Live Healthy West Virginia
Ep. 15 – Back-to-School Vaccines: Helping Students and Families Stay Healthy
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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.
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Ep. 14 – TMS for OCD & Depression: A ...
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-offi...
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Ep. 13 – Coming Soon! Elkins Corridor...
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...
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Ep. 12 - Pediatric Heart Surgery: Tre...
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 ...
