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WVU residents gain additional access to simulated heart trainings
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
If you’re looking for West Virginia University Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery residents between surgeries, odds are you’ll find them fine tuning their craft through hands-on practice. And access to a new, department-specific simulated training center in the Heart and Vascular Institute at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, allows them easier access to do just that.Read WVU residents gain additional access to simulated heart trainings full story
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Registration open for Fall Cancer Conference
Monday, September 23, 2019
The event will be held Friday, Oct. 18, at the Erickson Alumni Center.Read Registration open for Fall Cancer Conference full story
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WVU physical therapy student intervenes to prevent medical emergency
Monday, September 23, 2019
MORGANTOWN, W.VA. – Alyssa Benincosa, a third-year student in the Physical Therapy program in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, relied on her training, intuition and observation skills to identify that a patient was starting to have a heart attack during her clinical rotation at the Fairmont Regional Medical Center early in the semester.Read WVU physical therapy student intervenes to prevent medical emergency full story
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WVU in the News: Closure of women's health clinics may negatively impact cervical cancer outcomes
Monday, September 23, 2019
The closure of women’s clinics appears to negatively impact outcomes among patients with cervical cancer, based on an epidemiological study involving more than 200,000 cases. -
WVU in the News: What the Science Says about the Safety of E-Cigarettes
Friday, September 20, 2019
“CBS This Morning” co-host Tony Dokoupil set out to see the science for himself behind e-cigarette use and its potential effects. In addition to speaking with experts from several universities, he came to West Virginia University to speak to Associate Professor Mark Olfert from the School of Medicine Department of Exercise Physiology and the WVU Cancer Institute about what his research shows about e-cigarette use.Read WVU in the News: What the Science Says about the Safety of E-Cigarettes full story