Health and Medicine http://www.norfolk.com/taxonomy/term/103 Category: Health and Medicine en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:07:24 -0500 Flu is widespread in Virginia, health officials report If you're not sniffling yet, hang on to your tissue box. The flu has been dubbed widespread in Virginia for the first time this season, according t ... http://www.norfolk.com/2008/01/flu-widespread-virginia-health-officials-report Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:13:46 -0500 Region's medical centers more alert to sleep disorders CHESAPEAKE Some real gems from the golden age of television come on in the wee hours of the morning, and insomniac Bob Blaisdell watched them all. ... http://www.norfolk.com/2008/01/region%2526%2523039%3Bs-medical-centers-more-alert-sleep-disorders Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:20:01 -0500 Hospitals join shift from 'take it outside' to 'no smoking at all' VIRGINIA BEACH Sentara Healthcare 's two hospital campuses in the city - Bayside and Virginia Beach General - went totally tobacco-free Tuesday. ... http://www.norfolk.com/2008/01/hospitals-join-shift-%2526%2523039%3Btake-it-outside%2526%2523039%3B-%2526%2523039%3Bno-smoking-all%2526%2523039%3B Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:35:07 -0500 Interim commissioner named for Virginia Health Department Gov. Timothy M. Kaine this afternoon named a 30-year veteran of the Virginia Department of Health as interim commissioner of that agency. Dr. James ... http://www.norfolk.com/2008/01/interim-commissioner-named-virginia-health-department Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:16:41 -0500 Blood product isn't better for patients in local study NORFOLK A blood substitute product given to seriously injured patients here in a clinical trial did not demonstrate an advantage over the standard ... http://www.norfolk.com/2007/12/blood-product-isn%2526%2523039%3Bt-better-patients-local-study Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:03:47 -0500 EVMS doctor develops software to detect fetal heart defects Dr. Alfred Abuhamad does a three-dimensional ultrasound on Leequanda Mason on Thursday. Mason was relieved to find out her baby†... http://www.norfolk.com/node/444931 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Norfolk Health Department offers more vaccine clinics The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK The Department of Public Health is offering residents two additional chances to get influenza and pneumo ... http://www.norfolk.com/node/443801 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Retiring EVMS director saw an industry transform Paul Boynton When Paul Boynton was a rookie in the health care ... http://www.norfolk.com/2007/12/retiring-evms-director-saw-industry-transform Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Gates Foundation gives EVMS $28.5 million for HIV research By Nancy Young The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK An Eastern Virginia Medical School program that is trying to develop a topical gel that can pre ... http://www.norfolk.com/node/439341 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 Study touts EVMS' benefits to region By Nancy Young The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK If Eastern Virginia Medical School didn't exist, the region would be out more than $700 millio ... http://www.norfolk.com/node/436811 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500