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Tidbits – September 2020

August 21, 2020 Oyster Pointer 0

Riverside Health System (RHS) has been named a Screening Center of Excellence by the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer for its ongoing commitment to responsible lung cancer screening. Designated Screening Centers of Excellence are committed [Read More…]

Dr Colemand and Dr. Hopson
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Dr. Lisa A. Coleman makes the bottom line the headline for colorectal health

August 21, 2020 Karen Eure Wilson 0

From the time we were little, very little was discussed publicly about matters of the bowels. Going “number 1 or number 2” was an easy way for children to communicate. However, with maturity, this uninhibited [Read More…]

Columns

Newport News Schools update – September 2020

August 21, 2020 Oyster Pointer 0

Chassard named city-wide Teacher of the Year Ashley Chassard has been named Newport News Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year. Chassard teaches Menchville High School’s research class, an exciting lab science class that gives students [Read More…]

Columns

Care in crisis

August 21, 2020 Sister David Ann Niski 0

Women facing unplanned pregnancies often feel afraid and alone. Add in a pandemic and you have a crisis on top of a crisis for vulnerable moms on the Virginia Peninsula. An unplanned pregnancy can make [Read More…]

Columns

Important Black history museums in Virginia

August 21, 2020 Beverly McLean 0

In 1619, African slaves were among the very earliest to arrive in Virginia after being abducted from their villages far across the Atlantic. They landed at Point Comfort, the future site of Fort Monroe in [Read More…]

Tinsley
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Lighthouse Direct Primary Care: The future of medicine

August 21, 2020 Noelle Riddle 0

“Lighthouse Direct Primary Care (Lighthouse DPC) is a concierge service and is the first one on the Virginia Peninsula. We are a monthly payment plan service which does not bill insurance,” says Dr. James Tinsley, [Read More…]

Columns

First, let’s agree on the goal…

August 19, 2020 Brian Cole 0

There are many different approaches to effective exercise with different goals for different folks. Many of them are perfectly valid to achieve valid goals. I’m not writing this to establish right/wrong or good/bad. I’m writing [Read More…]

First Command
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First Command: Creating wealth for military members since 1958

August 19, 2020 Cathy Welch 0

“Work-wise, there aren’t many things I would pay to do,” says Cliff Weddington, CFP®, ChFC®, CLF®, financial advisor, principal and district advisor for First Command, Colonial District. “I really feel like I make a difference.” [Read More…]

Columns

Tax benefit of separating repairs from improvements

August 19, 2020 Beth Moore 0

There’s a world of tax difference between repairs to real estate property and capital improvements. And it’s not just semantics. The characterization could result in an increase or decrease of thousands of dollars on your [Read More…]

William Lakin
Features

Infinity Design Group, Inc.: “It’s all good!”

August 19, 2020 Terilyn Goins, Ph.D. 0

Finding innovative and creative ways to help others achieve their goals is probably one of the most important facets of quality customer service within any industry. This is especially true of those industries that, by [Read More…]

Columns

Who decides – The Court or the Congress?

August 19, 2020 Joe Verser 0

“Ours is a government of laws, and not of men,” John Adams once famously said. And when it comes to those laws, the question has been asked, “Who decides?” True, our laws are passed by [Read More…]

Dominion Pediatrics
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Dominion Pediatric Therapy & Associates: The friendly choice for children’s therapeutic needs for 30 years

August 19, 2020 Cathy Welch 0

From a small, southern town to CEO/owner of a physical therapy empire in Hampton Roads, Dr. Allen R. Jones, Jr., PT., DPT, was raised by parents who inspired his dogmatic approach to success. The Mississippi [Read More…]

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