for ministers as men and women of God, much like today, but not reverence. The covenant becomes more secularized, focused on natural rights, self-government and liberty. The idea of the covenant survived, but it changed as a result of this epidemic and debate over inoculation.
Challenges of writing and researching this book: The research process was actually quite easy because I had access to every document right here in Colonial Williamsburg. I wanted to go to Boston, but I had no excuse to. I found every pamphlet, diary, autobiography, newspaper and letter right here. I read every book on medical history, disease, Puritan society and Colonial history that I could find to learn both the medical side of things as well as the historical side. It was compelling as an author to read the sources and Interview continued on page 24
From Chapter 15: “Cotton Mather, You Dog, Damn You!” [As the year 1721 comes to a close, the smallpox epidemic is waning but has left nearly 1,000 Bostonians dead and the covenant in tatters. Reverend Cotton Mather and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston had continued to inoculate patients well into the fall despite repeated warnings from the Selectmen—a group of local representatives who’d sided with the physicians—and ongoing attacks published in the Franklin brothers’ New England Courant.]
Cotton Mather felt chronically hassled throughout the late autumn as hundreds perished in Boston and thousands lay sick. The freeholders had decided against him and Boylston by voting against inoculated persons coming to town. Meanwhile, the interminable animosity against the procedure was expressed in sustained attacks upon him and Boylston. The divisions in the town persisted. The dispute, however, was not one that could be confined to the pages of a newspaper or pamphlet any longer. Mather passionately confronted James Franklin in the street. More ominously, there was a plot afoot to assassinate the Puritan minister. Mather found the opposition to the inoculation experiment unintelligible. It had worked successfully scores of times while those who caught the disease in the common way had an atrocious death rate. Still, he would attempt to reason with the ignorant and persuade them to accept the plain truth: “The sottish Excerpt continued on page 27 THE HEALTH JOURNAL
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SMALLPOX: A SHORT HISTORY 1350 BC
First recorded smallpox epidemic
1157 BC Mummified head of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses V bears first physical evidence of smallpox. From there the disease is carried by traders to India and China.
1012-1063 AD
Written accounts of inoculation are found in ancient Buddhist texts.
Middle Ages Smallpox epidemics happen frequently throughout Europe.
1500s
European explorers bring smallpox to the Americas, decimating native populations.
1670
Inoculation is practiced in the Turkish Empire. It’s already common practice in China and India.
1714-1716
Europeans visit Istanbul and write letters to London’s Royal Society describing the technique; British physicians show little interest.
1721-1722
1754
1796
While Reverend Cotton Mather and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston inoculate people in Boston, Lady Mary Wortley Montague of England (after suffering an episode of smallpox in 1715) inoculates her four-year-old daughter in front of physicians in the Royal Court. Inoculation is being tested “simultaneously yet independently” in Britain and the Colonies, notes Williams. The French-Indian War marks the first use of smallpox as biological warfare, as it is used to wipe out the Native American population. English Physician Edward Jenner coins term “vaccine” after discovering that the milder cowpox virus can help prevent smallpox; by turn of the century, 100,000 people worldwide are vaccinated using Jenner’s method.
1949
Last smallpox outbreak in U.S. reported in Texas; one person dies.
1959-1967
Global health agencies launch attack on smallpox, hoping to eradicate it.
1972
Routine smallpox vaccination ends in U.S.
1979
World Health Organization declares smallpox cured; inoculation ceases worldwide.
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Continued from page 23 put all the facts together in a dramatic way, as dramatic as possible for a nonfiction work. I like to say that it’s nonfiction that reads like a novel. I hope readers will agree with that. The role of women in the epidemic: The women of Boston obviously played an extremely important role in this story. They took care of their families, used their herbal medicine books that had been passed down from earlier generations. You can just imagine them by the fireside, caring for their child who might be dying of smallpox. You imagine the agony they would have felt when burying that child. There were no sources for those stories, though, so I relied on facts of how women of the time lived. What about Native Americans? In 1620, the first Puritans, the Pilgrims, were expecting to find a lot of Native Americans, and they were just gone. There’d been an epidemic a year before [the Pilgrims’ arrival] and the death rate among Native Americans was 80 to 90 percent because they had never been exposed to the virus.
What he hopes readers will take away: This story is not really about the smallpox virus; it’s about human beings. I wanted to show how the people of Boston would generally react during an epidemic. Would you flee? Would you stay? Would you go into church and pray? How would you react to your neighbors if someone next door were getting inoculated? Would you be willing to do it yourself? Mather has to face his own son wanting to get inoculated. Would you have the courage to let your son do that, and if not, would he defy his father and do it anyway to survive? These are all very human stories, and that is ultimately what the book is about.
His favorite books: 1776, David McCullough; The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson; In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick; Krakatoa, Simon Winchester; Will in the World: A Biography of Shakespeare, Stephen Greenblatt; Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer; Aeneid, Virgil; and Beowulf. If not an author, what he’d be: If I were not a teacher or author (and if I weren’t married!), I might be a Roman Catholic priest.
His heroes include: Firefighters, police officers, health-care professionals, soldiers, priests and ministers—those who live their lives to serve others day in and day out. Some of my favorite heroes from history are Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, the 300 Spartan soldiers who stood at Thermoplyae [during the Greco-Persia War, 480 BC], and George Washington and the Revolutionary patriots who sacrificed so much that we might have liberty. How he handles the stress of a looming deadline: By sitting in my library and writing to meet the deadline. There is no substitute for hard work and perseverance in any job. Favorite quote? Read the classics and great biographies and you’ll find my favorite quotes in there.
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Excerpt continued from page 23 errors and cursed clamors that fill the town and country, raging against the astonishing success of the smallpox inoculated,” he wrote, “makes it seasonable for me to state the case and exhibit that which may silence the unreasonable people….”434 The Selectmen knew that there were people from Roxbury in Cotton Mather’s home to receive inoculations. The officials had had enough of Zabdiel Boylston’s risky procedure and Mather’s collaboration in it. They certainly did not want to encourage people to come from all over the countryside as if under Indian attack, rushing to Boston to receive inoculations and possibly rekindle a diminishing epidemic. The Selectmen stated that they were “credibly informed that many persons belonging to other towns are already come into this town, and have taken the infection of the smallpox, in the way of inoculation, but that as yet the infection has not operated upon them yet expect that in a few days it will.” Moreover, the officials were concerned that “many others belonging to other towns intend to come to this town for the purpose aforesaid, and that they know how to come in and where, and what houses to use in spite of the town.” The Selectmen empowered the justices of the peace and constables with warrants to search the town diligently, apprehend the outsiders, and “carry them to the respective towns to which they belong or to the province hospital” at Spectacle Island. The measures were an attempt to “keep them from infecting others.”437 Boylston apparently did not heed the word of the Selectmen. He performed more than a hundred inoculations during the month, including several prominent individuals, including ministers, a Harvard professor, and Samuel Sewall’s grandson, Samuel Hirst.438 Even on November 29 Mather related to his diary that “several persons at this time under the smallpox inoculated. I must look on as my patients, and so, my relatives.”439 The Selectmen called several ministers to appear at a meeting and answer accusations that they were encouraging country people to come to Boston to be inoculated in violation of the law. “After some hot discourse on both sides,” the ministers denied it with barefaced lies, knowing full well that they were continuing.440 One thing the public authorities failed to do was to arrest the inoculator who continually defied the law. Boylston and Mather broke the law, perhaps believing they had a higher law to obey. If they did, they helped undermine the covenantal basis of Puritan
society that respected the voluntary submission to law and authority. They were breaking the law in tandem: Boylston performing inoculations in Mather’s home and certainly with his support elsewhere. Others were similarly preparing to violate the civil law as well as God’s commandment against murder. There was a complete breakdown of law and order in Boston.
One person in Boston had had enough of the high and mighty Cotton Mather. He lorded his position over everyone, thinking he was better than everyone else. He was filled with rage that the fool minister was in league with the quack Boylston giving people smallpox. What they were doing just did not make sense. The resentment boiled for weeks, if not months, and was now about to explode....
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Medication Fears May Lead to Worse Side Effects
In one study, patients with rheumatoid arthritis who expected medication side effects were more likely to experience them. WRITTEN BY ANNE HARDING NEW YORK (REUTERS HEALTH)
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t may not be surprising, but a new study offers some proof that patients who are worried about their medications are more likely to have side effects from them. The study involved patients with a particular kind of arthritis. While more research has to be done in patients with other illnesses to know for sure, “my guess would be that this is happening across a wide range of drugs,” Dr. Yvonne Nestoriuc of Philipps-University Marburg in Germany, the study’s lead author, told
Reuters Health. “This is really something that happens in a lot of patient populations.” While most medication side effects are not life-threatening or seriously harmful, she and her colleagues note in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, they can still be “frightening and distressing” to patients, and can also lead to patients not taking drugs as recommended. People with a variety of illnesses who don’t feel their medications are necessary and are concerned about their side effects
are known to be less likely to take these drugs as directed, the researchers add. To investigate whether these beliefs might be related to experiencing side effects as well, Nestoriuc and her team had 100 rheumatoid arthritis patients complete the “Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire,” which explores general and specific beliefs about the necessity and risks of medication. Patients also reported any side effects related to their rheumatoid arthritis medication and how much they were bothered by these symptoms. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation that leads to stiff, swollen and painful joints. It affects some 20 million people, according to the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society. At the study’s outset, 77 of the patients reported having been bothered by side effects. Eightyseven of the original 100 study participants were followed up with at six months; 45 of these patients, or 52 percent, reported being bothered by side effects at this point. The patients who had concerns about their medications—for example, agreeing with the statement that “having to take arthritis medications worries me”—were more likely to have reported having side effects, both at the study’s outset and if they started a new drug during the six-month study period. Side effects typically included rashes, gastrointestinal discomfort and headaches.
