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WVU Medicine holds ribbon cutting on new Outpatient Rehabilitation Center

MORGANTOWN – WVU Medicine cut the ribbon on Thursday on its new Outpatient Rehabilitation Center at University Town Centre, adjacent to its outpatient clinic building. The $30 million, two-story building totals 60,000 square feet. The rehab center fills the first level. The second ...

New law allows home EMS treatment for some patients

Emergency medical services from the comfort of ... your couch?   A new state law passed earlier this year will allow EMS personnel to do just that for people with certain medical conditions.  The new “treat-in-place" law will allow some patients to be treated by EMS ...

Mon Health Cancer Center highlights Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Mon Health Cancer Center is recognizing May as Skin Cancer Awareness Month and sharing the fast facts to detect and prevent skin cancer. As the weather begins to get warmer, people tend to spend more time outdoors and in direct sunlight. Skin cancer is one of the most diagnosed types of cancer in the United States each year, and if left untreated, can lead to serious complications or become fatal. “Skin cancer comes primarily in three categories: basal cell, squamous cell, and melanoma, of which melanoma is rarer but much more deadly. Unfortunately, in West Virginia the ...