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10/04/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - LUCAS, a first of its kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Nicholas, Braxton, and Upshur counties offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans.
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10/04/2023 - Berkeley County Chamber
MARTINSBURG, WV - The first minimally invasive Micra™ AV2 pacemaker implantation procedure was recently performed at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center by Ajay Virmani, M.D., a cardiologist and medical director for the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute in Martinsburg.
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10/04/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, WV - The Charleston Area Medical Center Health Education and Research Institute, Inc. will receive more than $3 million in federal grants, according to a news release from the office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
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10/04/2023 - WVNews by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Bonnie’s Bus mobile mammography unit will visit Greenbrier, Gilmer, and Lewis counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.
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10/03/2023 - Healthcare Innovation by: David Raths
UNION CITY, PA - A Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI), recently held a kick-off event marking its formal launch.
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10/03/2023 - Becker's Health IT
WASHINGTON D.C. - Hospitals and health systems should be on the lookout for data "time bombs" that could cause patient information to be destroyed by hackers, the American Hospital Association warned.
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10/03/2023 - Becker's Hospital Review by: Mariah Taylor
WASHINGTON D.C. - Only five states have 50 percent or more of its hospitals with state certification for readiness for pediatric emergencies, an investigation Oct. 1 by The Wall Street Journal found.
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10/03/2023 - My Buckhannon
BUCKHANNON, WV - WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital recognized the contributions of their Advanced Practice Providers (APP) during National Advanced Practice Provider Week September 25-29.
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10/03/2023 - Joe Manchin
CHARLESTON, WV - This past September, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $185,348,729 in federal funding for the state of West Virginia.
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10/03/2023 - The Exponent Telegram by: Matt Harvey
MORGANTOWN, WV - Mon Health’s Progressing through Postpartum Program (P3) recently was awarded a $50,000 grant through the Highmark Bright Blue Futures Awards program.
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10/03/2023 - Marshall Health Network
POINT PLEASANT, WV - Micaela Owens, DO, Marshall Health neurologist and assistant professor at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, has joined the medical staff at Rivers Health, a member of Marshall Health Network (MHN), and is now offering onsite neurology services.
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10/03/2023 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the WVU Cancer Institute is shedding light on an area of breast cancer treatment that many may not think about: reconstructive surgery after the cancer has been eliminated.
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10/03/2023 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the WVU Cancer Institute is shedding light on an area of breast cancer treatment that many may not think about: reconstructive surgery after the cancer has been eliminated.
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10/03/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Shelley Hanson
TRIADELPHIA, WV - When one feels like giving up, like all hope is lost, sometimes a small word of encouragement and understanding can do wonders for the spirit.
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10/03/2023 - WTRF by: Karen Compton
MARSHALL COUNTY, WV - One therapy dog in the Ohio Valley is working overtime to ease people’s stress.
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10/02/2023 - The Dominion Post by: Ben Conley
MORGANTOWN, WV - In the years that followed Sept. 11, 2001, the state of West Virginia disbursed assets worth millions of dollars to bolster the state’s ability to respond to disasters of all types.
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10/02/2023 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Sarah Ingram
HUNTINGTON, WV - New population data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show in 2022, 22 states, including West Virginia, had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%.
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10/02/2023 - The Weirton Daily Times
CHARLESTON, WV - We hear it time and again: West Virginia is the unhealthiest state in the country.
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10/02/2023 - American Healthcare Leader
MORGANTOWN, WV - Since Todd Karpinski took on his first job as a fourteen-year-old pharmacy technician decades ago, a lot has changed.
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10/02/2023 - The Parkersburg News & Sentinel
MORGANTOWN, WV - On Oct. 14, 2023, we will celebrate the one-year anniversary opening of the state’s preeminent healthcare facility for kids — WVU Medicine Children’s in Morgantown.
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10/02/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - WVU Medicine is the first in the state to offer a new pacemaker placement procedure for patients who suffer from sleep apnea and have not responded to other treatments.
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10/02/2023 - The Dominion Post by: David Beard
MORGANTOWN, WV - Intermed Labs at Mon Health’s Fingy3D startup company continues to put West Virginia on the medical technology map with its 3D-printed prosthetic digits that can be ordered online.
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10/02/2023 - MetroNews
HUNTINGTON, WV - Cabell Huntington Hospital officials confirmed the discovery of Legionella bacteria in a limited area of the hospital.
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10/02/2023 - The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, WV - Mountain Health Network has appointed Nina Wallace to the position of manager of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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10/02/2023 - Times West Virginian
BRIDGEPORT, WV - For more than 10 years, Dr. Adam J. Hansen has seen a lot of people who have been living for years in pain.
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10/02/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - Miles for Migraine will host its fourth annual 5K run and two-mile walk to benefit the WVU Headache Center at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Hazel Ruby McQuain Park in Morgantown.
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10/02/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center today announced that it has received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Commission on Cancer (CoC) Accreditation Program.
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10/02/2023 - WVNews by: Michael Lemley
MORGANTOWN, WV - The WVU Cancer Institute celebrated the 15-year anniversary of the ribbon-cutting that launched Bonnie’s Bus at the 2023 Pink Party, which raised a record $162,616 to support the mobile mammography unit.
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10/02/2023 - The Intelligencer by: Terry Sterling
WHEELING, WV - It is hard to believe that it has been nine-and-a-half years since I retired as president of the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce.
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10/02/2023 - Connect Bridgeport by: Julie Perine
BRIDGEPORT, WV - The arrival of fall brings colorful foliage to West Virginia and the second annual Oktoberfest to Bridgeport.
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