Category: UVa

  • Interested in Healthy Eating?

    Healthy Eating in a Beautiful Space on the Corner We enjoyed a perfect lunch at Roots Natural Kitchen on Saturday, June 13 – Excellent food, friendly folks, a beautiful atmosphere; all combined with a mission to keep us healthy and support the UVa Children’s Hospital.   UVa Today: U.Va. Grads’ New Corner Restaurant Serves Healthy Food With a Mission…

  • Free Skin Cancer Screening – Saturday, May 10 – Trade your old baseball cap or visor for a new sun hat

    Free Skin Cancer Screening – Saturday, May 10 – Trade your old baseball cap or visor for a new sun hat

    If you love to be outside in this beautiful, sunny weather, please be aware that excess exposure to UV radiation can cause lasting damage which may lead to skin cancer.  Remember your sunblock, sunglasses, and hat!    Even when the weather is cool and cloudy, you need sun protection. UVa Health System, Primary Care, Dermatology…

  • Virginia Historic Garden Week Tours at UVa

    Virginia Historic Garden Week Tours at UVa

    Garden Week Features April 29 Tours, Talk at U.Va. The public is invited to enjoy a talk and visit U.Va.’s gardens and pavilions as the University participates on Tuesday, April 29, in Virginia Historic Garden Week. Visitors can tour pavilions on the West Lawn of the Academical Village and also participate in tours of the…

  • Hottest New Accessory for Health? Your Microbiome — University of Virginia Health System – Live Red

    Hottest New Accessory for Health? Your Microbiome By Katherine Basbaum, MS, RD It may not be as cute as a teacup Pomeranian, but it weighs about the same. Inside your gut is a unique collection of organisms or “microbiota” … Continue reading …  Hottest New Accessory for Health? Your Microbiome — University of Virginia Health…

  • Simple changes for a good new year -The Architecture of Resilience | Dorrie K. Fontaine

    It is not too late for New Year’s resolutions! The suggestions in the article quoted below are so simple and so easy for all ages.  This blog constitutes my reflective writing and helps me stay focused on what I consider most important in my life.  It has changed a great deal over the last five…

  • C’ville – a wonderful PLACE for lifelong learning!

    Just as I have been saying for years. Charlottesville is a wonderful PLACE for lifelong learning!  So many choices … Central Virginians have been studying and learning since 1819 and there’s no reason you can’t keep up that tradition no matter your age.Organizations from the University of Virginia to Piedmont Virginia Community College and the…