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WVU Medicine surgeons improve quality of life for patients with amputations
Friday, November 22, 2019
Surgeons at WVU Medicine have performed the state’s first target muscle reinnervation (TMR) procedure, a technique that transfers residual nerves from an amputated limb into new muscle, allowing patients to control new bioelectric prosthetics.Read WVU Medicine surgeons improve quality of life for patients with amputations full story
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Fighting opioids with an unlikely supplemental painkiller: anti-itch medicine
Thursday, November 21, 2019
What if doctors could prevent opioid addiction … with opioids? Shane Kaski, a graduate student in the WVU School of Medicine, is exploring how supplementing morphine—a highly addictive opioid—with a less addictive opioid may increase each drug’s effectiveness. The lower doses that result could mean fewer side effects and less risk of addiction.Read Fighting opioids with an unlikely supplemental painkiller: anti-itch medicine full story
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WVU healthcare simulation center earns full accreditation, joining less than 3 percent of centers worldwide
Thursday, November 21, 2019
David and JoAnn Shaw Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety recently attained full accreditation by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s accreditation council. -
WVU Physician Assistant Studies earns accreditation, classes to start in January
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
The West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant Studies program has earned provisional accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, or ARC-PA.Read WVU Physician Assistant Studies earns accreditation, classes to start in January full story
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WVU in the News: Despite a range of health challenges, WV leaders committed to progress
Monday, November 18, 2019
Despite the scope of West Virginia's health challenges, Dr. Clay Marsh says the state’s leaders, lawmakers and health-care providers are committed to making meaningful progress.