When Mary Nay turned 70, she celebrated by walking a mile at her gym. The next year, she turned 71 and walked two and a half miles. Her commitment to fitness would be impressive no matter what, but Mary has cerebral palsy and walks with two canes. She has muscular…
Luck was not on Jim Bryant’s side. He was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, a rare blood cancer that accounts for only about five percent of non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Although mantle cell lymphoma is most common in men over 60, and Bryant fell into that category, he was still told he…
The words glared from my computer monitor, mocking me: “This week should be EASY. Your training for the Four Miler is complete.” [caption id="attachment_8757" align="alignright" width="350"] With my mom after the 2014 Charlottesville Women's Four Miler[/caption] The well-intended advice from the UVA Runner’s Clinic, emailed two days before the Charlottesville…
Lynchburg resident Devon Hendricks missed two weeks of work as she struggled to find a diagnosis for her headaches and vision loss. Read her story.
My dad doesn’t know the difference between texting and tweeting. So when I told him I had just taken the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, I expected I’d have to explain just what that was. Instead he said, “Oh, that’s really cool!” [caption id="attachment_8702" align="alignright" width="350"] UVA neurologists take the ALS…
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