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WVU in the News: The Truth About Wanting to Die
You’re more likely to find suicides when you look for them. And, much of the time, we don’t. Grieving families would frequently prefer not to touch the issue. “The underreporting of suicide is a recognized concern in Canada and internationally,” reads a 2016 study based on data from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Suicide deaths are also examined a lot less closely, on average: a 2010 report found that about 55 percent of US suicide deaths get autopsied, compared to 92 percent of homicides.
WVU in the News: HIV Infection “Clusters” Put Focus On Harm Reduction Programs
In a recent article, health officials in Huntington, West Virginia, said a cluster of HIV infections has grown to 71 confirmed cases. That’s in a city that usually sees about eight HIV infections in a year. As with an earlier such cluster in northern Kentucky, officials say the primary cause of infection is needle drug use.
Pledging professionalism and service, future dentists begin classes
The future dentists are from five countries and nine states in the US.
Climate change and public health: Addressing the growing crisis
Accelerating global warming and climate change are affecting every facet of human life and well-being. Economic, physical, and mental injuries from climate change and extreme weather – as well as the deadly political and national security impacts of global disease, food scarcity, and forced migration – these growing impacts and more threaten human health and safety worldwide.
Be Healthy project provides research training
Empowering communities and providing support are at the heart of a new partnership geared at improving the healthy lifestyle landscape in two southern West Virginia counties.
Journal Club seeks to raise awareness for advanced illness care
West Virginia University’s Health Sciences Center faculty will administer a monthly Journal Club directed towards advanced illness care.
Nursing students providing care at World Scout Jamboree
Approximately 19 WVU School of Nursing students, including students Katherine Barbarossa (left) and Morgan Spoharski, and four faculty from Morgantown and Beckley are volunteering for the next two weeks at the 24th World Scout Jamboree - North America 2019.
WVU Charleston Surgeon Ali F. AbuRahma elected vice president of Society for Vascular Surgery
CHARLESTON W. Va., July 23, 2019 – Dr. Ali F. AbuRahma was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the association’s annual meeting in Maryland. With this new position he begins a three-year term of service that advances to president-elect and then SVS president.
WVU researcher aims to improve cancer outcomes for West Virginians
Work from Dr. A. Courtney DeVries, the John T. and June R. Chambers Chair of Oncology Research at the WVU Cancer Institute, and her team is focusing on the side effects a cancer patient experiences during treatment, depending on their social environment.
WVU researchers use telehealth to head off hospitalizations and ER visits
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rural Americans are more likely than their urban counterparts to die prematurely from the five most common killers: heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke. Telehealth—the use of technology to provide healthcare remotely—is an emerging way to combat these trends. And it’s growing in popularity.