Eastern Virginia Medical School

In February, the Hampton Roads Prostate Health Forum held an early detection workshop and screening in Hampton. The group partnered with Queen Street Baptist Church, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Urology of Virginia, Virginia Oncology Associates and...

The Hampton University Skin of Color Research Institute is hosting its second annual symposium: "From Bench to Bedside: Future Directions" scheduled for the weekend of October 7-9, 2011. The symposium will qualify for CME credits through Eastern...

Eastern Virginia Medical School celebrated the opening of its state-of-the-art Education and Research Building by inviting friends and supporters to a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 22. “This is the foundation of continued, excellent health care for...

StayClassy, a leader in social fundraising for nonprofits, has announced the EVMS student body as one of the 3rd Annual CLASSY Awards Top 25 Finalists for Most Influential College Student or Organization for their outstanding service to the community....

Women of all levels of fishing expertise are invited to participate in the 9th annual Wine, Women & Fishing tournament sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation. Proceeds from the event benefit breast cancer research at EVMS. It's a ladies-...

Sentara has unveiled the Sentara Neurosciences Institute. A team of dedicated specialists including neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and neuropsychologists collaborate to care for patients in over 11 subspecialties. This Institute...

POQUOSON — Krystiann Henton is 18 years old but gets along better with her younger cousins than people her own age. "I knew deep down inside that she wanted to make friends. She didn't know how," her mother, Sue Henton said. She hopes that...

They're one and the same -- they're other names for clinical trials to determine the effectiveness of medication. They require volunteers -- usually paid a small sum for their participation -- and, according to Marvin Lipman, M.D., writing in a recent...

Dr. Diana Blythe MD is a board-certified Pediatrician with Pediatric Associates in Plantation, FL. A South Florida native, Dr. Blythe was raised in Coral Gables and graduated from Ransom Everglades School where she ran varsity cross-country and track. Dr....

Hampton Roads has some of the highest sexually transmitted disease rates in the nation. It had the second-highest rate of chlamydia cases among U.S. metropolitan areas and third-highest rate of gonorrhea cases, according to a 2010 report by the Centers...

A few Hampton Roads doctors' offices are transforming themselves into patient-centered medical homes. And that means more than just replacing outdated waiting-room magazines. The concept of establishing "medical homes" emerged in the health-care...

Depression and anxiety are the most common mental-health disorders in the U.S., affecting more than 20 percent and 28 percent of American adults, respectively, at some point in their life, according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. May is...