Incontinence and Physical Therapy By Brittany Deuso, PT, DPT Even if patients are hesitant to talk about it, the statistics tell the story. Incontinence – leakages related to either the bladder or the bowel – afflicts more than 13 million people in the United States annually. For those over the age of 65, incontinence occurs in 51 percent of the population – more often … [Read more...] about Women’s Health:
Summer 2015
Hospital Medicine and Retina Vascular Disease
By Alan L. Wagner, MD You may wonder, what do Hampton Roads Physician’s article on hospital medicine and my specialty of retina vascular disease research and ocular oncology have to do with one another? As it turns out – a lot! Twenty four percent of adult patients with known diabetes say that they had been hospitalized in the preceding year. The risk of hospitalization … [Read more...] about Hospital Medicine and Retina Vascular Disease
What is Regenerative Medicine?
By Raj N. Sureja, MD and Mark W. McFarland, DO Far too often, we see patients with conditions for which we have limited treatment options, in both scope and efficacy. Once in a lifetime, real scientific advances are made that change everything for the patient and the physician. Regenerative Medicine is a real game-changer, in that it potentially allows physicians to heal … [Read more...] about What is Regenerative Medicine?
CMS and AMA Announce Efforts to Help Providers Get Ready For ICD-10
With less than three months remaining until the nation switches from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for medical diagnoses and inpatient hospital procedures, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) are announcing efforts to continue to help physicians get ready ahead of the October 1 deadline. In response to requests from the … [Read more...] about CMS and AMA Announce Efforts to Help Providers Get Ready For ICD-10
Emily Lieb, MD
Medical Director, Bon Secours Care-A-Van Good Deeds Honoring physicians who are doing community service locally or outside the state or nation. The statistics are unsettling: according to a June 2015 report posted on Virginia.gov, nearly a million Virginians still lack health insurance. In Hampton Roads, almost 15 percent of all residents under the age of 65 are among … [Read more...] about Emily Lieb, MD
