Health
Health + Wellness
Dynamic Duo
Top Hospitals and Healthcare 2016: Norfolk's Sentara Heart Hospital and EVMS offer a joint program for cardiovascular patients with diabetes. Read more
Dec 27, 2016
Screen Savers
Top Hospitals and Healthcare 2016: Bon Secours St. Mary's delivers faster care to stroke victims with teleneurology. Read more
Dec 12, 2016
Dress for Success
The American College of Sports Medicine’s worldwide survey of fitness trends found that wearable technology is the number one trend for fitness in 2016. Here are some of our favorites. Read more
Jun 2, 2016
A Little Something Extra
Which supplements really work and which to avoid when it comes to menopause symptoms, heart disease, mental health, and pediatric nutrition. Read more
Jun 6, 2019
Perfect Match
Top Hospitals and Healthcare 2016: New early stage breast cancer surgery and radiation at UVA. Read more
Dec 20, 2016
Voice Over
Passy-Muir valve restores speech to young patient at Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital. Read more
Feb 14, 2019
Dramatic Changes
Top Hospitals and Healthcare 2016: New holistic bariatric surgery program at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. Read more
Dec 27, 2016
Say Goodnight
Virginia sleep experts give us the prescription for perfect slumber. Read more
Jun 12, 2013
Haute Hospital Digs
VCU Medical Center’s luxury Gumenick Suites redefine the stiff and sterile hospital room. Read more
Jun 17, 2013
Fact-Checking Health Fads
We asked a doctor for the lowdown on the hottest health trends for the new year—from alkaline water to salt caves. Read more
Apr 2, 2020
Most Popular
A Remarkable Renovation
In turns Robert E. Lee’s boyhood home, a boarding house, and a museum, this Alexandria estate has seen its share of history. Read more
Coastal Renaissance
Revitalization in Cape Charles has helped establish the new Eastern Shore. Read more
Fitness
Photo courtesy of Open Bio Labs
Science Unbound
Meet Shaun Moshasha, a scientist and biohacker, whose Charlottesville lab is open to the community. Read more
Nov 18, 2020
Good Connections
With telehealth on the rise, patients are phoning it in more than ever. Read more
Nov 18, 2020
Photo courtesy of Row House
Get a Handle on Personal Fitness
Why rowing might be right for you. Read more
Nov 18, 2020
Medicine
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The Groundwork of Getting Better
Staying healthy and productive in hard times. Read more
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Photo courtesy of Open Bio Labs
Science Unbound
Meet Shaun Moshasha, a scientist and biohacker, whose Charlottesville lab is open to the community. Read more
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Good Connections
With telehealth on the rise, patients are phoning it in more than ever. Read more
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A Little Something Extra
Which supplements really work and which to avoid when it comes to menopause symptoms, heart disease, mental health, and pediatric nutrition. Read more
Wellness
Juice To Get Loose
Fresh-pressed juice bars squeeze a whole lot of healthy into your glass. Read more
Apr 27, 2018
Expanding Options
Top Hospitals and Healthcare 2017: VCU Massey Cancer team is first in the world to use a new breakthrough treatment for pancreatic cancer. Read more
Feb 27, 2018
A Mighty Heart
From grand galas to golf tournaments, health care foundation volunteers put their all into fundraising. Read more
Nov 5, 2015
Dental
Recipes
The Big Chili
Serve it as an appetizer, a soup course or an entrée. Zhuzh it up, or dress it down. Chili is the little black dress of food. Read more
Feb 12, 2020
New Oyster Cult
With big growth in production and a burgeoning reputation in the global market, it’s boom time for Virginia oysters. Here, we offer news from the oyster beat, and recipes worthy of the Chesapeake Bay’s star bivalve. Read more
Feb 7, 2020
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Food
Photo courtesy of Jonathan Till
For Foragers (and Those Learning)
List of resources for folks learning how to forage in the wilderness Read more
Jul 1, 2020
Elevated in Eggleston
This off-the-beaten-path restaurant has become a regional staple. Read more
Jun 2, 2020
Home
Up Your Games
Make super-sized versions of tabletop favorites to play on the lawn. Read more
Jul 3, 2020
Sea Kale and Prickly Spinach
Monticello’s head vegetable gardener grows traditional plants in a modern garden. Read more
Jun 29, 2020
Travel
The Center of the Universe
To first-time visitors, Ashland appears to be merely a pit stop along I-95 for truckers and weary travelers. But spend a day exploring, and you’ll discover a quaint and delightfully offbeat railroad town. Read more
Apr 28, 2020
Visiting Virginia’s Horse Country
Middleburg commemorates 100 years of steeplechase racing. Read more
Apr 28, 2020
Culture
The Train Schedule
Displaying model trains is a tradition; here's where to find them. Read more
Oct 29, 2020
Illustration by Adam Larkum
Rock Your Way to Mental and Physical Health
An existentialist’s guide to self-helping your way through a crisis. Read more
Sep 10, 2020
Longread
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Michael J.N. Bowles
A Different World: Burke's Garden
Burke's Garden, in southwestern Virginia, pop. 300, lies in a beautiful, isolated, high-altitude valley with no post office, cell phone service or cable, and a harsh climate. As one resident says, "Something unpredictable could happen at any time." Read more
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Rendering by Dewhurst MacFarlane and Partners
History Under Glass
The Menokin Foundation and some architects have hatched a bold plan to restore the 18th-century home of Francis Lightfoot Lee using structural glass--something that has never been done before. Read more
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The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Professor Cline
Hyperkinetic Mark Cline has turned a sleepy tourist town into a home for his kitschy genius. Read more
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Tyler Darden
The Lady of Belvoir
George Washington would not have become the man he was without the help of Sally Fairfax. She mentored the young Washington and fired his ambition, and the two by all accounts shared a hidden—forbidden—love. Read more
Even More Stories
Weddings
Force of Nature
Despite fire, flood and foreclosure, the author’s wedding was still practically perfect in every way. Read more
Mar 1, 2019
Health
Photo courtesy of Miye Wire
Do This, Not That
Common mistakes to avoid when planning for retirement. Read more
Aug 31, 2020
About Town
18th Annual SPCA Fur Ball
Nov. 5, 2016 • Jefferson Hotel, Richmond Read more