“Starting a new drug is a specifically risky time because people tend to misattribute preexisting bothersome but [benign] symptoms as side effects of the new drug,” — Dr. Yvonne Nestoriuc
THE “NOCEBO EFFECT”
Pronunciation: nO-sE-bO
These patients were also more likely to report these side effects to their doctors, take nonprescription medications to deal with them, and change their medication dosages on their own. The only other factor that influenced the likelihood of reporting side effects was age. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis “who are especially concerned about their arthritis medications, or who expect side effects, are at greater risk of experiencing them,” the researchers say. “Starting a new drug is a specifically risky time because people tend to misattribute pre-existing bothersome but [benign] symptoms as side effects of the new drug,” Nestoriuc said. Doctors may be able to help their patients avoid side effects by talking with them about their concerns before prescribing a new medication, she added, and helping them to get a more “realistic view about the drugs.”
The “nocebo” effect occurs when patients taking medications experience adverse side effects unrelated to the specific pharmacological action of the drug. The “nocebo” effect is associated with the person’s prior expectations of adverse effects from treatment as well as the conditioning in which the person learns from prior experiences to associate a medication with certain somatic symptoms. Source: medterms.com
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New research suggests moderate alcohol consumption, particularly wine, could stave off obesity. WRITTEN BY MEGAN BROOKS NEW YORK (REUTERS HEALTH)
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ight to moderate alcohol consumption, especially red wine, is not only good for a woman’s heart, it’s also good for her waistline, according to a study reported in March. The study started out with nearly 20,000 trim, middle-aged and older women. Over time, women who drank alcohol in moderation put on less weight and were less apt to become overweight compared to non-drinkers. This was true even after taking into account various lifestyle and dietary factors that might influence a woman’s weight.
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Red wine seemed best at keeping weight in check, but white wine, beer and spirits also had some benefit. “Our study results showed that middle-aged and older women who have normal body weight initially and consume light-to-moderate amount of alcohol could maintain their drinking habits without gaining more weight compared with similar women who did not drink any alcohol,” Dr. Lu Wang from the division of preventive medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, noted in an e-mail to Reuters Health.
Many prior studies have suggested that moderate drinking—usually defined as a drink or two a day—can be a healthy habit, particularly with regard to heart health, while heavy drinking can harm health. The new study, published in the March 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, is the first to examine ties between alcohol consumption by a normal-weight individual and the risk of becoming overweight or obese. The women were all at least 39 years old when the study began. About 38 percent said they did Continued on page 35
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Tidewater Heart Institute 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 1-B Hampton (757) 825-4260 Riverside Heart Specialists 2112-B Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 827-7754
CHIROPRACTIC & ACUPUNCTURE
David J. Alexander, DDS 2019 Cunningham Dr., Ste. 314 Hampton (757) 838-2201 Robert M. Alexander, DDS 105 Terrabonne Rd. Yorktown (757) 898-4625 Allen, McCormick & Wexel 901 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 500 Hampton (757) 896-4900
Home Instead Senior Care 555 Denbigh Blvd. Suite B Newport News (757) 886-1230
Abbott Family Chiropractic 2021-A Cunningham Dr., Ste. 3 Hampton (757) 838-8820
Mitchell A. Avent, DDS Mark A. Huie, DDS 12725 McManus Blvd., Bldg. 1, Ste. A Newport News (757) 874-0660
James River Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center 540 Aberthaw Ave. Newport News (757) 595-2273
A Family Chiropractic Center 121 Hampton Hwy. Yorktown (757) 867-7787
D. Mark Babcock, DMD 640 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 1 Newport News (757) 874-4420
Almloff Acupuncture 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 5-E Newport News (757) 596-8451
Jeff W. Bass, DDS 4326 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-6788
Atlas Specific Chiropractic 640 Denbigh Blvd., Suite 4 Newport News (757) 283-6929
Sidney Becker, DDS 12821 Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 874-7155
Back in Action 11830-C Canon Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-7786
Walton L. Bolger, DMD 12695 McManus Blvd., Bldg. 4/ Ste. A Newport News (757) 877-1999
Keswick Place at Warwick Forest 866 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 886-2000 Mayfair House 1030 Topping Lane Hampton (757) 826-3728 Mennowood Retirement Community 13030 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 249-0355 Morningside of Newport News 655 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 890-0905 The Newport 11141 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 595-3733
Bayview Chiropractic Clinic 1204 E. Pembroke Ave. Hampton (757) 723-1496 Charney Chiropractic Back Rehabilitation & Wellness 11842 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 110 Newport News (757) 873-9580
Newport News Nursing & Rehab. 12997 Nettles Dr. Newport News (757) 249-8880
Chiropractic Wellness & Rehabilitation 716-A Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-4131
Northampton Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center 1028 Topping Lane Hampton (757) 826-4922
Christopher Connolly, DC 370 Wythe Creek Rd., Ste. A Poquoson (757) 868-3407
Michael W. Bowler 4310 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-1919 Boxx, Blaney & Lachine Family Dentistry 113 Hampton Hwy. Yorktown (757) 867-8765 Thomas W. Butterfoss, DMD, PC Jennifer L. Barton Butterfoss, DDS, MS 2111 Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 838-3400 4310 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-5448
James F. Dollar, DDS R. Benjamin Ellis, DDS 12725 Patrick Henry Dr. Newport News (757) 874-6712 Harold B. Dumas, DDS 6521 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Grafton (757) 898-3366 Essential Dental Services, LLC 2704 Chestnut Ave. Newport News (757) 247-0890 Family Care 802 Old Oyster Point Rd. Newport News (757) 595-2510 David L. Forrest, DDS 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Bldg. 7-A Newport News (757) 873-8800 Geary Family Dentistry, PLLC 105 Terrabonne Rd. Yorktown (757) 898-4661 Gentle Caring Dentistry 703 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. C-3 Newport News (757) 594-9005 J.F. Foretich, Jr, DDS, PC 12715 Warwick Blvd., Ste. C Newport News (757) 930-3365 Scott H. Francis, DDS Hunter C. Francis, DDS 2038 Nickerson Blvd. Hampton (757) 851-3530 Gerald Q. Freeman, DDS 12482 Warwick Blvd., Ste. G Newport News (757) 599-3182 Clifford T. Goodwin, DDS 12610 Patrick Henry Dr., Ste. G Newport News (757) 930-3744 Barry Lee Green, DMD 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. C-2 Newport News (757) 874-5455 Hampton Roads Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 901 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 100 Hampton (757) 825-8355 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. C-1 Newport News (757) 874-6501
Oyster Point Oral & Facial Surgery 11842 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 105 Newport News (757) 596-1200 Parks Orthodontics 608 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 802 Newport News (757) 874-6655 Thomas R. Parrott, DMD 401 Oyster Point Rd., Ste. C Newport News (757) 249-8921 William Pearlman, DDS 1959 E. Pembroke Ave. Hampton (757) 723-6565 Peninsula Institute for Community Health 1033 28th Street Newport News (757) 928-3810 Peninsula Pediatric Dentistry 220 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 240-5711 Jon E. Piche, DDS 4310 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 874-1777 Port Warwick Dental Arts 251 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 223-9270 Gary A. Riggs, Jr., DMD 1610-B Aberdeen Rd. Hampton (757) 838-3830 Loretta Rubenstein, DDS 12725 McManus Blvd. Newport News (757) 874-0990 Jon L. Scott, DDS 1186 Big Bethel Rd. Hampton (757) 825-6280 John Shepherd Jr., DDS Scott J. Golrich, DMD 4030 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-4646 Perry L. Showalter, DDS 5324 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Grafton (757) 898-0822 Jeffrey G. Sotack, DDS 2111 Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 826-9595 W. Mark Stall, DDS 211 Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 851-5939
William G. Harper, DDS 235 Wythe Creek Rd. Poquoson (757) 868-8152
Tabb Family Denistry 106 Yorktown Road Yorktown (757) 867-9000
Kent Herring 12700 McManus Blvd., Ste. 102-B Newport News (757) 877-7667
DonnaMaria Tapp-Reid, DDS 2202-E Executive Drive Hampton (757) 838-8855
Lanny C. Hinson 606 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. C-1 Newport News (757) 873-2577
Donald L. Taylor Jr., DDS Russell S. Taylor, DDS 534-A Wythe Creek Rd. Poquoson (757) 868-9334
Dawn T. Hunt, DMD, PC 358 Wythe Creek Rd. Poquoson (757) 868-6651 Marvin Kaplan, DDS, PC 13193 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 877-5530 Levy & Hoffman Family Dentistry 3120 Kiln Creek Blvd. Yorktown (757) 877-9281 Maeso Family & Cosmetic Dentistry 606 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 107 Newport News (757) 877-4304 Anthony L. Martin, DDS 119-C Village Ave. Yorktown (757) 886-0300 Montague L. Martin, DDS Shannon M. Martin, DDS 12650 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 930-4800 John L. Matney, DDS 4112 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Grafton (757) 898-6622 12528-A Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 596-8210 lan R. McGill, DDS 11747 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 5-C Newport News (757) 595-9979
Tidewater Family Dentistry 559 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 877-6787 Alexander Waitkus, DDS, MS, PC 2101 Executive Dr., Ste. 5E South Hampton (757) 826-8511
Oyster Point Dermatology 895 Middle Ground Blvd., Ste. 302 Newport News (757) 873-0161 Pariser Dermatology Specialists 11842 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 120 Newport News (757) 595-8816 Quarles Dermatology 304-A Marcella Rd. Hampton (757) 827-3046 William J. Shields, MD 914 Denbigh Blvd. Grafton (757) 874-0320 Ken J. Tompkins, MD Padman A. Menon, MD 2208-D Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 825-1440 Katherine A. Treherne, MD 2207-C Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 827-5626
