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Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has begun offering a new treatment for severe asthma called Bronchial Thermoplasty.  This minimally invasive outpatient procedure uses a bronchoscope to deliver thermal energy to the lungs of patients with...

The following businesses received awards from CINCH (a regional child health coalition sponsored by EVMS) for their support for breastfeeding employees: - Bons Secours DePaul Medical Center - Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital - Bon Secours Maryview...

Shane Peng, vice president and senior medical director for Sentara Medical Group, has been appointed to the Virginia Center for Health Innovation. A non-profit established by the commonwealth, the center's mission is to work with interested groups to...

Anna Lee “Jake” Sigler, 83 years of age, of 711 Oakland Ave., Hampton, Va., died June 30, 2012, at Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Hampton. She had been in failing health for several months. Born Jan. 18, 1929, in Greencastle, Pa., she was the...

Catherine Fox, RN, an emergency department nurse and educational consultant at Sentara Leigh Hospital has received the National Emergency Medical Services for Children Recognition Award for her work in pediatric health. The annual award is given to 10...

The Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance service has operated for 30 years. Last year, the service's 4th helicopter was introduced with improved capabilities. In its first year, it flew 556 missions; three times the Eurocopter EC-145 flew two patients at...

Who's the daddy? The numbers of children born to unmarried mothers are steadily rising. That leaves more and more babies without an acknowledged father. The Virginia Paternity Establishment Program of the Department of Social Services works to...

A Navy fighter jet experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff Friday over the military community of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and rained a stench of jet fuel shortly before crashing into apartment buildings, according to...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The U.S. Navy will be begin cutting compensation checks as early as Monday to victims of last week's fiery crash of a fighter jet into apartment buildings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. "We are committed to doing the right thing to...

    Sentara urges patients, families to TALK about Advance Care Planning               Sentara Healthcare has launched an updated information program urging patients and their families to TALK -- about advance care planning. It's the TALK that everyone...

"Sentara to Home," is a pilot program recently introduced at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for cardiac patients. The service delivers prescription medications and portable home medical supplies to patients' rooms prior to discharge. On request, the...

Sentara Windermere in Virginia Beach and Nursing Center Portsmouth, two Sentara nursing homes, received a 5-star ranking in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of Best Nursing Homes. Of more than 15,500 nursing homes evaluated quarterly in 2011, they...