Swilled Dog Launches New Ciders, Expands into VA, and Adds Glover to Board
Swilled Dog Hard Cider, a West Virginia hard cider company based out of Franklin, WV is adding more ciders to their lineup, is expanding into Virginia, and has added one of its owners to the Board of the US Association of Cider Makers. The family-owned business based out of Franklin, WV will now be offering […]
WVU Extension partners with drug courts to offer a fresh start to residents fighting addiction
Illicit drug use in the United States has been steadily increasing, and in 2014 alone, more than seven million Americans who struggled with drug use. West Virginia has the highest rate of drug-related deaths in the United States and one-in-10 people in the state battle with some form of drug addiction. West Virginia has taken […]
New Bonnie’s Bus to offer mammograms in Parkersburg
The new Bonnie’s Bus, a 45-foot, state-of-the-art mobile mammography vehicle, will visit Wood County offering three-dimensional (3D) digital mammograms and breast care education to women. A service of WVU Medicine and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus will be at Bicentennial Park in Parkersburg from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 26. For an […]
WVU Medicine Children’s launches School Intervention Program
When a child is hospitalized, what he or she considers “normal” – going to school, participating in extracurricular activities, daily routines – is disrupted. For children who are admitted for extended stays at WVU Medicine Children’s, a new School Intervention Program is available to keep them on track, so they can return to their classrooms […]
Maier Foundation Funds College Scholarships for Four McDowell County, W.Va., Students
Four McDowell County, W.Va., high school students were selected today to receive one-year, $5,000 college scholarships in a program funded by the Maier Foundation and sponsored by Reconnecting McDowell, a public-private partnership convened by the American Federation of Teachers. The scholarships are the first set awarded by Reconnecting McDowell, a comprehensive, long-term initiative to make […]
Fellowship-trained joint replacement specialist joins Marshall Orthopaedics
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall Health and Cabell Huntington Hospital medical and dental staff welcome Matthew W. Bullock, D.O., MPT, to their orthopaedic surgery teams. Bullock, a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon, has been named an assistant professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. […]