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING Breast Diagnostic Center 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 600 Newport News (757) 595-8650 Cranial Facial Imaging Center 7151 Richmond Rd., Ste. 306 Williamsburg (757) 476-6714 Dorothy Hoefer Breast Imaging Center 1031 Loftis Blvd. Newport News (757) 595-5474 Roslind McCoy-Sibley 2204-C Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 838-1100 Mid-Atlantic Imaging Centers 750 McGuire Place, Ste. A Newport News (757) 223-5059 Open Multi-positional MRI Center 730 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 120 Newport News (757) 926-4351 Orthopaedic & Spine Center 250 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 596-1444 Oyster Point Radiology, Inc. 11835 Fishing Point Dr., Ste. 201 Newport News (757) 873-8823 Riverside Diagnostic & Breast Center 895 Middle Ground Blvd., Ste. 104 Newport News (757) 594-3900 850 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 1500 Hampton (757) 251-7800 Tidewater Diagnostic Imaging 3000 Coliseum Drive Hampton (757) 873-0848 11803 Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 594-1803 3630 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 867-6101 Tidewater Heart Institute Laboratories 2116 Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 224-4233 TPMG Imaging Center 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 102 Newport News (757) 873-0848 Unique Imaging Solutions, Inc. 2113 Hartford Rd., Ste. B Hampton (757) 722-0223
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Benjamin T. Watson, DDS 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Bldg. 7-E Newport News (757) 873-3322
Joseph K. Chemplavil, MD 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 1-A Hampton (757) 827-9259
Calvin R. White Jr., DDS 4101 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-7200
Endocrine & Diabetes Center 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 590 Newport News (757) 534-5909
J. Dewey Willis III, DDS, PC 11713 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 100 Newport News (757) 873-3407
Anne Leddy, MD 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Bldg. 300-A Newport News (757) 595-4300
Patrick R. Wyatt, DDS 12528-F Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 595-7990
Riverside Diabetes Education 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 590A Newport News (757) 534-5918
DERMATOLOGY
FAMILY PRACTICE
Ageless Dermatology & Laser Center 5309 Discovery Park Blvd. Williamsburg (757) 564-1200
Carlos F. Acosta, MD Dana L. Bachtell, MD 2100 Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 826-2102
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Albert H. Francis Jr., MD 2104 Executive Drive Hampton (757) 827-9979
TPMG Patrick Henry Family Medicine 12695 McManus Blvd., Ste. 6-A Newport News (757) 969-1755
Elite Healthcare 12388 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 306-C Newport News (757) 926-4641
Riverside Regional Medical Center 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-2000
Peninsula Dialysis 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. D Newport News (757) 875-1125
Jewish Family Service 2700 Spring Rd. Newport News (757) 223-5635
Nancy Ayers, MD 703 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. B-4 Newport News (757) 873-4441
TPMG of Yorktown 307 Cook Road Yorktown (757) 898-7261
Family Centered Resources 11847 Canon Blvd., Ste. 12 Newport News (757) 596-3941
Sentara Careplex Hospital 3000 Coliseum Drive Hampton (757) 736-1000
Peninsula Kidney Associates 501 Butler Farm Rd., Ste. I Hampton (757) 251-7469
Kidney Foundation of the Virginias 2021 Cunningham Dr., Ste. 102 Hampton (757) 825-5450
Leo C. Bowers, MD 26 Wine Street Hampton (757) 728-1100
Victoria Family Practice 3212-B Hampton Hwy. Yorktown (757) 867-6160
Gentle Care, Inc. 751 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. J Newport News (757) 873-4555
Sentara Port Warwick Medical Arts 1031 Loftis Blvd. Newport News (757) 736-9810
Renal Advantage, Inc. 739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 600 Newport News (757) 873-1090
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 27 W. Queens Way, Ste. 301 Hampton (757) 723-2676
Bruton Avenue Family Practice 12 Bruton Avenue Newport News (757) 594-4111
The Village Doctor 10222 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 223-0124
Heartland Hospice 11835 Fishing Point Dr., Ste. 101 Newport News (757) 594-8215
Sentara Urgent Care 747 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 599-6117
Riverside Center for Renal Medicine 739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 801 Newport News (757) 873-1009
The Needs Network, Inc. 95 Tyler Ave. Newport News (757) 251-0600
Alvin Bryant, MD 2000 Kecoughtan Rd. Hampton (757) 380-8603
Warwick Primary Care 4032-A Campbell Road Newport News (757) 534-5600
Home Care Alternatives 12388 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 301-D Newport News (757) 236-5062
HYPNOSIS
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Harold E. Cloud Jr., MD 2726 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 825-1500
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Home Helpers & Direct Link 6420-G Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 989-0090
Ageless Balance Hypnotherapy 2013 Cunningham Dr., Ste. 105 Hampton (757) 869-0838
Terry J. Gingras, PhD 710 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 6-B Newport News (757) 833-7107
Patient Advocate Foundation 700 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 200 Newport News (757) 873-6668
Elise Fee 11847 Canon Blvd., Ste. 8 Newport News (757) 812-1653 100 Bridge St., Ste. D Hampton (757) 812-1653
Hampton Roads Neuropsychology 739 Diligence Drive, Ste. 704 Newport News (757) 498-9585
Coliseum Medical Associates 3000 Coliseum Drive, Ste. 200 Hampton (757) 827-0420 Commonwealth Family Practice 12715-M Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 930-0091 Roxanne Dietzler, MD 732 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 102 Newport News (757) 599-3623 Family Care of Denbigh 12652-A Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 874-8822 Family Practice of Hampton Roads 2117 Hartford Road Hampton (757) 825-4273 Robert E. Feely Jr., MD Sinclair B. McCracken, MD 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 600-A Newport News (757) 595-5001 48th Street Physicians 4714 Marshall Ave. Newport News (757) 380-8709 Maurice W. Frazier, MD 17 W. Mellen St. Hampton (757) 723-9141 C. Lee Ginsburgh, MD 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 500 Newport News (757) 599-1066
Colonial Gastroenterology 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 230 Newport News (757) 534-7701 Gastroenterology Specialists 410-A Marcella Rd. Hampton (757) 826-6539 Hampton Roads Gastroenterology 501 Medical Drive Hampton (757) 826-3434 Peninsula Gastroenterology 101 Philip Roth Street, Ste. 5-A Newport News (757) 599-6333 Port Warwick Internal Medicine 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 140 Newport News (757) 594-1803 TPMG Gastroenterology 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 301-A Newport News (757) 240-2700
GENERAL SURGERY Dominion Surgical 4000 Coliseum Dr. Ste. 320 Hampton (757) 827-2202 Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists 109 Philip Roth St. Newport News (757) 873-6434 Peninsula Surgery Center 12000 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-1717
Home Instead Senior Care 555 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. B Newport News (757) 886-1230 Hope in Home Care Skilled Care Division 11835 Rock Landing Dr. Newport News (757) 873-3410 Hope in Home Care 11828 Canon Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-0030
INFECTIOUS DISEASE Stephen L. Green, MD 2112 Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 838-8677
Hampton Roads Neurology 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 110 Newport News (757) 534-5100
Oyster Point Medical Specialists 11747 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 4-C Newport News (757) 596-7115
Hampton Roads Neurosurgical & Spine Specialists 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 410 Newport News (757) 534-5200
Riverside Medical Specialists 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 490B Newport News (757) 534-6109
Peninsula Neurology 802-A Lockwood Ave. Newport News (757) 872-9797
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Peninsula Neurosurgical Assoc. 2102 Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 838-2266
Lillies in the Valley Private Duty 11747 Jefferson Ave.. Ste. 6-B Newport News (757) 873-0711 Maxim Healthcare Services 739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Suite 503 Newport News (757) 595-8822
Riverside Hampton Surgery Center 850 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 100 Hampton (757) 251-1077
Peninsula Pharmacy Home Infustion Services 11833 Canon Blvd., Ste. 114 Newport News (757) 594-3944
Healthy Family Partnerships 100 Old Hampton Ln. Hampton (757) 727-1300
TPMG - General Surgery 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 204 Newport News (757) 874-1077
Hilton Family Practice 10852 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-3602
Weight Loss Surgery Center 645 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 591-9572
Personal Touch Home Care & Hospice of Va., Inc. 733 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 150 Newport News (757) 869-9635
Lawrence C. Hyman, MD 2114-A Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 826-3460
HAND SURGERY
Daniel Lee Medical Group, PC 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. C-3 Newport News (757) 243-2377 Magruder Primary Care 850 Enterprise Pkwy. Hampton (757) 637-7600 John L. Marshall, MD 12715-H Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-3969 Mercury West Medical Center 2148 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 827-1940 Old Hampton Family Practice 200 Eaton Street Hampton (757) 726-5000 Oyster Point Family Practice 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 700 Newport News (757) 873-2000 Patriot Primary Care 2855 Denbigh Blvd. Grafton (757) 968-5700
Robert M. Campolattaro, MD Nicholas A. Smerlis, MD 901 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 900 Hampton (757) 637-7016
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
Riverside Lifeline 5033 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Ste. C Yorktown (757) 856-7030
Hampton University Hampton (757) 727-5328
