The owner of Fairmont Regional Medical Center said it plans to permanently close the facility in 60 days because of financial difficulties and its inability to find a buyer. A […]
Healthcare
Mon Health System helps educate WVU business club members
West Virginia University global supply chain management students learned how their field interacts with health care during a dinner and discussion at Mon Health Medical Center on Monday. “I’m glad […]
Mon Health in clinical trial to help stop strokes
WATCHMAN FLX designed to prevent movement of clots Mon Health Medical Center was tapped by Boston Scientific, a developer of a device that reduces the risk of stroke for atrial […]
Training to save lives: WV PEERS members give free naloxone demonstrations
When administered properly, naloxone can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. In an effort to share this life-saving knowledge, members of WV PEERS gave free demonstrations Monday at the […]
Sleep center offers pediatric sleep studies
Medical experts agree children need at least nine hours of sleep per night. Sleep problems and a lack of sleep can have negative effects on children’s performance in school, during […]
Initiative wants people to sweat
ActiveWV grants to fund 13 projects to improve activities From Wheeling to Williamson, West Virginians will gain new and improved options to get active with a leisurely stroll or bicycle […]
WVU Medicine’s tele-stroke program continues to grow
The number of stroke patients at eight rural hospitals — seven in West Virginia and one in Maryland — treated with medication to break up blood clots through WVU Medicine’s […]
Child, 5, dies from flu
MORGANTOWN — The flu claimed the life of a 5-year-old child Monday morning in the emergency room of J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown and has led to the hospitalization […]
Nurse navigator at Mon Health to help moms during and after pregnancy
MORGANTOWN — One in nine mothers will experience a perinatal mood disorder such as postpartum depression following childbirth. And Mon Health Medical Center wants to help those moms through that […]
Mon Health to bring offices to I-79 tech park, south of Fairmont
MORGANTOWN — Mon Health System is expanding its primary care and introducing specialty medical services in the greater Fairmont area. The new offices will be right off Interstate 79, just […]
