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Deep breath in. Hold it for a second. Deep breath out. Focus on how that calming breath makes you feel. Better already? Getting started with mindfulness meditation is as easy as that.

The vast majority of people with the COVID-19 virus develop mild to moderate symptoms, allowing them to be able to recover at home.

Wearing an additional face covering — or a mask with multiple layers — is recommended as extra protection against new variants of the COVID-19 virus emerging in the United States.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death in women year after year and kills more women than all forms of cancer combined.

Weight can be a sensitive subject. But for the estimated 40 percent of American adults the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says are classified as obese, that sensitivity is often magnified by societal pressures to be thin.

As a cardiologist based at Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Cardiology, Ara Maranian, MD, FACC, has a front-row seat to one of the COVID-19 pandemic’s most striking elements.

It happens during most medical examinations. The doctor lifts a stethoscope to a patient’s chest, everyone stops talking and the doctor listens to your heart. If an unusual sound appears, well, you’ve got a heart murmur. But, it’s not automatically

Learning that you have heart disease can be discouraging, but it doesn’t have to be debilitating.

As more people become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s important to understand the technology behind the vaccine and anticipate some of the effects that go along with receiving the two shots

Latinos were more likely to say they would not take a COVID-19 vaccine than non-Latino whites through much of 2020. That is until December, when the percentage of Latinos who said they would “definitely” or “probably” get the vaccine jumped from 60 p

While the coronavirus has taken a physical toll on many, the pandemic has taken an emotional toll and has significantly affected the nation’s already struggling mental health. Whether it’s the loss of a job, adjusting to social distancing and feeling

“As hard as it can be to talk about cancer, the discussion can get even tougher when it comes to cancers of the gynecologic organs,” said Kevin D. Stocker, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist, UVA Obstetrics & Gynecology, a department of Novant Health U

According to Priya Tulsi, MD, a board-certified pediatrician at Novant Health UVA Health System Olde Town Pediatrics in Manassas, virtual care can be a solution for assessing several common problems in children and adolescents.

Teri Travi, RD, CSP, LD, CDCES, coordinator, Diabetes Self-Management Education Program at Novant Health UVA Health System Diabetes Services understands that Type 2 diabetes can be difficult to cope with, but it doesn’t mean it is out of your control

A few decades ago, the concept of performing surgeries with robots was little more than that: an idea. Fast forward to today, and robotic-assisted surgeries have become so commonplace that they’re sometimes the preferred method.

COVID-19 is making a gloomy season even darker for people struggling with seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. SAD is a type of depression related to the changes in season.

If you’re a postmenopausal woman, osteoporosis is a major cause of fractured bones, which occur most often in the hip, vertebrae and wrist. “Estrogen is necessary for bone health,” said Victoria Camille Hammonds, MD, a family medicine and geriatr