Tama Home Health Care Services 600 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 350 Newport News (757) 873-3315
Peninsula Health Center 416 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-7300 Thomas Nelson Community College 99 Thomas Nelson Dr. Hampton (757) 825-2700
HOSPICE & HOME CARE Amedisys Home Health Services 1 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 120 Hampton (757) 223-5424
Preventive Medicine Center 732 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 602 Newport News (757) 596-8073
Amour Home Care, Inc. 3114 Chestnut Ave. Newport News (757) 245-5100
Riverside Family Medicine 10510-A Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 594-3800
Bayada Nurses 7151 Richmond Rd. Williamsburg (757) 565-5400
Stoneybrook Family Practice 15408 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 890-0012
Beacon Health Care 710 Denbigh Blvd., Bldg. 7, Ste. A Newport News (757) 833-0430
Suburban Family Practice 858 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-4343
Bon Secours Home Care & Hospice 2 Bernadine Drive Newport News (757) 886-6000
TPMG/Denbigh Family Medicine 13347 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 877-0214
Care Advantage 12528 Warwick Blvd., Unit E Newport News (757) 595-9676
TPMG of Grafton 101-A York Crossing Grafton (757) 898-7737
Comfort Keepers 11847 Canon Blvd., Ste. 3 Newport News (757) 766-2311
TPMG of Hampton 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 5-C Hampton (757) 223-4992
Concordia Private Care 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-1966
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Riverside Hospice 12420 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 7-D Newport News (757) 594-2745
Hampton Health District 3130 Victoria Blvd. Hampton (757) 727-1172
Port Warwick Medical Assoc. 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 100 Newport News (757) 594-1870
TPMG Hidenwood Family Medicine 12655-A Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 595-9880
Riverside Home Care 856 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Ste. C Newport News (757) 594-5600
Sentara Home Care Services 2713-G Magruder Blvd. Hampton (757) 766-2600
Medical Careers Institute 100 Omni Blvd., Ste. 200 Newport News (866) 708-6174
The Salvation Army 1033 Big Bethel Rd. Hampton (757) 838-4875
Hospice of Virginia Hampton Roads (800) 501-0451
Interim Healthcare 610 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 303-B Newport News (757) 873-3313
Visiting Angels Tidewater 12388-203 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 599-4145
HOSPITALS & CLINICS BonSecours Mary Immaculate Hospital 2 Bernadine Drive Newport News (757) 886-6000 Hampton Roads Specialty Hospital 245 Chesapeake Ave., 4th Floor Newport News (757) 534-5000 I&O Medical Centers 593 Aberdeen Road Hampton (757) 825-1100 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 200 Newport News (757) 240-5580 Riverside Business Health 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport New (757) 534-6060 Lackey Free Family Medicine Clinic 1620 Old Williamsburg Rd. Yorktown (757) 886-0608 MedExpress Urgent Care 4740-A Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 890-6339 12997 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 369-9446 Patient First 611 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 283-8300 Peninsula Institute for Community Health 4714 Marshall Ave. Newport News (757) 380-8709 15425 Warwick Blvd., Ste. H Newport News (757) 874-8400
Melvin G. J. Green, MD 4001 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 300. Hampton (757) 827-2030 Hannibal E. Howell, MD 55 E. Tyler St. Hampton (757) 723-2674 Internal Medicine 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. C-4 Newport News (757) 872-9808 Melvin R. Johnson, MD 3451 Victoria Blvd. Hampton (757) 723-9380
Sleep Disorders Center at Sentara CarePlex 3000 Coliseum Drive, Suite 204 Hampton (757) 827-2180 Tidewater Neurologists & Sleep Disorder Specialists 2115 Executive Drive Ste. 5-D Hampton (757) 262-0390 606 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 105 Newport News (757) 989-8942
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Robert N. Lowe, MD 2501-A Marshall Ave. Newport News (757) 247-3910
Access AIDS Support 218 S. Armistead Ave. Hampton (757) 722-5511
Frank E. Medford, MD 11030 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 595-0908
Alzheimer’s Association Southeastern VA Chapter 213 McLaws Circle, Ste. 2-B Williamsburg (757) 221-7272
Port Warwick Internal Medicine 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 140 Newport News (757) 594-1800 Riverside Center for Internal Medicine 850 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 2200 Hampton (757) 838-2891 Riverside Internal Medicine 12420 Warwick Blvd., Bldg. 3 Newport News (757) 594-4431 Riverside Internal Medicine of Denbigh 12695 McManus Blvd., Ste. 1-A Newport News (757) 874-1337 Riverside Lifelong Health & Aging Services 1000 Old Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 875-2000 Henry L. Rothfuss, MD 2019 Cunningham Dr., Ste. 105 Hampton (757) 827-1920 Thomas P. Splan, MD 11747 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 3-H Newport News (757) 591-0011 TPMG OB/GYN & Internal Medicine 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 101 Newport News (757) 223-9794
MEDICAL WEIGHT LOSS Center for Metabolic Health 733 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 120 Newport News (757) 873-1880 Weight Loss Surgery Center 645 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 591-9572
NEPHROLOGY & RENAL HEALTH DaVita Hope Dialysis 300 Marcella Drive Hampton (757) 838-1585 Hampton Roads Nephrology Associates, PC 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 500-B Newport News (757) 599-3436 Newport News Dialysis Center 711 79th Street Newport News (757) 245-8090
Protect our Kids P.O. Box 561 Hampton (757) 727-0651 RSVP-VP (Retired/Senior Volunteers) 12388 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 201 Newport News (757) 595-9037
NEUROLOGY & NEUROSURGERY
Immediate Care Assisted Living 66 West Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 838-0900
Peninsula Institute for Community Health 1033 28th Street Newport News (757) 591-0643
Neuropsychology Associates of Hampton Roads 708 Mobjack Place Newport News (757) 873-1958
Susan C. Nicholson, PhD, LCSW Newport News (757) 873-2307
Nurses 4 You, Inc. 4112 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Ste. 3 Yorktown (757) 833-3200
J. Matthew Halverson, DO, FAAFP Tammy J. Beavers, MD 11835 Fishing Point Drive, Suite 104 Newport News (757) 599-5588
Hypnosis & Healing Center 2013 Cunningham Dr. Hampton (757) 838-3450
Marsha Lewis, PhD Lisa Newman, PsyD Mona L. Tiernan, PsyD 245 Chesapeake Ave. Newport News (757) 928-8340
Hospice Community Care 1064 Loftis Blvd., Suite C-2 Newport News (757) 594-0288
Port Warwick Surgery 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 250 Newport News (757) 873-0050
Hampton Family Practice 9-A Manhattan Square Hampton (757) 838-6335
Hampton Roads Hypnosis & Meditation 100 Bridge Street, Ste. D Hampton (757) 968-7365
Peninsula Agency on Aging 739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 1006 Newport News (757) 873-0541
American Cancer Society 11835 Canon Blvd., Ste. A-102 Newport News (757) 591-8330 American Heart Association Toll-Free: (800) 242-8721 American Red Cross Hampton Roads Chapter 4915 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 838-7320 American Red Cross York-Poquoson Chapter 6912 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-3090 The ARC of the Va. Peninsula, Inc. 2520 58th St. Hampton (757) 896-6461 Boys & Girls Club - Va. Peninsula 11825-B Rock Landing Dr. Newport News (757) 223-7204
The Sarah Bonwell Hudgins Foundation 1 Singleton Drive Hampton (757) 827-8757 SEDONA (Sending Equipment & Drugs Overseas to Non-Governmental Agencies) 2112 Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 826-3748 Senior Center of York 5414 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-3807 United Way of Virginia Peninsula 739 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 400 Newport News (757) 873-9328
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Center for Women’s Health 12706 McManus Blvd. Newport News (757) 874-2229 101 Eaton St., Ste. 300 Hampton (757) 851-7601 Colonial OB/GYN Associates 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. E-2 Newport News (757) 874-2790 Wetchler & Dineen GYN 12700 McManus Blvd., Ste. 102-A Newport News (757) 874-8696 Norman R. Edwards, MD 610 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 404 Newport News (757) 873-0712 Charlie M. Faulk, MD 704 Gum Rock Court, Ste. 300 Newport News (757) 873-3808 Sarah E. Forbes, MD 12420 Warwick Blvd., Bldg. 5 Newport News (757) 596-6369 Manuel Galdos, MD 321 Main St., Ste. B Newport News (757) 826-5900 Debra L. Hall, MD 11745 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 10-A Newport News (757) 596-6300 Maternal-Fetal Medicine 500 J. Clyde Morris, Bldg. G, Ste. 200 Newport News (757) 594-3636 OB/GYN Associates of Hampton 4000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 280 Hampton (757) 722-7401 714-B Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News (757) 877-0979
Catholic Charities 12829 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 101 Newport News (757) 875-0060
Peninsula Institute for Community Health 4714 Marshall Avenue Newport News (757) 380-8709
Center for Child & Family Services 2021 Cunningham Drive, Ste. 400 Hampton (757) 838-1960
Peninsula Medical Center for Women 10758-A Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 599-6389
Denbigh Clubhouse for Brain Injury Survivors 12725 McManus Blvd., Ste. 2E Newport News(757) 833-7845
Peninsula WomanCare 11842 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 115 Newport News (757) 595-9905
Faith in Action Hampton (757) 245-3550
Planned Parenthood 910 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 826-2079
Family Learning & Enrichment Center 1904 Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 247-7863
Riverside Gynecologic Oncology 12100 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 202 Newport News (757) 534-5555
Food Bank of Va. Peninsula 9912 Hosier St. Newport News (757) 596-7188
Riverside OB/GYN & Family Care 10510-D Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 594-4720 608 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 701 Newport News (757) 875-7891
Girls Incorporated 1300-C Thomas St. Hampton (757) 722-6248 Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast 813 Forrest Drive, Ste. B Newport News (757) 595-9802 Habitat for Humanity 809 Main St. Newport News (757) 596-5553
Riverside Warwick OB/GYN 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 510 Newport News (757)534-5700 TPMG OB/GYN & Internal Medicine 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 101 Newport News (757) 223-9794
