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MADISON, WV - The Centers for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) hosted the 2024 Donate Life West Virginia Hospital Challenge Awards Ceremony and Luncheon at the Stonewall Resort on August 29th to honor the remarkable contributions of West Virginia’s hospital partners in promoting organ donation awareness during Donate Life Month, held each April. T

MORGANTOWN, WV - September is Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, and Mon Health is taking the time to highlight the importance of regular screenings, vaccination and education to reduce risk of disease.

KINGWOOD, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital is proud to announce the recertification of its Cardiac Rehabilitation Program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute are adding four new surgeons to their cardiac and thoracic surgery teams.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute will hold its annual Pink Party to benefit the Bonnie’s Bus Mobile Mammography Unit from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, at the GOAT Country Roads Pub, formerly known as Cosmo, in Suncrest Towne Centre in Morgantown.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital welcomed its fifth class of Project SEARCH interns Monday (Aug. 26).

CLARKSBURG, WV - Celebrate Recovery from Clarksburg Baptist Church was at the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival Saturday, giving out free Narcan and spreading awareness of the fight against opioid abuse on International Overdose Awareness Day.

BUCKHANNON, WV - BlaineTurner Advertising (BTA), a marketing and public relations agency, announced that it, along with its clients Maryland Physicians Care (MPC) and WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital, were awarded the prestigious Award of Excellence at the 30th Annual Communicator Awards.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital’s new Growing Hope program is cultivating a path to better health for oncology patients by providing them with free fresh produce from local farmers.

WEIRTON, WV - Those looking to this space for perspective on the pressing issues of the day may wonder why it contains yet another appeal for blood donors and support of the American Red Cross’s mission.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV - Vandalia Health President and CEO Dave Ramsey laid out an aggressive path for the health system in the months and years to come during his presentation Thursday at the annual West Virginia Business Summit hosted by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

CHARLESTON, WV - Opioid use disorder (OUD) is one of the most pressing public health crises in the United States, with more than 75% of the nearly 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2022 involving an opioid.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their ideas to boost the patient experience.

BECKLEY, WV - David Stuart, MD, FACS, has been named Chief Medical Officer for Appalachian Regional Healthcare’s West Virginia Region, serving Beckley ARH Hospital, Summers County ARH Hospital and Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center in South Williamson, Ky.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Heart and Vascular Institute physicians are the first in the state and region to perform ablation of atrial fibrillation guided by a new technology, Volta’s AF-Xplorer, which promises to personalize the ablation approach.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center is highlighting its success with the WATCHMAN FLX™ and WATCHMAN FLX™ Pro procedures ahead of September’s National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month.

CLARKSBURG, WV - Save a Life Day, also known as Free Naloxone Day, will be held on the fourth Thursday of September.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Mal’s Fresh Produce in Morgantown is gearing up for a fall pumpkin festival in October!

BLUEFIELD, WV - The new date for the pickleball tournament in Bluefield is now September 7th with the same start time.

PARKERSBURG, WV - Steve Altmiller got a real sense of community in the Mid-Ohio Valley during his 6½ years as the President and CEO of WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center.

CHARLESTON, WV - As West Virginia towns were dealing with the fallout of being flooded with prescription painkillers in the late 2010s, Dr. Anita Stewart recognized that people with opioid addictions were at risk of HIV.

CHARLESTON, WV - You owe $8,580.07, payable to the hospital now.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Dr. Eduardo Pino has announced his retirement as the Medical Director of Hoops Family Children’s Hospital (HFCH), a member of Marshall Health Network (MHN), at the end of September.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Breastmilk is preventative health care for both mothers and babies; it’s even considered medicine by some.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University Health System (WVU Medicine) partnered with InVita Healthcare Technologies (InVita), and Lifeline of Ohio (LOOP), the federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) serving central and southeast Ohio as well as Wood and Hancock counties in West Virginia, to successfully launch iReferral® to improve the critical first step in the organ and tissue donation and transplantation process.

BLUEFIELD, WV - As pickleball grows in popularity more people from all age groups are starting to play the sport.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network, Inc., a leading West Virginia-based academic health system, announces a new digital health collaboration with Primefocus Health.

WHITE HALL, WV - Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital was named by Becker’s Hospital Review on its list of hospitals with the shortest emergency department visit times.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is pleased to announce the addition of fellowship-trained pediatric cardiologist Mariam Opel, M.D., to its team of pediatric specialists.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is selling football parking passes as a part of its yearly fundraiser to benefit patient care at Mon Health Medical Center.