Live Healthy WV

Domestic violence survivors are an often-overlooked population prone to repeated concussions. An estimated one-in-three women, and one-in-seven men in the U.S. will experience physical violence from an intimate partner...

Are you overdue for your annual gynecological exam? Don’t put it off any longer. An estimated 117,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with gynecologic cancer this year, and about 34,000 will die from it. September...

Are you one of the 100 million Americans suffering with chronic pain? You don’t have to learn to live with it. We talk about the explosion of new treatments that are helping many find relief from chronic pain, with...

West Virginia still leads the nation in overdose deaths, but the CDC estimates a drop of about 42 percent in those deaths over the last few years. However, that doesn’t mean the overdose epidemic is over. We talk about...

It’s estimated that 72% of children will have a heart murmur at some point during childhood and adolescence. We talk about everything you need to know about heart murmurs from when to be concerned to what to do about...

Aortic stenosis is a condition affecting 2.5 million Americans that occurs when the aortic valve is too narrow. We talk about life renewing treatments for this most common heart valve disease with Dr. Ramesh Daggubati...

The sun is out, and your local emergency department is busy. From preventing drowning and heat sickness to bug bites and brain injuries, we talk about summer safety with Dr. Christopher Goode, chair of the WVU Medicine...

Arthritis is not just an “old person’s” disease; kids can get arthritis, too. July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month, and 220,000 in the U.S. are diagnosed with the disease. We talk about juvenile arthritis and how...

June is Cataract Awareness Month, and cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. But as you get older, you don’t have to live with fading vision from cataracts. We talk about cataracts and their treatments...

June is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. With more than seven million Americans living with the disease, how do you know if you’re having a “senior moment” or something more? We talk about an exciting new treatment that’s...

May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month, and while 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, many are unaware they have it. Despite popular opinion, osteoporosis doesn’t just happen to little old ladies, so we talk about...

May is Stroke Awareness Month, and, in West Virginia, stroke is the leading cause of disability and the fifth leading cause of death. We talk about promising new treatments for stroke, like faster clot-busting drugs and...

April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month. While testicular cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men aged 15-45, did you know men should be performing monthly self-exams for testicular cancer? We talk about...

Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor are movement disorders that are mostly diagnosed in older adults and share one common symptom: tremors. That’s why the two diseases are often confused for one another. We clear...

As measles cases climb in 2025, we discuss what you need to know about it and how to prevent it with Dr. Matthew Thomas, WVU Medicine Children’s pediatric infectious diseases specialist and pediatric healthcare...