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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 ...

MCHD WIC’s Harrison County lead testing expands to Monongalia, Marion

With the growing popularity of a grant-funded lead-testing pilot program in Harrison County, Monongalia County Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children (MCHD WIC) will be expanding the service into Monongalia and Marion counties, to anyone 1 and older.  Harrison County testing has been conducted for more than a year in response to higher rates of lead in the public drinking water.  “The concern for water in Marion and Monongalia counties is not as strong, but there are still older homes or work exposures that can make exposure to lead possible,” said Jason ...