MORGANTOWN — Sen. Tom Takubo told his colleagues on the Health Committee on Tuesday that he had nearly thrown in the towel on his perennial bill to prohibit smoking in a vehicle where minors are present. But after receiving urging from a patient and a constituent, he brought it back one ...
MORGANTOWN – Everything came together to save the life of Mike Howell when he suffered a pulmonary embolism in early January. He got to Mon Health Medical Center emergency room in time. The doctor who could save him was there and had a life-saving tool that just a few years ago wasn't on ...
MORGANTOWN – WVU's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently received national media attention for its groundbreaking research in Alzheimer's disease and drug addiction. An Alzheimer’s patient undergoes focused ultrasound treatment with the WVU RNI team. We sat down last week and ...
MCHD Dentistry gave area children something to grin about during its 14th annual Give Kids a Smile! event Friday. The American Dental Association (ADA) launched Give Kids a Smile! in 2003 as a way for dental care providers to join with others in their communities to offer free dental ...
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Lee Smith said there are foundational changes in the works for how West Virginia organizes and allocates funding for county health departments. During the January meeting of the Monongalia County Health Department Board of Health, ...
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that produced lengthy debate on Monday about supervision of nurse anesthetists. HB 4432 is a 25-page bill to allow physician assistants to own their own practices. The subject of debate was a short section near the end to ...
