General Health

Don't let weight-loss surgery myths keep you from overcoming obesity and its many related health conditions.

Learn how adding the MR-linac radiation therapy tech to our cancer-fighting tools will help us treat pancreatic cancer.

Get to know Alexandra Zubowicz, MD, including the favorite part of her job as a weight-loss surgeon based in Northern Virginia.

You know about secondhand smoke, but what about thirdhand smoke? Get the facts on this smoking danger.

Is earwax removal something you need to think about? What about those ear candles? Do they work? Let us set the record straight.

Angelina Jolie had this procedure to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Should you?

Symptoms of liver disease can be vague or unnoticeable at first. Learn which symptoms you shouldn't ignore.

Karen knows first-hand what it's like experience physical declines from ALS. Read her tips for navigating everyday life with a degenerative disease.

During the pandemic, the Latinx community faced unique challenges. Learn how COVID impacted the community in the Charlottesville area.

The bacteria that causes tetanus lives all around us. Tetanus is a very painful and serious disease that can kill you. Learn how to avoid it.