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  • Taking the whoop out of whooping cough

    Thursday, January 30, 2020

    Using animal models, WVU researchers have investigated whether an update of DTaP could strengthen the immune system’s attack on Bordetella pertussis, the bacteria that causes whooping cough.

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  • Cell-phone-sized device that stimulates nerve in neck may prevent migraine

    Thursday, January 30, 2020

    Drugs called triptans are the “mainstay of migraine treatment,” said West Virginia University neurologist Umer Najib, but typically, patients can’t take them more than twice a week. If they have a third migraine, they’re out of luck. But Najib is researching a new way to treat—and prevent—migraine attacks without this limitation: neuromodulation.

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  • Cell-phone-sized device that stimulates nerve in neck may prevent migraine

    Friday, January 24, 2020

    If your bank account balance looks nail-bitingly low and you won’t get paid for days, you might agonize over every dollar you spend. Maybe you’ll scrutinize grocery-store ads more closely than usual or brew your own coffee instead of ordering it from a barista.

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  • WVU in the News: WVU Medicine Children’s receives grant to train and retain autism specialists

    Thursday, January 23, 2020

    WVU Medicine Children’s Neurodevelopmental Center, Augusta Levy Learning Center and Bright Futures Learning Services have received a $100,000 grant to train and retain Board-Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) and increase access to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).

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  • WVU in the News: WVU Heart and Vascular Institute innovations aim to deal with heart disease, imaging

    Thursday, January 23, 2020

    The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute is one of the first academic medical centers in the country to install Genetesis CardioFlux FAC magnetocardiography cardiac imaging technology, which is a Food and Drug Administration-cleared system that measures and displays the signals produced by the heart’s electrical activity without the use of radiation, medications, or exercise, allowing doctors to quickly and accurately diagnose heart disease.

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