Author: Brandy Sweeney

Many of us are struggling through summer. We scoured our blog for some quick pick-me-up tips and recipes.

If you can video chat with family and friends from home, you can probably do a virtual visit with your doctor. Today, most doctors are offering virtual appointments for routine and sick visits. Most insurance carriers are covering these remote visits. We’re even offering virtual urgent care. Since you don’t…

There’s a lot of misinformation surrounding weight loss and obesity. To clear this up, we turned to Catherine Varney, DO, family medicine doctor who is also board-certified in obesity medicine.

UVA’s NICU team of expert doctors, nurses, therapists, technicians, social workers and lactation consultants offer coordinated, compassionate care to our most vulnerable patients and scared parents.

Laura Robinson is beyond excited. As a mother whose son has multiple medical needs, she cannot wait until the Battle Building at UVA Children’s Hospital opens in June. “It is just going to be wonderful to go to one place and have everybody under the same roof in an awesome new…

January is often a time for healthy resolutions; Eating right, exercising, sleeping more and breaking bad habits. Yet, even with the best intentions, accomplishing all the lofty goals we set can be daunting. Shannon Slovensky, M.Ed., an exercise physiologist with the UVA Exercise Physiology Core Laboratory, explains that adopting a…

While many people associate November with Movember and men’s health, it’s also Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Watch UVA political analyst Larry Sabato's story.

If you're like me, you spend a great deal of time and energy thinking about what you want to eat, what you think you should eat and even what you know you shouldn't eat. And all the online diet plans, recipe tutorials, meal-planning guides and weight-loss tips can quickly get…

More and more, advertisements for brain games, brain puzzles and even brain training programs are popping up. Slogans seem to promise the ultimate mind makeover, with claims like, “improve your memory in minutes a day,” “train your brain with simple games” and “exercise your mind and increase brainpower.” How realistic…

With swimsuit season approaching, many people are looking to improve their overall physical fitness by starting a new workout plan, joining a group exercise class or even hiring a personal trainer. And while the idea of wearing a swimsuit can quickly inspire us to exercise, we don’t often stop to…