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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.Read WVU in the News: COPD Outcomes: Impact of Undiagnosed OSA full story
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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.Read Guard against mosquito-borne disease while enjoying the great WV outdoors full story
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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.