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  • Rural America needs more headache specialists, WVU researcher says

    Thursday, March 28, 2019

    West Virginia is short on neurologists. According to David Watson, who directs the West Virginia University Headache Center, the state has just half of the neurologists it needs. This scarcity can cause problems for people with migraine whose primary physicians aren’t trained or equipped to treat—or even diagnose—their more complicated cases.

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  • WVU in the News: Program aims to put humanity back into the lives of those recovering from addiction

    Wednesday, March 27, 2019

    MARTINSBURG — The thought of blueberries doesn’t often bring a tear to one’s eye. But in this group, it does.

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  • WVU in the News: Fighting Weight Gain with Darkness

    Wednesday, March 27, 2019

    A novel way to treat weight gain may involve limiting our exposure to light at night—whether that light comes from our bedside lamps, the light pollution that sneaks through our windows, or the electronic devices we use as we drift off to sleep.

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  • School of Medicine student wins Pat Fedeles Award for Compassion

    Wednesday, March 27, 2019

    The winner of the annual Patricia “Pat” Fedeles Award for Compassion in Physical Diagnosis was presented to Sundus Lateef on March 19, 2019. This award is presented to the second year medical student who portrays ongoing compassion, friendliness, and an overall caring attitude toward patients, peers, faculty and staff.

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  • WVU’s HAPI Project/Healthy Start Program receives $5.47 million for next five years

    Tuesday, March 26, 2019

    The West Virginia Healthy Start/Helping Appalachian Parents and Infants Project received a total of $5.47 in continued federal funding for the next five years through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health.

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