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Cover your nose and don't hold in a sneeze

Q: Can it really hurt you to hold in a sneeze?

10/27/2011 4:45 PM

You don't have to live with ringing in the ears

A tea kettle whistling in the morning. Crickets chirping at dusk. Wind rushing through the trees late at night. All sounds that you might hear, in passing, throughout the day.

10/27/2011 4:37 PM
The right sound

There’s more to a pair of headphones than funky colors or splashy designs or a cord long enough that they don’t fall out of your ears while jogging.

10/27/2011 4:30 PM
Hearing loss strikes older adults at high rate

Going to church was something that Imogene Tyree looked forward to every week. Listening to the minister and hearing the music brought Tyree, 79, of Madison Heights, great joy.

10/27/2011 4:28 PM
Continuing service key to success with hearing aids

In the Middle Ages, when someone suffered from hearing loss, people put horns to their ears, akin to cupping a hand around the ear. These later evolved into fabricated metal ear trumpets.

10/27/2011 4:22 PM
A survivor's story

Being diagnosed with breast cancer turns the world upside down.

10/27/2011 7:31 AM
Protecting your hearing

To protect your hearing, audiologists recommend keeping the volume on iPods and other devices at a reasonable level.

10/27/2011 6:00 AM
Simple, quick, common

From the time he was born, Ethan Decker had recurrent ear infections. When he had his third ear infection before he turned 1, his doctors suggested ear tube insertion surgery.

10/27/2011 6:00 AM
Making sense of sound

Imagine a baby who doesn’t startle at a sudden noise. Tests show hearing loss.

10/27/2011 6:00 AM
Hearing them all

Audiologist Carole Stephens Read opens the door to the sound booth and tells Alexis Gonzalez, “You’re done! Good job!”

10/27/2011 6:00 AM
Exposure to loud noises can lead to cochlear Damage

By day, Blanks Blankenship is a mild-mannered graphics artist, toiling away at the computer, designing brochures and other publications for The Design Group, a Rivermont Avenue studio. By night and on weekends, however, the 55-year-old is a rock star, singing and playing bass with four area bands.

10/27/2011 6:00 AM
Be cautious, but not afraid

Over the past few years, there has been a near-constant debate about whether cell phones are hazardous to the health of users.

10/25/2011 4:40 PM
Cochlear implants are an option when hearing aids don't work

Swaddled in blankets, just hours old, newborn babies in Mother/Baby units throughout Central Virginia hospitals have already had their hearing tested. If hearing loss is detected, those babies go home with a plan of action to help save or restore their hearing. Some of those babies may need a cochlear implant.

10/25/2011 4:11 PM
Ideal Skin

We live in our skin.

07/28/2011 7:21 AM
Are you ready for first aid at home and on the road

Most likely, you have a first aid kit of some sort at home. Or maybe it is more like a cabinet full of random items and treatments, and you really do not know what’s there, how old it is, or how to properly use it. As we sneeze and cough our way through the allergy season, watch the emergence of stinging and biting insects, reptiles and spiders, and get out and about for the summer, it is a great time to revisit and take stock of your first aid supplies for the home, the car and travel.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
Darker skin lowers the risk of skin cancer

The substance that gives skin its rich color acts as a filter against skin’s enemy, ultraviolet radiation.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
Beyond Botox? Read this first

During an afternoon of facials and fun at a spa-themed party, Mike Herbert, 29, of Lynchburg, first encountered Botox.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
Plastic surgery on the rise

Pam Board never considered having plastic surgery.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
UV clothing provides protection from sun

Almost daily, Tom Reisdorf said, someone comes into Angler’s Lane looking for shirts, pants, hats and other garments specifically designed to protect the skin from the sun’s harmful rays.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
Soaking in the sun?

Like most skin care products, sunscreen is a saturated market with dozens of options.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
Dietician knows value of health breakfast

If Ida Proco had it her way, everyone would eat breakfast. Proco, a registered dietician and Centra’s clinical coordinator for nutrition services, knows she can’t drive that point home with everyone ― some people insist they do fine without breakfast, she says ― but if it was up to her no one would skip the first meal of the day.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM
Some skin and sun basics

Skin, the body’s largest organ, is its protective covering that receives external sensory stimuli. It consists of the outer layer, or epidermis, over a thicker layer, the dermis.

07/28/2011 6:00 AM