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MCHD’s Huggins: Rise of Lyme disease warrants greater response

MORGANTOWN — “Just looking at the graph, it’s pretty shocking. We’ve been saying all along that if COVID never came around, we’d be focused on Lyme disease. New cases are growing at such a rate.”  That’s what regional epidemiologist Lucas Moore told The Dominion Post in ...

Capito celebrates signing of bill that fights against Parkinson’s disease

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito made her way to Capitol Market in Charleston Monday evening to celebrate the signing of a bill trying to end Parkinson’s disease. The Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act, which was signed by President Joe Biden on July 2, will make an advisory council to coordinate research and services for those affected by Parkinson’s disease. This advisory council will write a national plan to find a cure for Parkinson’s, as well as lessen the top symptoms. In addition, this bill will aim to alleviate some ...

Cookin’ with the docs

A recently developed program through WVU Medicine Medical Weight Management is encouraging patients to add more vegetables to their diet while demonstrating simple recipes using healthy ingredients.  For four weeks, approximately 20 patients of the weight management clinic met with ...