MORGANTOWN – The WVU School of Medicine’s Department of Cancer Prevention and Control is growing in line with the university’s long-stated goal of achieving a National Cancer Institute designation. During […]
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School of Medicine graduating students discover where country roads will take them next
More than 100 West Virginia University School of Medicine graduating medical students across three campuses opened envelopes Friday afternoon and learned where their medical journey will take them next. Match […]
Gupta, Marsh, Gee field press questions on addiction issues
MORGANTOWN – Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, joined with Dr. Clay Marsh, chancellor and executive dean for WVU Health Sciences, and […]
Medical students learn residency matches during national celebration
West Virginia University School of Medicine graduating medical students learned Friday where they will spend the next several years training as resident physicians. Match Day, the national day when medical […]
Melody vs. Malady
WVU study: Live music may relax, alleviate pain in pediatric patients WVU Today Blasting a rock anthem can energize you during a workout. Playing sonatas in the car can calm […]
WVU to receive NIH grant to see how brain heals after stroke, impact of aging
MORGANTOWN — Although strokes can occur no matter how old you are, your risk for one increases as you age. About two-thirds of the people hospitalized for stroke are at […]
Researchers want to know how overdoses affect the brain
WVU Today An opioid overdose isn’t a death sentence. In fact, estimates indicate that in the United States, only 4% to 18% of opioid overdoses that are treated in a […]
Meeting them where they are
WVU Today About 90% of Americans who need treatment for a substance use disorder don’t get it. West Virginia University researchers have developed a program that allows people who have […]
Researcher receives NIH grant to prevent amputations in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN — One-fourth of all people who have a leg amputated below the knee will be dead within five years of the operation. If the amputation is above the knee, […]
‘I’ve cared for children’
WVU Today With Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine authorized by the Food and Drug Administration for ages 12-15, one West Virginia University pediatrician assured its safety and efficacy: It underwent the same […]
