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04/10/2024 - Mon Health
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital staff visited Kingwood Elementary School’s Family Engagement Night ahead of its April 9th Future Donor Blood Drive.
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04/10/2024 - WOWK by: Jessica Patterson
HUNTINGTON, WV - April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Tuesday at Hoops Family Children’s Hospital, Tuesday was an opportunity to spread awareness.
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04/10/2024 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine honored roughly 75 of its employees Tuesday afternoon during Bravo! Bash, an event that aimed to not only recognize the employees’ hard work, but also give them a memorable afternoon of fun and leisure.
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04/09/2024 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Mariah Taylor
WASHINGTON D.C. - The District of Columbia has the most registered nurses per capita, and Idaho has the fewest, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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04/09/2024 - WV Living
HUNTINGTON, WV - On paper, Brandon Butcher was the picture of health.
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04/09/2024 - West Virginia Watch by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely
WAYNE, WV - In February, on Valentine’s Day, a Wayne County teenager died after waiting for CPR and other emergency care because his local ambulance service didn’t have a crew to respond.
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04/09/2024 - Marshall Health Network
HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network’s St. Mary’s Breast Center and FaithHealth Appalachia have partnered to offer free mammograms and Pap tests to women through the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Foundation’s grant-funded See, Test & Treat program.
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04/09/2024 - WV Living by: Wendy Holdren and Taylor Maple
CHARLESTON, WV - Nurses are the backbone of our health care system.
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04/09/2024 - My Buckhannon
PHILIPPI, WV - Broaddus Hospital is proud to announce that Jessica Luff, LPN, has been named a Champion of Care by WV Living Magazine.
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04/09/2024 - The Inter-Mountain by: Brad Johnson
BELINGTON, WV - A local volunteer fire department is showing its gratitude for being donated a high-tech device that could be a lifesaver.
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04/09/2024 - WV Living by: Grace Sears
CHARLESTON, WV - Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center makes its patients a priority with innovative options at a variety of locations.
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04/09/2024 - WV Living
LOGAN, WV - Rocky Adkins tackles rehabilitation with courage at Logan Regional Medical Center.
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04/09/2024 - WDTV
MORGANTOWN, WV - On this edition of the WVU Medicine Health Report, we look at why living kidney donations not only increase the number of people that can receive transplants but also give them a better chance for success.
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04/08/2024 - WVNews by: John Mark Shaver
MORGANTOWN, WV - Telemedicine across the state of West Virginia has expanded greatly in the four years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and officials hope the federal laws that have been relaxed since the pandemic stay that way.
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04/08/2024 - The Science Times by: Conelisa N. Hubilla
MORGANTOWN, WV - Alzheimer's disease currently affects 32 million people around the world, contributing to 60-70% of cases of dementia.
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04/08/2024 - Daily Mail WV
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV - Michelle Endicott, D.O., of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s Class of 2001, has bad news and good news for aspiring dermatologists.
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04/08/2024 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center will host a free skin cancer screening event from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, in conjunction with Skin Cancer Awareness Month, which is held annually in May.
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04/08/2024 - The Inter-Mountain
WESTON, WV - Mon Health Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital recently utilized the Mon Health System Ron and Stephanie Stovash Mobile Nursing Lab to run patient simulation drills for staff.
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04/08/2024 - WVNews by: John G. Miller
CHARLESTON, WV - Vandalia Health, which combined Charleston Area Medical Center with the Mon Health System out of Morgantown, continues to grow in terms of facilities, technology, staffing and services, according to system President and CEO David Ramsey.
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04/08/2024 - Kanawha Metro
CHARLESTON, WV - CAMC kicked off National Donate Life Month on April 4, with the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (or CORE), by raising “Donate Life” flags at its hospitals to raise awareness about organ, tissue and cornea donation.
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04/08/2024 - WVNews by: Logan Cottrell
MORGANTOWN, WV - Saturday evening was a time for good fish and good friends at the 12th annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry at the Hazel & J.W. Ruby Community Center Event Complex at Mylan Park.
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04/08/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Hospitals Volunteer Services is accepting applications for the Junior Volunteer Program.
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04/08/2024 - The Journal
MARTINSBURG, WV - If you had an opportunity to positively impact the life of a family member, friend, neighbor, or stranger, would you?
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04/08/2024 - WDTV
MORGANTOWN, WV - Maura Mullen BSN, RN, Critical Care Supervisor and Educator at United Hospital Center, is here to discuss what is a living donation.
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04/08/2024 - WDTV by: Atticus Pead
MORGANTOWN, WV - The First Lady, Cathy Justice, is recovering after a successful hip replacement surgery.
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04/08/2024 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Monroe, Mercer, and Greenbrier counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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04/05/2024 - The Morgan Messenger
LEWISBURG, WV - To this day, Michael Peterson, D.O., tastes blood in his mouth during stressful situations.
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04/05/2024 - WVNews
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Social Services (BSS) has launched a 14-week leadership training program called Leaders Thrive.
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04/05/2024 - WDTV
LUCAS to Offer Three More Lung Cancer Screenings in April Including Visits to Lewis, Upshur Counties
BRIDGEPORT, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas, Lewis, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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04/05/2024 - WBOY
MORGANTOWN, WV - April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and on Thursday WVU Medicine Children’s held a ceremony to raise awareness for how child abuse impacts kids in West Virginia.
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