Everyone knows genetics is the study of how traits such as hair color, eye color and risk for...
Author - Kim O'Brien Root
VeinViewer Improves IV Start Success Rate
Let’s face it, no one likes getting stuck with a needle. And when veins are hard to find...
Is Being a Germophobe Bad for Your Health?
We’ve all seen that mom on the playground. The one who whips out the hand sanitizer as soon...
Bee-Shaped Gadget Takes the Sting Out of Shots for Kids
The invention of a device that lessens the pain from needle sticks goes back more than a decade...
Revolutionary 3D Printer Takes a Bite Out of Dental Costs
A Hampton Roads-based company is the latest to jump on the 3-D printer bandwagon by creating a high...
New Treatment Keeps Brain Tumors from Coming Back
For two years after brain surgery, Madison Davis of Hampton remained tumor free. She had been just...
New Migraine Treatment Helps Sufferers Find Relief
When Jennifer Sorrell first heard about a new migraine treatment procedure, she was understandably...
What Every Man Should Know About His Prostate
The prostate. It’s probably the body part men least like to think anything could be wrong with...
High-tech Specs by EnChroma Enhance Vision for the Colorblind
On a breezy January evening, Tristian Castleman stood on the banks of the James River and faced the...
FotoFinder: Tracking & Detecting Cancerous Moles
A body mapping computer system, FotoFinder, promises to offer the very latest in tracking and...
Colon Cancer: At-home Test Uses DNA to Spot Hidden Dangers
Ah, the colonoscopy. The screening test for colorectal cancer—and the not-so-fun preparation that...
New Procedure Breaks Down Calcium Build-up in Arteries
Diamondback 360 Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS) breaks down calcium build-up in...
Lung CT Catches Deadly Cancer Before it Becomes Dangerous
Zoe Kirk’s father died of lung cancer, so the 62-year-old Eastern Shore resident knew how much of a...
Systemic Link: The Medical Crisis is in Our Mouths
What if someone told you that your health problems might be solved by going to the dentist...
Advancements in Ankle Replacement are Getting People Back on...
Elaine Evans wanted to wear cute shoes again. But until a few years ago, she could barely walk. A...
BioZorb Leaves Its Mark on Breast Cancer
BioZorb There’s always a constant search going on for new and better ways to treat breast cancer...
RapidArc Zeroes In on Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers that affects men, with more than 240,000 cases...
Canine Caregiver
One of the most noticeable staff members at Riverside Rehabilitation Institute isn’t a nurse...
Within Earshot: Technology Makes Pristine Hearing a Reality
Shortly after he got his new hearing aids, Tom Sawyer heard a strange pinging coming from his car...
No, Mom. His Brain Won’t Rot.
New research shows the benefits of video game play Thirteen years ago, a teenager named Lee Boyd...