Nurses are invaluable professionals within the medical community. Whether they work in hospital settings, nursing homes, assisted living facil…
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Annual wellness visits have long been considered a vital component of preventive health care. That hasn’t changed, though the dynamic between …
HUNTINGTON — Most people have seen at least one or two scenes from a TV medical drama at some point: Everything is always high stakes, high st…
HURRICANE — A $45 million expansion project at CAMC Teays Valley Hospital in Hurricane will create a 50,000-square-foot addition to the hospit…
Stress hits differently in West Virginia. Coal dust in your lungs, patients coding in emergency rooms, students struggling with reading scores…
As a physician who specializes in occupational health, I have worked closely with colleagues at the National Institutes of Safety and Health i…
It starts with a headache. A dull throb at your temples that you try to ignore. Then, as the afternoon sun rises higher, the dizziness kicks i…
Scott Laney doesn’t know what will happen to the X-rays.
Silica dust has replaced coal dust as the silent killer down mineshafts in Appalachia. More miners are developing respiratory illnesses sooner…
When my son was born with Down syndrome, I learned quickly that the smallest details of medical care can have an extensive effect on the quali…
