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• WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute expands pioneering Alzheimer’s treatment to wider region of the brain

  Thursday, August 6, 2020

  A hospital nurse for 33 years, Nanette Miller would call her husband Frank at the end of each shift to let him know she was coming home. On Dec. 7, 2018, the phone call came with a somber declaration: “I can’t do this anymore.” Miller had to help on another hospital floor that day. She didn’t know how to get back. Several months later, she was diagnosed with what she and her husband had feared —early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

• WVU in the News: COPD Outcomes: Impact of Undiagnosed OSA

  Tuesday, August 4, 2020

  A recent study examined whether having unrecognized and untreated OSA increased chances of hospital readmissions for patients admitted for COPD exacerbation.

• Guard against mosquito-borne disease while enjoying the great WV outdoors

  Sunday, August 2, 2020

  A consequence of social distancing is that many children and families are rediscovering the great outdoors. While it certainly appears that this is a smart way for families to have fun in the coronavirus era, it is worth knowing that a few cases of a mosquito-borne disease called La Crosse encephalitis are now appearing in children from central and Southern West Virginia. Jim McJunkin, MD, a pediatrician with WVU Pediatrics at Charleston Area Medical Center’s Women and Children’s Hospital, offers tips on how to reduce mosquito exposure while encouraging families to keep enjoying the beautiful outdoors of West Virginia.

• WVU in the News: COVID-19 and the opioid crisis: When a pandemic and an epidemic collide

  Friday, July 31, 2020

  More than 20 million people in the United States have a substance use disorder. Now, COVID-19 has left many locked down, laid off, and flooded with uncertainty. So far, experts see signs of relapses, rising overdoses, and other worries. What can be done?

• Yes, kids can get COVID-19 – 3 pediatricians explain what’s known about coronavirus and children

  Tuesday, July 28, 2020

  We are three pediatric infectious disease specialists who live and work in West Virginia. The West Virginia University Health System serves 400,000 children and according to our internal data, to date, 2,520 children up to 17 years of age have been tested for the coronavirus. Sixty-seven of them tested positive, and one became sick enough to be admitted to the hospital.

• Six WVU Medicine hospitals recognized by U.S. News & World Report

  Tuesday, July 28, 2020

  Six WVU Medicine hospitals – four member hospitals and two managed hospitals – have been recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2020-21. This year’s rankings also include the WVU Medicine Urology Program’s fourth consecutive national ranking, and WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital’s designation as the number one hospital in the state.

• WVU in the News: Is baldness a risk factor for Covid-19? Men who have completely lost their hair are 40% more likely to end up in hospital with the virus, study claims

  Monday, July 27, 2020

  Bald men are 40 per cent more likely to end up in hospital with the coronavirus, a study has claimed. Dermatologists uncovered the link between hair loss and coronavirus severity by analysing data from 2,000 British men in hospital.

• Justice appoints Patrice Harris, reappoints two others to WVU Board of Governors

  Monday, July 27, 2020

  A three-time West Virginia University graduate who has completed her term as the first African-American woman president of the American Medical Association will join the WVU Board of Governors.

• WVU Medical Weight Management celebrates a year of growth in clinical operations through telemedicine

  Friday, July 24, 2020

  “Obesity is one of the greatest public health threats facing West Virginia, as our state has one of the highest rates of obesity in the nation,” Laura Davisson, M.D., associate professor and chief of obesity medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine said.

• WVU’s Poore pens letter celebrating anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act, calls on campus community to ‘sustain the important work’ of the ADA

  Friday, July 24, 2020

  Meshea L. Poore, Esq., West Virginia University vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, sent a letter today (July 24) reflecting on the upcoming 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act noting the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fact that all disabilities are not obvious or visible.