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Want to live a better and healthier life? Find out more about the latest medical breakthroughs and best treatments for conditions from heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s in the...
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Want to live a better and healthier life? Find out more about the latest medical breakthroughs and best treatments for conditions from heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s in the elderly to RSV in babies. We talk about the latest health information with an expert physician from WVU Medicine to help you live healthy in West Virginia and beyond.
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Live Healthy WV
Live Healthy WV
25 SEP 2024 · One in four adults over 40 are at risk for developing atrial fibrillation, or “AFib,” a serious condition that causes your heart to beat irregularly. We talk about how AFib can lead to other serious conditions, such as stroke, and how to get your heart back in rhythm and stay in rhythm with Dr. David Schwartzman, director of Electrophysiology at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
11 SEP 2024 · September is National Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and newer blood cancer therapies are providing effective cures and treatments without the strong side effects of chemotherapy. We talk about how monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapy are improving survival rates and giving hope to blood cancer patients with Ashkan Emadi, MD, physician-in-chief of Medical Oncology at the WVU Cancer Institute.
28 AUG 2024 · Did you know that falls are the number one cause of concussion? Or that isolating in a cold, dark room is NOT the best way to treat a concussion? We’re busting concussion myths and talking about the changing concussion protocols with national concussion expert Javier Cárdenas, MD, of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Concussion & Brain Injury Center.
14 AUG 2024 · Robots have been taking over our surgeries for more than 20 years, and their use is expanding exponentially. Why is that a good thing? Dr. Kristy Ward, chair of the J.W. Ruby Memorial Robotics Committee, explains the benefits of robotic surgery and why WVU Medicine is expanding its fleet of robots around the region to bring robotic assisted surgery closer to home.
31 JUL 2024 · Do you know what back-to-school vaccines your child needs? Why does West Virginia lead the nation in childhood immunization rates but is last in getting teens and pre-teens the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine?
Dr. Kathy Moffett, chief of WVU Medicine Children’s Pediatric Infectious Diseases, explains it all and talks about how we can protect our kids and families through vaccination.
17 JUL 2024 · Are you struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder or depression and medication just isn’t working? Then transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS therapy, may be for you. We talk with neurologist Dr. Umer Najib of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute about how this noninvasive, in-office treatment for OCD and depression is helping many patients find relief.
3 JUL 2024 · Get ready Elkins, Randolph County, and surrounding area. The Elkins Corridor Medical Center is coming soon and bringing WVU Medicine healthcare even closer to home, all under one roof. We talk to United Hospital Center president and CEO Dr. David Hess about building this new hospital without beds that has everything from primary care to urgent care, cardiac care to cancer care, labs, imaging, and everything in between.
19 JUN 2024 · One in 100 babies born in West Virginia are born with some form of congenital heart disease. How do you treat tiny hearts with big problems?
From the Harmony Valve to Preemie PDA Closure, we talk about some truly amazing treatments for these heart conditions with pediatric cardiologist Dr. Alex Verhoeven of the WVU Medicine Children’s Heart Center. Most of these pioneering procedures are minimally invasive and only available at a small group of hospitals, including WVU Medicine Children’s.
5 JUN 2024 · An estimated 35 million Americans see a chiropractor each year, but how much do you know or think you know about chiropractic medicine?
We unravel some of the mystery behind chiropractic care and do a little chiropractic myth busting with Dr. Nicholas Marchesani, a chiropractor at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management. Spoiler alert – chiropractors do much more than just crack your back.
22 MAY 2024 · Do you suffer from acid reflux or a hiatal hernia? Are you at risk for esophageal or lung cancer?
We talk about how thoracic surgery can treat thoracic conditions from reflux to cancer and hernias to lung nodules. Thoracic surgeon Dr. Jason Lamb of the WVU Heart & Vascular Institute talks about the latest treatments – most of them minimally invasive – for the most common thoracic diseases.
Want to live a better and healthier life? Find out more about the latest medical breakthroughs and best treatments for conditions from heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s in the...
show more
Want to live a better and healthier life? Find out more about the latest medical breakthroughs and best treatments for conditions from heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s in the elderly to RSV in babies. We talk about the latest health information with an expert physician from WVU Medicine to help you live healthy in West Virginia and beyond.
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