Live Healthy West Virginia
Ep. 12 - Pediatric Heart Surgery: Treating Little Hearts with Big Problems
40m
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.
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Ep. 11 - Chiropractic Care: It’s an A...
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 Medici...
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Ep. 10 – Thoracic Surgery: Treating R...
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...
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Ep. 9 - Advanced Endoscopy: Scoping O...
Endoscopy is used for so much more than colonoscopies, and it just keeps getting better. Advanced endoscopy is an alternative to surgery used for diagnoses, removal of blockages and precancerous cells, and much more – all minimally invasively. And now with AI, we’ve reached a whole new level of e...
