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WVU doctors create Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health to halt chronic disease
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
As recent national statistics for obesity and diabetes revealed West Virginia’s ranking as number one in both, a team of interdisciplinary healthcare providers at West Virginia University is creating a new Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health with the bold goal of preventing and reversing these conditions with not more medication, but less.Read WVU doctors create Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Health to halt chronic disease full story
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Grant will help WVU Medicine identify HIV, Hepatitis C patients
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
The WVU Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine has been awarded a four-year, $1.375 million grant from Frontlines of Communities in the United States (FOCUS) to identify and link to care patients infected with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) at several WVU Medicine clinical sites.Read Grant will help WVU Medicine identify HIV, Hepatitis C patients full story
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Grand opening ceremony for WVU Cancer Institute at Reynolds Memorial Hospital to be held Friday
Monday, November 6, 2017
The WVU Cancer Institute at Reynolds Memorial Hospital will hold a grand opening ceremony and reception at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, at the newly constructed center on the hospital campus in Glen Dale. The clinic will hold its first patient visits on Nov. 27. -
WVU in the News: Assistant Dean Brumage discusses childhood trauma as a source of public health problems
Monday, November 6, 2017
Dr. Michael Brumage, assistant dean at the SPH and executive director and health officer for the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, is featured on West Virginia Public Broadcasting's podcast, "The Front Porch." In this episode, Brumage shares his insights on how exposure to childhood trauma can lead to a variety of public health problems in adulthood. -
Celebrating National Health Professions Week at WVU
Sunday, November 5, 2017
So, you think you want to explore a career in a health profession, but you don’t know where to start or even what’s available?Read Celebrating National Health Professions Week at WVU full story