MORGANTOWN — Mon Health Medical Center once again earned an “A” grade for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, a safety-based nonprofit formed by major employers and healthcare groups, the […]
Health and Sciences
WVU Medicine performs the state’s first heart transplant
The first heart transplant procedure in West Virginia was successfully performed Saturday at the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute on a 61-year-old man with heart failure. Michael Shullo, […]
Talking research: WVU study looks at how cancer, immune cells communicate
Cells can’t text each other the way we can, but they can still communicate. One way they send each other messages is through exosomes — tiny, spherical “packages” of information […]
Overdose numbers decreasing; Narcan maker says W.Va. cutting back on opioids
West Virginia has the highest age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving opioids, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In 2017, there were 833 drug overdose deaths involving […]
Second case of hepatitis A in area leads to hospitalization
A second area resident was diagnosed with hepatitis A and then hospitalized for it, and Monongalia County Health Department encourages community members to consider getting vaccinated to prevent this illness. […]
Departing Mylan executives will net millions in Upjohn merger golden parachutes
MORGANTOWN — Mylan CEO Heather Bresch will retire with a comfortable golden parachute when the company completes its merger with Upjohn next year. According to a recent Upjohn SEC filing, […]
WVU Medicine 1st multi-organ transplant center in West Virginia
WVU Medicine WVU Medicine received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to offer kidney transplants, making it West Virginia’s first and only fully functional multi-organ transplant center. “In […]
WVU researchers studying how change in opioid laws impacts healthcare, drug crisis
WVU Today In 2017, West Virginia healthcare providers wrote 81.3 opioid prescriptions for every 100 state residents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The national average? Just […]
WVU teams with Hearts of Gold to train service dogs for veterans
While serving in the U.S. Army, service members are joined by a “battle buddy” — a friend to watch out for them. For some local veterans, that friend is four-legged […]
WVU Extension takes on pre-diabetes in kids
WVU Today Armed with data from a new study raising alarms about the health of children in the Mountain State, a West Virginia University Extension Service program mobilized to help […]