Robert M. Treherne, MD 2207-A Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 826-1945
ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE
Paul Walker, MD 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 4-A Hampton (757) 838-8166
Women’s Health Care Assoc. 401-A Oyster Point Rd. Newport News (757) 249-3000
Children’s Orthopedic & Sports Medicine 11783 Rock Landing Drive Newport News (757) 668-6550
ONCOLOGY
Denbigh Orthopedic & Sports Medicine 12720 McManus Blvd., Ste. 311 Newport News (757) 872-0548
York Pediatrics 5033-B Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 969-1500
Hampton Roads Surgical Specialists 109 Philip Roth St. Newport News (757) 873-6434 Peninsula Cancer Institute 12100 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 201 Newport News (757) 534-5555 Radiation Oncology Specialists 12100 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 102 Newport News (757) 594-2644 Sentara Cancer Institute 3000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 100 Hampton (757) 827-2430 Surgical Oncological Associates 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 235 Newport News (757) 594-1806 Virginia Oncology Associates 1051 Loftis Blvd., Ste. 100 Newport News (757) 873-9400 3000 Coliseum Drive, Ste. 104 Hampton (757) 827-9400
OPHTHALMOLOGY Advanced Vision Institute 3000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 201 Hampton (757) 826-9291
Hampton Roads Orthopedic & Sports Medicine 730 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 130 Newport News (757) 873-1554 The Orthopaedic Center for Foot & Ankle Reconstruction 12720 McManus Blvd., Ste. 203 Newport News (757) 889-6580 Orthopaedic & Spine Center 250 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 596-1900 Orthopedic & Musculoskeletal Center of Hampton Roads 850 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 2000 Hampton (757) 838-5055
Virginia Health Rehab 204 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-0330
Hidenwood Pharmacy 35 Hidenwood Shopping Center Newport News (757) 595-1151
PLASTIC & COSMETIC SURGERY
Medicap Pharmacy 956 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 599-9643
Carney Center for Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery 716-C Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 886-9197
Poquoson Pharmacy 498 Wythe Creek Rd. Poquoson (757) 868-7114
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Pain Management & Rehabilitation Specialists 245 Chesapeake Ave. Newport News (757) 928-8040
Pain Management Center 4000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 340 Hampton (757) 827-2230
Peninsula Pain & Rehabilitation Center 11015 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 591-7291 PrimeCare Medical Group 755 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-2229
Portside Pharmacy 1101 William Styron Square S. Newport News (757) 327-0780
PHYSICAL THERAPY & REHABILITATION Bon Secours In Motion 14703 Warwick Blvd., Ste. B Newport News (757) 947-1230 101-A Long Green Blvd. Yorktown (757) 952-1900 5 Armistead Pointe Pkwy. Hampton (757) 224-4601 Coliseum Therapy Center 4001 Coliseum Dr., Suite 200 Hampton (757) 827-2220 Denbigh Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine 12700 McManus Blvd., Ste. 101 Newport News (757) 874-1470
Wagner Macula & Retina Ctr. 300 Marcella Rd. Hampton (757) 481-4400
Riverside Pain Management & Infusion Center 12420 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 3-C Newport News (757) 534-5055
OPTOMETRY
PEDIATRICS
Dominion Physical Therapy 466 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 875-0861 11848 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 302 Newport News (757) 591-2022 304-E Marcella Rd. Hampton (757) 825-9446 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 4-C Newport News (757) 873-2932
Becker Eye Care Center 2200-A Executive Drive Hampton (757) 827-0009
Angela Odom-Austin, MD 2002 Kecoughtan Rd. Hampton (757) 247-1111
Hampton Physical Therapy 2107 Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 825-1700
Clearvision Optometry Kenneth L. Arndt, OD 422 Oriana Road Newport News (757) 875-0675
The Children’s Clinic 321 Main Street Newport News (757) 595-0358 716 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. A-2 Newport News (757) 874-7070
Hand Rehabilitation of Virginia 11848 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 303 Newport News (757) 873-8839
J.F. Foretich, Jr., DDS PC 12715 Warwick Blvd., Ste. C Newport News (757) 930-3365
Rose J. Cloud, MD 1295 McManus Blvd., Ste. 1-C Newport News (757) 988-0085
Dr. Peter L. Guhl, PLC & Associates 4102 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 890-2020
Hampton Roads Pediatrics 23 Manhattan Square Hampton (757) 224-1600
Mary Immaculate Outpatient Therapy Center 2 Bernadine Drive Newport News (757) 886-6480 OSC Physical Therapy 250 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 596-1900
Hampton Roads Eye Associates 11800 Rock Landing Drive Newport News (757)643-8800 2400 Cunningham Dr., Ste. 900 Hampton (757) 838-4500 4032 Campbell Rd., Ste. B Newport News (757) 877-3956
Mark E. Holman, MD 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 10-A Hampton (757) 826-5437
Peninsula Physical Therapy & Associates 1618 Hardy Cash Dr. Hampton (757) 838-7453
Linda Leedie, MD 2501-A Marshall Ave. Newport News (757) 247-3910
Physical Therapy NOW 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 400-A Newport News (757) 591-2668
Dr. John Kauffman & Associates 2157 Cunningham Dr. Hampton (757) 826-3937
Vickie C. Motley, MD 2200-D Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 826-6889
Lenscrafters 1800 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 825-3044 12300 Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 249-3091
Pediatric Neurology 716 Denbigh Blvd. Newport News (757) 877-1188
Pinnacle Hand Therapy 11712-D Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 595-4880 704 Middle Ground Blvd., Ste. D Newport News (757) 595-4880
Dr. Kent McQuain 5220 George Washington Hwy. Grafton (757) 898-1000 N2 eyes Comprehensive Optometry 11045 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-4018 Pearle Vision 2310 Cunningham Dr. Hampton (757) 827-5600 Denbigh Crossing Shopping Center Newport News (757) 872-7655 William R. Waldron, OD 1215-V Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 596-5666
Newport News Pediatrics 11783 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 202 Newport News (757) 668-6300 Peninsula Institute for Community Health 1033 28th Street Newport News (757) 952-2160 Peninsula Pediatrics 298 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-3334 Riverside Pediatric Center 10510-E Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 594-2846 George M. Scordalakes, MD 15425 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 874-8400 Minnie Stiff, MD 2110-C Hartford Rd. Hampton (757) 827-1661
Tidewater Lymphedema Treatment Center 12655-B Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 599-5551
Glendale Pharmacy 12444 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 595-3355
TPMG Orthopedics Spine/Sports Medicine & Virginia Center for Athletic Medicine 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 203 Newport News (757) 327-0657
James River Eye Physicians 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste.100 Newport News (757) 595-8404
Virginia Eye Consultants 2101 Executive Drive Hampton (757) 826-4702
East End Pharmacy 2501 Marshall Ave. Newport News (757) 247-9554
Mercury West Discount Pharmacy 2148 W. Mercury Blvd. Hampton (757) 827-1938
OSC - Pain Managment 250 Nat Turner Blvd. Newport News (757) 596-1900
TPMG Ophthalmology 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 201 Newport News (757) 223-5321
Denbigh Pharmacy 13349 Warwick Blvd. Newport News (757) 877-0253
Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates & Imaging Center 901 Enterprise Pkwy., Suite 900 Hampton (757) 827-2480
Hampton Roads Eye Associates 11800 Rock Landing Drive Newport News (757) 643-8800 850 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 1200 Hampton (757) 838-4500 12420 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 1-D Newport News (757) 596-3806
Kaz Vision & Laser Center 12690 McManus Blvd. Newport News (757) 875-7700
PHARMACIES
Tidewater Physical Therapy 771 Pilot House Drive Newport News (757) 873-2302 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 10-D Hampton (757) 838-6678 12695 McManus Blvd., Ste. 6-B Newport News (757) 874-0032 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 202 Newport News (757) 327-0196 9 Manhattan Square, Ste. B Hampton (757) 825-3400
Riverside Rehabilitation Institute - Inpatient Services 245 Chesapeake Avenue Newport News (757) 928-8000 Riverside Rehabilitation Institute - Outpatient Services 245 Chesapeake Avenue Newport News (757) 928-8097 Riverside Therapy Services 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 594-2090 850 Enterprise Pkwy., Ste. 2100 Hampton (757) 251-2190 Sentara CarePlex Therapy Center 4000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 120 Hampton (757) 827-2070 Summit Rehab 101 Eaton St., Ste. 101 Hampton (757) 722-1210 Tidewater Aquatic Therapy Center 525 Oyster Point Rd. Newport News (757) 269-0430
Catholic Charities 12829 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 101 Newport News (757) 875-0060 Chesson & Associates 12420 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 7-C Newport News (757) 595-3900 Child & Family Psychology 710 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 6A-1 Newport News (757) 833-8144 Christian Psychotherapy 732 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 902 Newport News (757) 873-0735 Clinical Associates of Tidewater 12695 McManus Blvd., Bldg. 8 Newport News (757) 877-7700 Colonial Psychiatric Associates 708 Mobjack Place Newport News (757) 873-1958 Community Services Board Adult & General Psychiatry 200 Medical Drive, Ste. A Hampton (757) 788-0200 Community Services Board - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 600 Medical Drive Hampton (757) 788-0600
Mark J. Kanter, MD 4000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 110 Hampton (757) 827-8486
Connected Counseling Services 780 Pilot House Dr., Ste. 100-A Newport News (757) 223-7821
Magee-Rosenblum Plastic Surgery 11783 Rock Landing Dr. Newport News (757) 627-6700
Betty Eastman, LCSW & Associates, Inc. 200 City Hall Ave., Ste. E Poquoson (757) 868-0072
Plastic Surgery Center of Hampton Roads 895 Middle Ground Blvd., Ste. 300 Newport News (757) 873-3500
F. Lanier Fly, LPC St. George T. Lee, MDMA 718 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-8566
