Unit News
Showing items
through of articles.
-
WVU obesity specialist aims to improve doctor-patient relationships
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Despite the American Medical Association’s designation of obesity as a disease in 2013, many healthcare providers still place blame on patients for their weight.Read WVU obesity specialist aims to improve doctor-patient relationships full story
-
With pancreatic cancer rates on the rise, WVU surgeon looks for a cure
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
For those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the battle is mainly uphill. The disease is hard to identify. Treatment options are limited. Response rates are low. But, a new Hirshberg Foundation seed grant will allow a West Virginia University School of Medicine surgeon to explore new treatment therapies.Read With pancreatic cancer rates on the rise, WVU surgeon looks for a cure full story
-
WVU Cancer Institute names interim director
Monday, November 11, 2019
Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, M.D., associate chair of surgery for cancer services, has been named interim director of the WVU Cancer Institute, effective January 2020. -
WVU, statewide partners to host policy and research symposium to address opioid crisis, Nov. 19-20
Monday, November 11, 2019
Researchers at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, in coordination with partners across the state, will bring together policy administrators, state legislators and researchers from across the state in a continued effort to combat the growing opioid epidemic. -
RNA helps virus create ‘zombie’ cells, cause cancer, says WVU researcher
Thursday, November 7, 2019
HPV turns healthy cells into “zombies” and controls when they divide, says Ivan Martinez, a researcher in the WVU School of Medicine and Cancer Institute. Those changes in cell division can lead to cancer in women and men. Martinez is studying how RNA tricks healthy cells into multiplying too fast and forming HPV-related tumors.Read RNA helps virus create ‘zombie’ cells, cause cancer, says WVU researcher full story