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WVU in the News: Rural Study Explores Team-based Approach to Diabetes Care
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Despite ample evidence that a collaborative, multidisciplinary team-based approach to managing type 2 diabetes that incorporates patient self-management leads to better outcomes(clinical.diabetesjournals.org) than methods that rely largely on the expertise of a single clinician, research on how this model performs in the primary care setting -- particularly in rural communities -- has been limited.Read WVU in the News: Rural Study Explores Team-based Approach to Diabetes Care full story
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WVU researchers study how brain cells stress each other out for their own good
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Inflammation can be a good thing. If you burn yourself, it helps your skin heal. If you eat contaminated food, it helps you fend off a stomach bug. But scientists don’t fully understand the role inflammation plays in neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis, stroke and dementias. And they don’t know how to control pathological inflammation without interfering with the beneficial kind.Read WVU researchers study how brain cells stress each other out for their own good full story
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WVU in the News: Families Struggle Against the Unknowns of Alzheimer's Across Appalachia
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
For families struggling with Alzheimer’s in Appalachia, the road can be lonely and long. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that is the most common cause of dementia in older adults. Patients with the disease can live as long as 20 years after diagnosis. -
Scholl earns three Pathology Medical Student Awards
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Ashley Rose Scholl, MSc, a post-sophomore fellow in the Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine (PALM) Department in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, has earned three medical student awards from pathologist professional societies.Read Scholl earns three Pathology Medical Student Awards full story
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New exhibit by pathology staff creates 3D art exhibit combining beeswax and photography
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Honeybees, photography and a blowtorch—that’s all Dana Gray needs to create her art.