Another first for West Virginia University. Surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute performed a fully robotic aortic valve replacement operation, done through a small opening in a patient’s […]
Healthcare
Study links PFAS in water to tooth decay
Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to get cavities, according to a new study by West Virginia University School of Dentistry researchers. […]
Weather, flu outbreak force counties to close schools
Susan Haslebacher is washing her hands of the whole matter, and she wants you to do the same. Hand-washing, the health supervisor for Monongalia County Schools said, is one way […]
Ruby Memorial Hospital offers therapy dog services for patients
Nurse Rachel Childers was in the midst of discussing a patient’s chart, in an authoritative tone with lots of multi-syllabic medical terms, when it happened. Her voice shot up two […]
Four in Morgantown under precautionary coronavirus quarantine
MORGANTOWN — According to the Monongalia County Health Department, there are six individuals — including four in the Morgantown area — under a precautionary 14-day self quarantine in response to […]
Preston Memorial Hospital to host health fair Saturday
KINGWOOD — Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital will host a Health Fair from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at the Newburg Senior Center. Free screenings and other services offered will include blood […]
CDC issues health alert updating health care facilities on dealing with 2019-nCoV
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert over the weekend updating health care facilities on dealing with the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This new virus […]
WVU researchers want to reboot whooping cough vaccine
The whooping cough vaccine for babies and young kids — called “DTaP” — came to the United States in 1996. That year, people were still using dial-up internet connections to […]
Free diabetes prevention courses begin Feb. 11
Mon Health Medical Center is providing community members a free diabetes prevention course series. The 24-class series will begin Feb. 11. Classes will be from noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays at the […]
Driven to succeed: WVU’s Amina Kunovac overcomes obstacles to study exercise physiology
As a child growing up in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the late 1990s, Amina Kunovac thought she wanted to be a dentist. “I always loved going to the dentist,” said Kunovac, now […]
