The new Martha Jefferson Hospital is in the running to be named one of the most beautiful hospitals in the country. MJH is currently in second place but the voting goes until midnight on Monday.
Researcher Dr. Bankole A. Johnson of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Virginia Health System has created a drug called topiramate to help methamphetamine addicts.
For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C. Anyone born from 1945 to 1965 should get a one-time blood test to see if they have the liver-destroying virus, the CDC recommends.
The Virginia Department of Health is launching an initiative to control high blood pressure. The department is challenging residents to have 1 million blood pressures taken during May.
Several central Virginia law enforcement agencies are partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to accept unwanted prescription medications on Saturday, April 28.
It's surgery without a knife, and a clinical trial at the University of Virginia Medical Center has found that it could be a new way of stopping tremors in patients with Parkinson's Disease.
A state report shows that people who exhibit the potential of seriously harming themselves or others have failed to get the inpatient emergency mental-health evaluation and treatment they need because of a lack of space at state-run and private psychiatric hospitals.
A report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin researchers ranks Albemarle County as the healthiest area in central Virginia and the fourth healthiest in the state.
If you have pressure in the forehead and nasal congestion it may be more than just your allergies. In this weeks What's Going Around we're focusing on sinus infections.
Doctors say allergy symptoms often begin in late-February or early-March, however that was not the case for this area. The spring-like temperatures this winter did cause allergy season to come a bit earlier this year.
The Virginia Department of Health Thursday announced that the tuberculosis (TB) rate in Virginia continues to decline. Between 2010 and 2011, the rate decreased 17.5 percent, which equates to 47 fewer cases.
Every 68 seconds someone develops Alzheimer's Disease, according to a new report released by the Alzheimer's Association. As the number of people diagnosed continues to climb, so do costs.
It's time to lace up your shoes and hit the streets in downtown Charlottesville. The 16th annual Martha Jefferson 8K takes place Saturday. As CBS19's Stephanie Satchell explains in this week's Healthwise segment, it's a chance to exercise and raise money for local health care.
The flu season is making a late arrival to Virginia. State public health officials say the February start of the flu season is possibly the latest in a quarter-century.
From eating to talking, having this medical condition could make some everyday activities pretty uncomfortable. In this week's What's Going Around, we're focusing on sore throats.
From sprains and strains to the flu, we're keeping an eye on all the illnesses that are going around. In this week's What's Going Around, we're talking about colds.
