Tuesday, May 22 2012 12:19 PM EDT2012-05-22 16:19:28 GMT
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, accounting for nearly half of all cancers diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, accounting for nearly half of all cancers diagnosed, according to the American Cancer Society.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 11:17 AM EDT2012-05-22 15:17:01 GMT
Many reports have indicated for years that most West Virginians are unhealthy, but a report this week from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the nonprofit Trust for America's Health ranked West Virginia
A report released this week by the nonprofit Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation showed West Virginia with a high rate of accidents and violence.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 11:09 AM EDT2012-05-22 15:09:18 GMT
More than 90 Kanawha County residents are expected to gather at Charleston's Magic Island park area at 6:30 p.m. May 22 to show off their journey to better health.
More than 90 Kanawha County residents are expected to gather at Charleston's Magic Island park area at 6:30 p.m. May 22 to show off their journey to better health.
Saturday, May 19 2012 1:22 PM EDT2012-05-19 17:22:13 GMT
The Huntington Clinical Foundation has pledged $40,000 to create a scholarship for the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
The Huntington Clinical Foundation has pledged $40,000 to create a scholarship for the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.
Six nursing homes in West Virginia were among the more than 500 found in a USA Today analysis to have consistently received the lowest federal rating since the government started ratings in late 2008.
"More than 560 of the nation's nursing homes have not budged for the past years from a one-star federal government rating," reads a story from USA Today's Feb. 10 edition about its analysis of the federal data.
The West Virginia nursing homes listed in the article are were Oak Ridge Center in Charleston, Boone Health Care Center in Danville, Pierpont Center at Fairmont Campus in Fairmont, Arbors at Fairmont in Fairmont, Teays Valley Center in Hurricane and Cedar Ridge Center in Sissonville.
Among the consistently low performers, almost 2/3 were for-profit nursing homes owned by chains.
When the ratings were introduced in 2008, the nursing home industry criticized the methods used as simplistic and unfair, according to USA Today. Consumer advocates pointed out in the article that the quality of a nursing home can quickly change.
The federal government contracts with states to inspect nursing homes about once a year, gleaning information from annual inspections, quality measures and staff time spent with residents.
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