NewsScan

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Neurosurgery Department at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) recently implanted WVU Medicine’s first restorative neurostimulation therapy for low back pain.

WEBSTER SPRINGS, WV - Patients in Webster Springs, West Virginia, and surrounding areas will now have access to specialized cardiology care through a new telehealth service.

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

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

MORGANTOWN, WV - Little General Stores Inc. recently presented $75,000 to WVU Medicine Children’s to help support the hospital’s efforts in caring for patients and their families.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Kidney disease is a silent epidemic in West Virginia and across the United States, affecting the lives of millions.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Pharmacy Times interviewed Julie Sibbesen, PharmD, a clinical pharmacy specialist in Enterprise Medication Use at WVU Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia, on her presentation at the 2024 American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, on strategies for pharmacists to effectively address and debunk medical misinformation.

CHARLESTON, WV - The November ballot asks voters to decide on Amendment 1 relating to assisted suicide.

BRIDGEPORT, WV - Construction of the Mon Harrison Neighborhood Hospital is uncertain, but Mon Health CEO and President David Goldberg is still confident previous plans will work out.

CHARLESTON, WV - A new, innovative prevention education plan is coming to West Virginia schools and communities courtesy of a collaboration among West Virginia University and Marshall University, GameChanger, prevention leaders, schools and local coalitions to aid in substance use prevention efforts.

WEIRTON, WV - As Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center plans to join Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System, its leadership team will see a change at the helm.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The Mon Health Medical Center Auxiliary continued its tradition of an annual gala, celebrating its 60th Saturday night.

MORGANTOWN, WV - A WVU Cancer Institute team led by Shyam Thakkar, M.D., is the first in the world to commercially use the new, FDA-approved 180° C2 Cryoballoon in the treatment of Barrett’s esophagus, a precancerous condition that can lead to esophageal cancer.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is the first in West Virginia to offer a new, AI-powered cardiovascular screening algorithm to improve cardiovascular care for its patients.

HUNTINGTON, WV - Marshall Health Network is offering the following community events and screenings for the beginning of November.

PARKERSBURG, WV - WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center recently achieved several national accolades for clinical excellence from Healthgrades, reflecting outstanding outcomes in six service areas.

MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital hosted a “Level Up” party on Friday as a pre-game kickoff in partnership with the West Virginia chapter of Extra Life Guild.

BUCKHANNON, WV - Kimberly Farry, MD, from St. Joseph’s Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology, is the current Chair of the Board of Directors at the West Virginia Perinatal Partnership.

FAIRMONT, WV - The Salvation Army hopes to provide a joyful Christmas to over 1,000 children across North Central West Virginia this year, a mission that started Friday with the lighting of the Angel Tree at Fairmont Medical Center.

MARTINSBURG, WV - November is National Diabetes Month, a time when communities across the country team up to bring attention to diabetes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Beginning Nov. 1, CMS will require hospitals to report admission information related to respiratory illnesses, including capacity, to the CDC.

CHARLESTON, WV - The way you choose to deal with a terminal illness is on the ballot in West Virginia.

WEIRTON, WV - With the transition to West Virginia University Medicine set to be complete at the beginning of 2025, Weirton Medical Center also will be seeing some changes in its on-campus leadership.

BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Gold Honors Award for 2024 by the West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA).

HUNTINGTON, WV - Two Marshall Health Network hospitals have been recognized among America’s Best-in-State Hospitals 2025 by Newsweek and Statista.

MORGANTOWN, WV - Some people with chronic, debilitating lower back pain find that it can’t be treated with surgery.

MORGANTOWN, WV - The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute will initiate first-in-the-world clinical research studies using focused ultrasound neuromodulation to treat food addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions, thanks to a $2 million supplemental appropriation approved during a recent special session of the West Virginia Legislature.

WHEELING, WV - WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital has been providing quality breast care to the community for 20 years.

MORGANTOWN, WV - When the Morgantown Mohigans and University Hawks step foot on Pony Lewis Field on Friday night for the annual Mohawk Bowl, they will stand on opposite sides of the line of scrimmage, ready to prevent the other from being successful.

MORGANTOWN, WV - A Charleston-based radio DJ officially completed an over 150-mile walk to deliver a donation to West Virginia University Medicine Children’s Hospital.