Thimble Shoals Counseling & Therapy Center 703 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. A-3 Newport News (757) 873-3401 Therapy Associates of Denbigh 12725 McManus Blvd., Ste. 2-G Newport News (757) 874-1676 Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, LCSW 610 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 301-D Newport News (757) 594-6011 Virginia Psychological Services 732 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 705-K Newport News (757) 873-4744 Elaine S. Whitaker, LCSW 2101 Executive Drive Hampton (757) 838-4144
PULMONOLOGY & SLEEP DISORDERS George G. Childs Jr., MD 606 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 806 Newport News (757) 874-8032 Colonial Pulmonary Associates 4000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 350 Hampton (757) 827-2350 Phillip Dennis, MD 2021-A Cunningham Drive Hampton (757) 262-0544 Riverside Peninsula Pulmonary & Sleep Associates 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 290 Newport News (757) 534-5454
Family Preservation Services, Inc. 205 Lake Tower Drive Hampton (757) 838-8520
Riverside Sleep Disorders Center 12200 Warwick Blvd., Ste. 210 Newport News (757) 534-5850
PODIATRY
Genesis Counseling Center 2202 Executive Dr., Ste. C Hampton (757) 827-7707
Thomas P. Splan, MD 11747 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 3-H Newport News (757) 591-0011
A to Z Family Footcare 12695 McManus Blvd., Ste. 1D Newport News (757) 561-8671
Hampton Mental Health Assoc. 2208-A Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 826-7516
Sleep Disorders Center Sentara CarePlex 4000 Coliseum Drive, Ste. 350 Hampton (757) 827-2180
John M. Pitman III, MD 11803 Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 223-5861
Affiliated Podiatrists 754 McGuire Place Newport News (757) 599-5710 2210-E Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 896-8800 Ambulatory Foot & Ankle Center 1618 Hardy Cash Drive Hampton (757) 825-5783 11803 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 236 Newport News (757) 594-1170
Colonial Foot Care 4030-B Route 17 Yorktown (757) 898-5500 3000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 205 Hampton (757) 827-2425
American Foot & Ankle Centers 755 Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News (757) 873-2101
David F. W. Greene 226 W. Queen St. Hampton (757) 723-8424 Peninsula Foot & Ankle Specialists 527 Oyster Point Rd., Ste. 3 Newport News (757) 249-0450 2202-A Executive Drive Hampton (757) 827-7111 TPMG Podiatry 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 203 Newport News (757) 327-0657 Womick Podiatry Clinic 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 300-B Newport News (757) 595-7634
PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE Healthspan of Hampton Roads 11747 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 1A Newport News (757) 969-3876 Longevity Center of Va. 11000 Jefferson Ave. Newport News (757) 599-7899 Preventive Medicine Center 732 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 602 Newport News (757) 596-8073
PSYCHIATRY & MENTAL HEALTH Associated Counselors of Tidewater 2019 Cunningham Dr., Ste. 220 Hampton (757) 825-9181 Associates of Hampton Roads 703 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. B-4 Newport News (757) 873-2307 Associates of York 205 Hampton Highway Yorktown (757) 865-1843 Behavioral Medicine Institute 606 Denbigh Blvd., Ste. 100 Newport News (757) 872-8303 Mark A. Berger, PhD 2101 Executive Drive Hampton (757) 827-9650
Hampton Roads Behavioral Health 304 Marcella Road, Ste. B Hampton (757) 827-7350 Hampton Roads Counseling Center 6515 Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Grafton (757) 877-9140 Holistic Mental Health, Inc. 2211 Todds Ln. Hampton (757) 826-7514
REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE The Jones Institute 729 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 5-E Newport News (757) 599-9893
RHEUMATOLOGY
Insight Nuerofeedback & Counseling P.O. Box 6378 Newport News (757) 345-5802
Arthritis Center of Hampton Roads 2115 Executive Dr., Ste. 6-C Hampton (757) 874-7246
Jewish Family Service 2700 Spring Rd. Newport News (757) 223-5635
David B. Maxwell, MD 11747 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 4-E Newport News (757) 595-2040
Joseph & Kostel Counseling 2211 Todds Lane Hampton (757) 826-5972 Frederick A. Levy, LCSW 732 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 702 Newport News (757) 873-1240 Renee DeVenny May, PhD 47 W. Queens Way Hampton (757) 622-9852 Naumovski Psychiatric Services 2019 Cunningham Dr. Hampton (757) 896-6120 Oyster Point Counseling Services 753 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 2-A Newport News (757) 594-9701 Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center 707 Gum Rock Court Newport News (757) 873-2273 Peninsula Pediatric Psychiatry 12350 Jefferson Ave., Ste. 190 Newport News (757) 881-9444 Peninsula Therapy Center 610 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. 103 Newport News (757) 873-3353 Sonya N. Peretti, LPC Draa S. Thompson, LPC 7621-C Geo. Washington Mem. Hwy. Yorktown (757) 898-9025 Pointe Wellness 755 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Ste. B Newport News (757) 596-7938
H. Alexander Wilson, MD 704 Thimble Shoals Blvd., Bldg. 300-A Newport News (757) 595-4300
UROLOGY David P. Bayne, MD 2204-E Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 838-8836 Hampton Roads Urology 11848 Rock Landing Dr., Ste. 402 Newport News (757) 873-1374 Peninsula Urology 2108 Hartford Road Hampton (757) 827-7430 Anthony F. Sibley, MD Roslind I. McCoy Sibley, MD 2204-B Executive Dr. Hampton (757) 838-1100 TPMG Urology 860 Omni Blvd., Ste. 205 Newport News (757) 873-2562
VASCULAR SURGERY Peninsula Vascular Surgery 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Enterance G, 6th Floor Newport News (757) 534-5340
Psychoanalytic Associates 100 Bridge St., Ste. C-2 Hampton (757) 723-4336
PKA Vascular Access Center 501 Butler Farm Rd., Ste. B Hampton (757) 766-6080
Dawn R. Reese, PhD 705-C Mobjack Place Newport News (757) 591-2300
Charles E. Umstott, MD 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Ste. 602 Newport News (757) 534-5511
Riverside Behavioral Health Center 2244 Executive Drive Hampton (757) 827-1001
Vascular & Transplant Specialists 4000 Coliseum Dr., Ste. 310 Hampton (757) 262-1110
Rock Landing Psychological Group 11825 Rock Landing Drive Newport News (757) 873-1736 Tipton K. Sheets, LPC, LMFT Yorktown (757) 898-9022 Sara E. Sutton, PhD 753-D Thimble Shoals Blvd. Newport News (757) 599-6470 THE HEALTH JOURNAL
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skin & beauty
Topical products can be effective, but none can match the results gained through professional skin treatments.
WRITTEN BY DR. KEITH W. SCHUMANN
While many topical products can treat the signs of aging, none can deliver the results of non-invasive or minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. Creams that claim they are “better than Botox� do not even come close to matching the results of botulinum injections, the most performed cosmetic procedure in the United States. Skin lightening lotions can diminish the appearance of brown spots, but laser procedures often eliminate them. Calming masks may decrease facial redness, but light-based treatments produce far more dramatic results. Americans spend almost $10 billion on topical skin care products each year, and it’s easy to wish that the right cream would work wonders. In the last few years, developers of topical products have made great strides, and some positive results can be expected when using certain products. But with the right combination of cosmetic procedures, something closer to magic can happen.
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After only a few quick, no-downtime, high-intensity light treatments, dull, weathered skin now has a bright, healthy glow. Color, texture, fine lines and tone have all been improved dramatically.
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There is no single optimal procedure for any individual, and often the right combination of procedures yields the best results. For this patient we used a high-intensity pulsed light device. Skin color, depth of damage and age are a few of the many variables considered when choosing the dermatologic tools that will produce the best results for each patient. Your dermatologist can advise you about the procedures that would be most appropriate for your skin.
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If I opt for a cosmetic procedure, should I be using topical products as well?
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The right topical products are indispensable as part of a daily routine and before and after cosmetic procedures. Sunblocks and antioxidant creams can defend your skin against the elements. A good moisturizer reduces fine lines and helps your skin look brighter, and an age-fighting topical product with a proven active ingredient can produce modest improvements. Other products can assist in preparing the skin for cosmetic procedures, minimize the chance of complications and often help maintain the results after treatment. It is best to use a limited number of topical products, especially anti-aging ones, because the skin can get easily irritated from overuse. When this happens, signs of aging such as fine lines and roughened texture become more apparent, not less. THE HEALTH JOURNAL
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awareness: autism
APRIL is National
AUTISM
Awareness
EVMS Program Focuses on Autism’s
“TRANSITION AGE”
Month
WRITTEN BY DRS. STEPHEN I. DEUTSCH AND MARIA URBANO
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) refers to a range of neurodevelopmental conditions that include: AUTISTIC DISORDER—often diagnosed in infancy or very early toddlerhood. These people might show certain physical characteristics such as repetitive movements—like hand flapping—or they may have a very restricted area of interest, e.g. computer games, etc. People with autistic disorder typically have trouble socializing and communicating, which causes problems in many aspects of daily life—including forming friendships, finding a job and living independently. ASPERGER’S SYNDROME— might be recognized later in childhood and is associated with normal or above-normal intelligence and relatively good language skills, although people with Asperger’s have problems with some aspects of communication. For instance, they might miss the punchline of jokes and focus on the concrete meaning of words. PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER/NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (PDD-NOS)—a general description for conditions that fit on the autism spectrum but do not match fully with either autistic disorder or Asperger’s syndrome.
