http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/103 Category: Health en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 17:30:25 -0400 RICHMOND At the end of a hearing Friday, a plea deal was reached to resolve charges against many of the 30 people facing trespassing misdemeanors after being arrested during a March 3 abortion-rights protest at the state Capitol. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/plea-deal-reached-capitol-abortion-protest-arrests Fri, 25 May 2012 22:58:11 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH A water sample taken during routine testing found E. coli bacteria in a single sample taken near the intersection of Rosemont Road and South Plaza Trail, the city announced in a news release this morning. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/ecoli-va-beach-water-sample-other-tests-negative Fri, 25 May 2012 12:27:09 -0400 NORFOLK The owner of a Suffolk home health care company has been indicted on federal charges of bilking the government's Medicaid program out of $700,000. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/suffolk-woman-arrested-700k-medicaid-fraud-case Thu, 24 May 2012 23:41:10 -0400 RALEIGH, N.C.  A bill to provide compensation to people who were sterilized against their will continues to move through the North Carolina Legislature. A House finance committee approved the bill today and sent it to the appropriations committee. Approval came after an amendment to limit the compensation only to living victims failed. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/nc-panel-oks-compensation-eugenics-victims Thu, 24 May 2012 07:15:46 -0400 By J. Lester Feder A new study could pose a challenge to the basic premise of President Barack Obama’s approach to controlling health costs — that spending will come down if doctors don’t give patients as much unnecessary medical care. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/study-price-hikes-may-drive-healthcare-costs Mon, 21 May 2012 08:45:33 -0400 By Sarah Bruyn Jones ROANOKE A medical transport helicopter had a close call with three military jets Thursday night in Rockbridge County, just north of Lexington. A pilot and three crew members were on board the Carilion Clinic craft. They were returning after dropping off a patient at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, according to Carilion spokesman Eric Earnhart. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/virginia-medical-helicopter-pilot-dodges-military-jets Fri, 18 May 2012 18:49:06 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH Cassie Thurston lounged on Chic's Beach, sipping an energy drink Friday afternoon and keeping a close watch on her 4-year-old daughter, Cassidy, playing nearby, not far from a scattering of orange and white cigarette butts abandoned in the sand. "She's always picking them up," Thurston said of the butts. "She's a little girl. She doesn't know." http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/civic-league-pushes-smoking-ban-chics-beach Fri, 18 May 2012 16:20:02 -0400 NORFOLK Dr. Matthew Spitzer, president of the United States board of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, will give the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for Eastern Virginia Medical School on Saturday. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/humanitarian-leader-give-keynote-evms Wed, 16 May 2012 23:36:24 -0400 By Martha Waggoner  RALEIGH, N.C.  Victims of North Carolina's decades-long forced sterilization program would receive $50,000 each under a bill filed today that would make the state the first to compensate people who lost their child-bearing abilities under the once-common practice.   http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/nc-bill-supports-compensation-eugenics-victims Wed, 16 May 2012 17:04:38 -0400 WILLIAMSBURG  Peninsula Health Officials are asking for the public’s help locating a dog that bit a man Sunday in the Merchants Square area of Colonial Williamsburg. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/officials-seek-dog-after-man-bitten-williamsburg Wed, 16 May 2012 05:34:19 -0400