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08/29/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Fall is just around the corner and the Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary is gearing up for the season by hosting its annual mum sale in support of the ongoing projects of Mon Health Medical Center.
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08/29/2024 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
BRIDGEPORT, WV - WVU Medicine United Hospital Center’s Nurse Residency Program recently earned national accreditation, with hospital officials saying the designation proves that UHC patients are in the best of hands.
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08/29/2024 - WVDN
MORGANTOWN, WV - Three promising researchers pursuing doctoral degrees at West Virginia University are receiving funding from the Ruby Scholars Graduate Fellows Program to aid in their future academic endeavors.
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08/29/2024 - WTOV by: Gianna Dapra
WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital is planting the seeds of wellness with "Growing Hope," a program that provides fresh, local produce to cancer patients.
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08/29/2024 - WTRF by: Mary Flavin
WHEELING, WV - The Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley awarded the River Valley Health Fund grant to 21 organizations who work hard to improve the health and well-being of the surrounding communities.
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08/29/2024 - Mineral News & Tribune
KEYSER, WV - Potomac Valley Hospital recently announced its 2024 Employee of the Year and its 2024 Safety Star of the Year.
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08/27/2024 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Drug addiction remains a widespread, deadly problem in West Virginia, state lawmakers heard in a presentation filled with alarming, spine-chilling figures.
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08/27/2024 - The Weirton Daily Times by: Steven Allen Adams
CHARLESTON, WV - Lawmakers had questions Monday for officials with the West Virginia Department of Human Services regarding recent announcements that provider reimbursement rates for Medicaid waiver programs would increase and the state childcare subsidy is fully funded until the end of the year.
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08/27/2024 - WV Press Association by: Autumn Shelton
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia’s lawmakers are looking at ways to increase mental health support for the state’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers.
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08/27/2024 - WBOY by: McKenna Galloway
MORGANTOWN, WV - A human performance researcher at West Virginia University is explaining why heart rate variability, or the time between heartbeats, may appear different on wearable and medical technology.
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08/27/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network, Inc., a leading West Virginia-based academic health system, announces a new digital health collaboration with Primefocus Health.
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08/27/2024 - Mon Health
DAVIS, WV - Vandalia Health’s Davis Health System and Mon Health System celebrated employees throughout August with system-wide tournaments and a picnic.
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08/27/2024 - Mon Health
WESTON, WV - The American College of Cardiology recently recognized Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital with Chest Pain Center Accreditation, joining Mon Health Medical Center and Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital, for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients with chest pain.
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08/27/2024 - Mon Health
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.
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08/27/2024 - Mon 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.
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08/27/2024 - The Panhandle News Network
MORGANTOWN, WV - For the second year, radio hosts and members of the community came together to share some love with children around the state.
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08/27/2024 - Marshall Health Network
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.
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08/27/2024 - Franklin County Free Press
RANSON, WV - The WVJC School of Nursing is excited to announce its educational partnership in WVU Medicine’s Aspiring Nurse Program at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, and Jefferson Medical Center in Ranson, West Virginia.
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08/27/2024 - The Intelligencer
OHIO VALLEY, WV - WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital announced Monday that is has received one of the $10,000 River Valley Health Fund grants for this year for its Samaritan Fund Project.
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08/27/2024 - The Inter-Mountain by: Brad Johnson
ELKINS, WV - Six members of the Elkins Woman’s Club recently paid a visit to see the club’s Window of Hope at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital NICU in Morgantown.
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08/26/2024 - Times West Virginian by: Lori Kersey
CHARLESTON, WV - The Kanawha County Commission is considering offering free mental health services to its first responders, a measure Commission President Lance Wheeler hopes sets an example for counties across the state.
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08/26/2024 - WVNS by: Danielle Sandler
CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC recently made a groundbreaking achievement in the medical world for being the first health system in southern West Virginia to implant the Barostim™ Baroreflex Activation Therapy.
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08/26/2024 - WOAY by: Brandy Lawrence
PRINCETON, WV - WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital opened the doors to a facility that will help with a health issue on the rise in our area: Cancer.
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08/26/2024 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - College Basketball Hall of Famer and former WVU Coach Bob Huggins came to Mon Health Medical Center Thursday morning to present a $380,000 check to support cancer care services at Mon Health Cancer Center.
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08/26/2024 - Boone Memorial Health
MADISON, WV - The BMH Foundation for Community Health is proud to announce our donation of eight AED units to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department.
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08/26/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine had an extensive presence at this year’s Breakthrough T1D Walk, held Aug. 17 at the Mylan Park Track and Field Complex in Morgantown.
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08/26/2024 - Herald Star by: Michele Gillis
WHEELING - Imagine two sports players running into each other and falling to the ground.
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08/26/2024 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur will hold blood screenings on Saturdays in the fall.
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08/26/2024 - The Register Herald
CHARLESTON, WV - It’s the start of a new school year — let the spreading of germs begin!
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08/26/2024 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center general surgeons Dr. Shawna Grimm and Dr. Warner Wang both reached the milestone of completing 1,000 robotic assisted surgeries each.
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