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pril is Autism Awareness Month—a chance to look at how far the medical community has come in the diagnosis and treatment of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) while also reflecting on the challenges still ahead. The past decade brought significant progress. Doctors can identify a child’s autistic characteristics much earlier, and the number of services and programs available to help those children develop more fully has grown substantially. However, FOR MORE INFORMATION services to help adolescents and young adults with ASD on the EVMS Autism flourish aren’t as abundant as are those for young chilSpectrum Disorders Prodren. gram for Older Adolescents Late adolescence and early adulthood is and Young Adults, go to normally a time of significant changes as www.evms.edu/psychiatry adolescents and young adults make the transition from the family home to living or call (757) 446-5888. independently. For those with autism, these changes can be particularly difficult and disruptive. People with ASD have problems socializing and communicating, which can make these individuals feel isolated and misunderstood. They have an especially difficult time when major life changes occur such as graduating from high school or changes in daily schedules or routines. Resources that can provide support begin to dwindle once a person with autism graduates from the public or private education system. That’s why Eastern Virginia Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences has launched the Autism Spectrum Disorders Program for Adolescents and Young Adults. The program aims to address the relative lack of services for the “transitional” age group of ASD patients. Here are a few of the program’s goals: • Offer clinical assessments for young adults with ASD.
• Identify resources that can help during this time of transition, such as social-skills training, driver education and services that can help with independent living. • Increase the number of clinicians qualified to care for the growing ASD population by encouraging medical students, residents and others to participate in the program.
• Provide an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the complex clinical and social problems of autism. • Aggressively seek funding for research programs that could ultimately improve quality of life for people with ASD.
Dr. Stephen I. Deutsch is a professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Maria Urbano is an associate professor of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences and is director of the EVMS Autism Spectrum Disorders Program for Adolescents and Young Adults.
APRIL is National
AUTISM
Federal Court Rules AGAIN
Awareness Month
Against Vaccine-Autism Claims Court says mercury preservative doesn’t cause autism WRITTEN BY MAGGIE FOX, HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDITOR
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accines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled last month, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children’s autism. The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that vaccines could not have caused the autism of an Oregon boy, William Mead, ending his family’s quest for reimbursement. “The Meads believe that thimerosalcontaining vaccines caused William’s regressive autism. As explained below, the undersigned finds that the Meads have not presented a scientifically sound theory,” Special Master George Hastings, a former tax claims expert at the Department of Justice, wrote in his ruling. The Meads had filed a civil lawsuit in Oregon state court against a number of pharmaceutical companies alleging that the thimerosal additive in many pediatric vaccines significantly contributed to the development of William’s autism, Hastings wrote.
While the state court determined the autism was vaccine-related, Hastings said overwhelming medical evidence showed otherwise. The theory presented by the Meads and experts who testified on their behalf “was biologically implausible and scientifically unsupported,” Hastings noted. In February 2009, the court ruled against three families who claimed vaccines caused their children’s autism, saying they had been “misled by physicians who are guilty, in my view, of gross medical misjudgment.” The families sought payment under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, a no-fault system that has a $2.5-billion fund built up from a 75-cent-perdose tax on vaccines. Instead of judges, three “special masters” heard the three test cases representing thousands of other petitioners. They asked whether a combination vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, plus a mercury-containing preservative called thimero-
sal, caused the children’s symptoms. More than 5,300 claims were filed by parents who believed vaccines may have caused autism in their children. The no-fault payout system is meant to protect vaccine makers from costly lawsuits that drove many out of the vaccine-making business. Autism is a mysterious condition that affects as many as one in 110 U.S. children. The so-called spectrum ranges from mild Asperger’s syndrome to severe mental retardation and social disability, and there is no cure or good treatment. The U.S. Institute of Medicine has reported several times that no link can be found between vaccines and autism. In a separate matter, the U.S. Supreme Court said earlier this month it would decide whether a federal law protects vaccine manufacturers from lawsuits in state court seeking damages for alleged design defects. The high court agreed to hear a Pennsylvania case involving a lawsuit by the parents of a child who suffered seizures after her third dose of a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine. They sued the vaccine manufacturer, Wyeth, which Pfizer Inc. purchased last year.
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“Nutrition for a Healthy Heart”
Join the Bon Secours experts for a free nutrition class highlighting the link between food choices and heart health. Classes are held in the Health Resource Center at Mary Immaculate Hospital. Times: April 6, 9 to 10 a.m.; April 20, 4 to 5 p.m. Call (757) 8866100 for more information.
Coping with Divorce
Learn ways to help children deal with separation and divorce during a free seminar, “Separation and Divorce: Helping Children Cope,” held at the CHKD Health and Surgery Center at Oyster Point (11783 Rock Landing Drive). Class times: April 13, 9:30 to 11 a.m.; April 29, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Register online at www.chkd.org/classes.
Free Health Fair
New Mount Olive Baptist Church will sponsor a free health fair from 9 a.m. to noon at the New Mount Olive Christian Academy and Daycare (919 Aberdeen Rd., Hampton). Participants may obtain free screenings for blood pressure, glucose levels and cholesterol as well as receive important information on diet and nutrition, exercise, effective parenting, stress management and more.
Community Leaders Needed!
The Peninsula Health District will conduct a free Chronic Disease Self-Management Training Course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 19, 20, 21 and 22 at the Peninsula Health Center, located at 416 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Developed by Stanford University, this course is designed to create leaders within the community who can educate others about chronic disease management. Such training has proven successful worldwide in churches, senior groups, hospitals and neighborhoods. No experience is necessary. Only the first 16 individuals who register will be allowed to participate. Call Marsha Wright at (757) 594-8849 for more information.
“Your Aging Bladder”
Join Sentara Healthcare’s finest urological specialists for a free presentation, “Your Aging Bladder,” from 10 a.m. to noon at Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, Williamsburg Conference Room. James Regan, M.D., will discuss common urological concerns. Call 1-800-SENTARA to register for this event.
“Speech 101”
Join CHKD speech therapists for an educational session on speech development from birth to age five. The class will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the CHKD Health and Surgery Center at Oyster Point (11783 Rock Landing Drive). Register online at www. chkd.org/classes.
Free Professional Workshop
The Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board, with offices at 300 Medical Drive in Hampton, will offer a free class, “Preventing Falls and Reducing Pain,” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. This class, part of the “Building Your Skills for Dementia Care” series, is for professional caregivers, nurses and social workers who work in Hampton and/or Newport News. To pre-register, visit http:// elearning.networkofcare.org/VAMHHNNCSB/ or call Marcus King at (757) 788-0362.
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ABORTION RECOVERY
Mary Immaculate Hospital Tuesdays, 7 p.m. (757) 886-6364
ABUSE Dating Violence Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m. (757) 221-4813 Domestic Abuse/Assault Mondays, 7 p.m. (757) 258-5022 Williamsburg Baptist Church Mondays, 7 p.m. (757) 258-9362
ADDICTION & RECOVERY Gambling Gamblers Anonymous Maryview Medical Center Tuesdays, 7 p.m. (757) 889-CARE Sex Addiction Sexaholics Anonymous Call or e-mail for dates/locations. (757) 872-6537 hrsa@hotmail.com Smoking Cessation “Stay Smokeless” Program (800) SENTARA Substance Abuse/Treatment Ala-Anon/Alateen Meetings held daily. Visit www.va-al-anon.org Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings held daily. Visit www.aa.org.
