Pediatric Radiology Physician Assistant at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters People often go into medicine as a result of growing up with a relative in the medical field. Almost as many choose the career after watching a loved one go through a serious illness. In the case of Jeffrey Belcher, it was both – and it was the same person. His mother went through the … [Read more...] about Jeffrey Belcher, MPA, PA-C
Shuping Wang, MD
Peninsula Kidney Associates Dr. Shuping Wang has practiced nephrology in the Williamsburg area since 2005. She has a special passion for geriatric care and specializes in the management of chronic kidney disease, hypertension and kidney related anemia and bone disease. A graduate of Tianjin Medical University in the People’s Republic of China, Dr. Wang continued her … [Read more...] about Shuping Wang, MD
Hand Therapy: Patient Education
By Marcia Miller, PT, MS, CHT Tidewater Physical Therapy, Williamsburg Hand Therapy Center Clinical Director Checking email on the phone. Jotting down a note. Doing a little work from home on a laptop. Hands down (pun intended), hands are among the most used parts of our patients’ bodies, and it’s easy to take them for granted and even easier for our patients … [Read more...] about Hand Therapy: Patient Education
Non-Surgical Options for Men with Prostate Cancer
By Bradley Prestidge, MD, MS Regional Medical Director for Radiation Oncology Bon Secours Cancer Institute in Hampton Roads Men facing the diagnosis of prostate cancer have both surgical and non-surgical treatment options, depending on their stage of disease. If the cancer is believed not to have spread outside the prostate, they can undergo radical prostatectomy, … [Read more...] about Non-Surgical Options for Men with Prostate Cancer
Every Breath You Take… the somewhat dangerous evolution of pulmonary medicine
The lungs, wrote the second century Greek physician and philosopher Galen, had “all the properties which make for easy evacuation; for it is very soft and warm and is kept in constant motion.” He also assumed that arteries carried the purest blood to higher organs such as the brain and lungs from the left ventricle of the heart, while veins carried blood to the lesser organs … [Read more...] about Every Breath You Take… the somewhat dangerous evolution of pulmonary medicine
