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MORGANTOWN, WV - Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dr. Chris Cook, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, as Vandalia Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is now offering patients newly diagnosed with pituitary and anterior skull-base tumors a more centralized approach to initial evaluations.

HUNTINGTON, WV - The experienced physicians and staff at St. Mary’s Regional Heart Institute, a member of Marshall Health Network, offer the latest state-of-the-art techniques and procedures for treating heart rhythm irregularities.

MADISON, WV - Boone Memorial Health is pleased to announce that Podiatry care will be offered to its growing list of specialty services with the addition of Daniel Wright, DPM, FACFAS, to its physician team.

HUNTINGTON, WV - In October, during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, many come together to recognize the profound heartache that comes with losing a pregnancy or an infant.

MORGANTOWN, WV - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost half of all adults living in the United States have hypertension.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Lauren Winans sat down with Grace Conde, RN, clinical navigator at United Hospital Center, to discuss breast cancer.

MARTINSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and Jefferson Medical Center are partnering with CCAP Loaves and Fishes to offer a new workshop in Martinsburg.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Central Supply, a concrete company in Bridgeport, decided to wrap five of their cement trucks to show support for local charities.

CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia officials are bracing for public reaction to cost increases for the state’s insurance that covers government workers.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The shortage of IV fluids continues to cause statewide health providers to make adjustments.

HUNTINGTON, WV - West Virginia Amendment 1, the Prohibit "Medically-Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Mercy Killing" Measure, is on the ballot in West Virginia as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on Nov. 5, 2024.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Wound Care has been providing hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in Morgantown for over 20 years.

MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Jackson, Lewis, Nicholas, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, and Webster counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

PHILIPPI, WV - With Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day taking place this past weekend, Broaddus Hospital spent Monday holding a Breast Cancer Education event which invited breast cancer survivors to come and make their voices heard and provide guidance.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - VU Medicine Thomas Hospitals will join members of the WVU Cancer Institute to announce the expansion of the Bonnie’s Bus mobile cancer screening program through the purchase of a new mobile mammography unit to serve southern West Virginia.

MORGANTOWN, WV - As cannabidiol products — commonly known as CBD — become more readily available, researchers at West Virginia University are working to get a better understanding at how the substance affects people behind the wheel.

CHARLESTON, WV - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a Kanawha County medical facility is showcasing a lengthy project that has raised funds for those diagnosed with the disease.

MORGANTOWN, WV - West Virginia University President Gordon Gee delivered his final State of the University address Monday at the College of Law, recalling a productive past and providing an optimistic look to the future.

MORGANTOWN, WV - David Watson, M.D., professor and chair of the WVU School of Medicine Department of Neurology, has been named signature vice chair of WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) clinical operations and System integration and medical director of RNI multidisciplinary programs.

CHARLESTON, WV - As the United States health care industry continues to experience a shortage in IV fluid brought on by Hurricane Helene, West Virginia hospital systems have put in place their own plans to conserve the product used extensively across medical procedures, a representative of the state’s hospital association said.

CHARLESTON, WV - Donor families and recipients learned that with every organ, tissue or cornea someone donates, they can save the life of eight people, at the annual CORE event Sunday.

CHARLESTON, WV - The Catholic church in West Virginia is supporting a constitutional amendment that would ban physician-assisted death in the state.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Good leaders have a way of envisioning future development, of seeing the potential and the pitfalls.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine children’s neuroscience center the WVU Rockefeller neuroscience has appointed Dr. Lawrence Morton has the new chief of pediatric neurology.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Researchers at WVU Medicine and the WVU School of Medicine have identified high-resolution pulse oximetry (HRPO) as a feasible tool for detecting sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in acute stroke patients.

HUNTINGTON, WV - October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to raise awareness and promote education, professionals at Marshall Health Network held a breast cancer symposium Friday.

MORGANTOWN, WV - On October 9, 2024, Vandalia Health hospitals, including Mon Health and Davis Health, hosted a successful Healthcare Career Showcase aimed at introducing middle & high school students to the dynamic world of healthcare.

Point Pleasant, WV - Rivers Health, a member of Marshall Health Network, announced the opening of the Rivers Health Wound Center, a specialized outpatient wound care treatment center dedicated to the care of patients with wounds.