Dominion Village 3rd Thursday, 2 p.m. (757) 258-3444 Williamsburg United Methodist Church 3rd Tuesday, 11 a.m. (757) 724-7001 Eden Pines 2nd Tuesday, 7 p.m. (757) 826-5415 Second Presbyterian Church 1st Tuesday, 7 p.m. (757) 930-0002 James River Convalescent Center 2nd Friday, 10 a.m. (757) 595-2273 The Chesapeake 3rd Tuesday, 1 p.m. (757) 223-1658 Family Centered Resources 3rd Thursday, 1:30 p.m. (757) 596-3941 Warwick Forest 2nd Thursday, 7 p.m. (757) 867-9618 Family Connections 2nd Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. Registration required. (757) 221-7272 Early Memory Loss Mary Immaculate Hospital 2nd Tuesday, 10 a.m. (757) 599-6847 or (757) 930-0002
ARTHRITIS
Bethel Restoration Center Mondays, 7 p.m. (757) 220-5480
Mary Immaculate Hospital 4th Tuesday, 10:30 to noon (757) 886-6700
Colonial Chapter Meets monthly. (757) 253-4395
AUTISM
Kids’ Group Spirit Works (757) 564-0001 Marijuana Anonymous Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (757) 476-5070 Narcotics Anonymous Meetings held daily. Visit www.na.org Parents’ Group Bacon Street Mondays, 6 to 7:30 p.m. (757) 253-0111 Suboxone Therapy Mary Immaculate Hospital 3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m. (757) 886-6700 Women’s Group Spirit Works Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, 2:30 to 4 p.m. (757) 564-0001
Peninsula Autism Society King of Glory Lutheran Church Last Thursday, 7:30 p.m. (757) 259-0710 Grafton Baptist Church 2nd Monday (757) 564-6106
BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF Sentara CarePlex Hospital 2nd & 4th Wednesday 5 to 6:30 p.m. (757) 827-2438
Young Widow/Widower Williamsburg Hospice House 1st Monday (757) 645-2192
CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH (CMT)
BREASTFEEDING
La Leche League of Va. Church of the Nazarene 1st Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. 3rd Thursday, 6:30 p.m. (757) 766-1632 or (757) 224-8879 Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Yorktown Room M., W., Thurs., 10 a.m. (757) 984-7299 Riverside Cancer Care Center Mondays, 11 a.m. (757) 594-3399
CANCER Breast Cancer Riverside Cancer Care Center 2nd Thursday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (757) 594-4229 Mary Immaculate Hospital 3rd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. (757) 874-8328 Sentara CarePlex Hospital 3rd Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (757) 594-1939 Young women's group 3rd Sunday, 2 p.m. Call for location. (757) 566-1774 Post-menopausal group 1st Monday, 1:30 p.m. Call for location. (757) 258-4540 Colorectal Cancer Sentara CarePlex Hospital 3rd Wed., 1 to 2:30 p.m. (757) 736-1234
Young Adult Group Call for information. (800) 766-0797
Mary Immaculate Hospital 2nd & 4th Monday, 6 p.m. (757) 737-2287
"Look Good, Feel Better" Sentara CarePlex Hospital 2nd Monday, 2 to 4 p.m. (757) 827-2438
Riverside Hospice 2nd & 4th Thurs., 7 p.m. (757) 594-2745
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Morningside Assisted Living 2nd & 4th Wed., 5:30 p.m. (757) 594-8215
York Presbyterian Church Covenant Hall 4th Tues., 6 p.m. (757) 886-1230 (Hollie)
Mary Immaculate Hospital 1st & 3rd Thursday, 7 p.m. (757) 886-6595
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church 1st Monday, 7:30 p.m. (757) 886-0948
Morningside Assisted Living 3rd Wednesday, 2 p.m. (757) 221-0018
Suicide Catholic Charities 3rd Tues., 7 p.m. (757) 875-0060
Leukemia/Lymphoma Sentara CarePlex Hospital 1st Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (757) 827-2438
AIDS
Immaculate Conception Church 2nd Monday, 1 p.m. (757) 873-0541
Colonial Heritage Clubhouse 3rd Thursdays, 2:30 p.m. (757) 253-1774 or (757) 345-6974
Hospice House 2nd Monday, 7 p.m. (757) 258-5166 or (757) 229-4370
Child Loss Williamsburg Hospice House 2nd Monday (757) 645-2192
Williamsburg AIDS Network 2nd & 4th Wednesday (757) 220-4606
Miscarriage / Stillbirth Mary Immaculate Hospital 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. (757) 886-6791
Riverside Hospice 2nd Thursday, 7 p.m. (757) 594-2745 JCC/W Community Center 1st Tues., 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. (757) 253-1220 or allysimone@hotmail.com
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center 2nd Monday, bi-monthly (757) 984-1218 Lung/Respiratory Cancer Sentara CarePlex Hospital 1 to 2 p.m., call for dates. (757) 827-2438 Prostate Cancer Sentara CarePlex Hospital 2nd Tuesday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. (757) 827-2438
CAREGIVER SUPPORT Mary Immaculate Hospital First Wednesday, 1 p.m. (757) 886-6700
Williamsburg Regional Library Sat., 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Every other month (757) 220-3578 (804) 693-5806
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME Mary Immaculate Hospital 1st Thursday, 7 p.m. (757) 886-6700
CROHN’S DISEASE/COLITIS Sentara CarePlex Hospital 1st Saturday, 1 p.m. (757) 736-1234
DIABETES
Mary Immaculate Hospital 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 1 p.m. (757) 886-6100 Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Call for day and time. (757) 984-7106 or (757) 984-7107 Sentara Center for Health and Fitness 3rd Wednesday, 4 to 5 p.m. (757) 827-2160 Mary Immaculate Hospital 3rd Tuesday, 1 p.m. (757) 886-6700 Type 2 Diabetes Riverside Regional Medical Center 3rd Tuesday, 11 a.m. (757) 534-5918 Insulin Pump Riverside Regional Medical Center 4th Tuesday, 7 p.m. (757) 534-5918
EATING DISORDERS Overeaters Anonymous Chestnut Memorial Church Mondays, 7 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m. (757) 898-3455
FIBROMYALGIA
Williamsburg Library 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m. (757) 879-4725
HEARING LOSS
Hearing Loss Association 2nd Sat., 10:30 a.m. (757) 564-3795
MENTAL ILLNESS
NAMI Williamsburg Area St. Stephens Lutheran Church Tuesdays, 7 p.m. (757) 220-8535
Support Groups
H/NN CSB 500-C Medical Drive Wed., 6 to 7:30 p.m. (757) 503-0743 Recovery Denbigh Church of Christ 1st & 3rd Thursdays Call for time. (757) 850-2279 Depression/Bipolar St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 2nd & 4th Wed., 10:30 a.m. (757) 247-0871 Obsessive-Compulsive Riverside Behavioral Health Center 3rd Thurs., 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (757) 827-1001
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
JCC/W Community Center 2nd & 4th Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m. (757) 220-0902 African-Americans Hampton Public Library 1st Thursday, 10:30 a.m. (757) 490-9627
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
Riverside Regional Medical Center 4th Wednesday, 7 p.m. (757) 875-7880 Mary Immaculate Hospital 3rd Wednesday, 1 p.m. (757) 886-6381
PMS
Historic Triangle Senior Center 2nd & 4th Wed., 5:30 p.m. (757) 220-0902
POLIO
Sentara CarePlex Hospital 3rd Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m. (757) 596-0029
STROKE/BRAIN INJURY
R. F. Wilkinson Family YMCA 3rd Wednesday, 4 to 5 p.m. (757) 984-9900
Riverside Rehabilitation Institute Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. (757) 928-8327
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center 1st Sun., 3 p.m. Meets Quarterly. (757) 259-6033
PARENTING
JCC/W Community Center Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m. (757) 229-7940 Children with Disabilities St. Martin’s Episcopal Church 2nd Thursday, 6:30 p.m. (757) 258-0125 JCC/W Community Center 1st Tuesday, 12 to 1 p.m. (757) 221-9659 or e-mail stuarts@wjcc.k12.va.us Fathers Only York River Baptist Church 1st & 3rd Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m. (757) 566-9777
Hispanic Parents Wellspring United Methodist Church 1st & 3rd Fri., 10 a.m. Transportation available. (757) 566-9777
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
New Mothers Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Thursdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m. (757) 259-6051
Sentara CarePlex Hospital 1st Wed., 6 to 7:30 p.m. (757) 244-3923
St. Mark Lutheran Church Thursdays, 10 to 11:15 a.m. (757) 898-2945
LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE (ALS)
Stay-at-Home Moms Olive Branch Christian Church Fridays, 10 a.m. (757) 566-3862
St. Luke's United Methodist 4th Thurs., 6:30 p.m. (866) 348-3257 or www.alsinfo.org
Williamsburg Landing 2nd Monday, 1:30 p.m. (757) 898-6674
OSTOMY
Women Only Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center 1st Monday, 7 p.m. womenheart@aol.com
KIDNEY DISEASE
Sentara CarePlex Hospital 1st Tuesday, 3 p.m. (757) 827-2170
Va. Peninsula Stroke Club Riverside Rehabilitation Institute 1st Wednesday, 10 a.m. (757) 928-8327
Riverside Regional Medical Center Call for dates/times. (757) 875-7880
Mary Immaculate Hospital 3rd Friday, 7 p.m. (757) 886-6700
PARKINSON’S DISEASE
James City County Library 4th Sat., 1 p.m. Every other month (757) 810-1393
Grandparents as Parents Williamsburg Library Conference Room C 2nd Tuesday, 10 a.m. (757) 253-2847
HEART DISEASE
Stepfamilies Williamsburg United Methodist Church 4th Monday, 7 p.m. (757) 253-2971
Riverside Rehabilitation Institute Last Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. (757) 928-8050
VASCULITIS
Mary Immaculate Hospital 1st Sat., 10 a.m. to noon (928) 380-0319
VISION LOSS
1st Saturday, 1 p.m. JCC/W Community Center (757) 565-1185
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT Warwick Memorial United Methodist Church Wednesdays, 9 a.m. (757) 850-0994
St. Mark’s Methodist Church Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. (757) 850-0994 Hope Lutheran Church Mondays, 5:45 p.m. (757) 850-0994 First Christian Church Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. (757) 850-0994 Fox Hill Road Baptist Church Mondays, 6:30 p.m. (757) 850-0994 Olive Branch Christian Church Tuesdays, 9:45 a.m. (757) 850-0994 Mall Walking Club Meets at Patrick Henry Mall Call for date/time. (757) 249-4301
WOMEN'S ISSUES Williamsburg Baptist Church Mondays, 7 p.m. (757) 258-9362
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Incontinence Screenings
Specialists at Sentara Advanced Urology Center (4000 Coliseum Drive, Ste. 300) will offer free incontinence screenings for men between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Those interested must call 1-800-SENTARA to register.
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The Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Red Cross will host its annual “Dress Down Under” party beginning at 6 p.m. at the Mariner’s Museum Park. Tickets cost $40 and include dinner from Outback Steakhouse. Enjoy a live band, Beer on tap and a casual outdoor atmosphere. All proceeds benefit the Hampton Roads Chapter of the American Red Cross. To purchase tickets, call (757) 838-7320 or visit www.hrredcross.org for ticket locations.
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Hampton Roads will be home to the 2010 “Walk From Obesity,” presented by Weight Loss Surgery Center of Hampton Roads, P.C. The walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Fountain Plaza in City Center, with registration starting at 7:30 a.m. Highlights will include music, raffles and awards. The cost to register is $25 prior to the walk and $30 the day of the event. Children under 12 years of age may walk for free. Funds from the walk will support the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation and the Obesity Action Coalition in their efforts to increase funding for obesity research and raise awareness about obesity. Visit www.walkfromobesity.com to register.
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