With warmer weather comes the reawakening of West Virginia’s wild and wonderful beauty, from rolling hills dotted in vibrant green trees to the friendly fluttering of butterflies along blossoming trails. After a day spent enjoying this picturesque scene, however, you might find yourself in ...
MORGANTOWN – Mon Health Medical Center achieved another first this month – becoming the first in the state to offer a novel, effective procedure for men with enlarged prostates. The condition is called Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and the procedure was performed May 14 using the ...
MORGANTOWN – While significant progress is being made in the prevention and treatment of cancer, socioeconomic and racial/ethnic barriers mean not everyone has adequate access to care. This is the case made by the American Association for Cancer Research in its new 215-page report: AACR ...
Did you know that if you attend a WVU football game, a team from Monongalia County Health Department walks around the crowd and conducts scanning to look for radiation threats? “It’s so sensitive that sometimes it will pick up people who have been treated recently for cancer,” Dr. Huggins said during a presentation Wednesday evening at the Morgantown High School Library. And if you eat in a restaurant in Monongalia County, one of the health departments six or so sanitarians has inspected it — along with pools, hotels, motels, schools, tattoo studios and even ...
National Nurses Week is May 6-12 and Mon Health System is honoring its nurses and celebrating “through time” with decade-themed festivities. National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This week ...
Mon Health Medical Center welcomed Wes Deadrick, Dean Hatcher and Patti Hodges to its board of directors. Deadrick is originally from Petersburg and has lived in Morgantown for over 20 years. He serves as the director of NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program ...
