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Hospice care comes to Virginia Beach. What's hospice care?

Sentara has broken ground on a stand-alone hospice care facility on the grounds of its main assisted living complex in Virginia Beach. The health care group plans to have the hospice operating with 36 beds by late December 2012...

The skinny: New obesity drug not all that effective

Scientists and doctors who advise the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 10, 2012, reversed a 2010 decision and voted to recommend full approval of a prescription weight loss drug. The panelists endorsed Arena Pharmaceuticals' lorcaserin as...

Salmonella cases linked to dry dog food prompt new recalls

A recall effort launched on April 7 that first targeted a single brand of Diamond Pet Food dry dog food has expanded to encompass multiple Diamond brands and at least four other manufacturers' products.Diamond, in cooperation with...

Thin is out of Vogue pages: Editors agree to stop showing too-skinny models

Editors for all the international editions of Vogue magazine announced on May 3 that they will no longer " knowingly work with models under the age of 16 or who appear to have an eating disorder." The ban...

How long to grieve? As long as it takes and never alone

Today would be my mother's 71st birthday. She was a May Day child who, with six children, fully embraced the fertility tradition but would sooner have voted for Barry Goldwater than espouse anything smacking of socialism.My...

Stendra (avanafil) set to join U.S. erectile dysfunction market

Men with erectile dysfunction who have not responded well to, or have suffered unacceptable side effects from, taking Pfizer's Viagra (sildenafil), Eli Lilly's Cialis (tadalafil) or Bayer Healthcare and GlaxoSmithKline's Levitra (vardenafil) should soon...

EpiPen in schools law signed by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell

Properly trained school personnel in Virginia will soon be authorized under state law to administer lifesaving epinephrine injections to students suffering severe allergic reactions. The change in policies regarding who can use a product such as the EpiPen in...

Hospice care comes to Virginia Beach. What's hospice care?

The skinny: New obesity drug not all that effective

Salmonella cases linked to dry dog food prompt new recalls

Thin is out of Vogue pages: Editors agree to stop showing too-skinny models

How long to grieve? As long as it takes and never alone

Stendra (avanafil) set to join U.S. erectile dysfunction market

EpiPen in schools law signed by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell

Diamond dog food recalled over salmonella fears

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