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Live Healthy WV

Live Healthy WV

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 Want to live a better and healthier life? Find out more about the latest medical breakthroughs and best treatments for conditions from heart disease to diabetes and Alzheimer’s in the elderly to RSV in babies. We talk about the latest health information with an expert physician from WVU Medicine to help you live healthy in West Virginia and beyond.Copyright MetroNews Hygiene & Healthy Living
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  • Ep. 50 - Vestibular Therapy: Getting Back on Your Feet & Keeping You There

    Ep. 50 - Vestibular Therapy: Getting Back on Your Feet & Keeping You There
    Dec 17 2025
    If you frequently feel dizzy or like the room is spinning, you may have a balance disorder. More than 90 million Americans will experience a balance issue at some point, and balance-related falls account for over half of all accidental deaths in the elderly. But fixing this problem may be easier than you think. We talk with WVU Medicine Physical Therapist Miranda Hose about vestibular therapy – physical therapy for your inner ear that can get you back on your feet and keep you there.
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    21 mins
  • Ep. 49 - Crohn’s & Colitis: Let’s Go There

    Ep. 49 - Crohn’s & Colitis: Let’s Go There
    Dec 3 2025
    Nearly two and a half million Americans suffer with an Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD, like Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis. Both conditions cause chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, but they can affect different parts of it. We go there and talk about everything you need to know about Crohn’s and Colitis, with Dr. Jennifer Hadam-Veverka, director of the WVU Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center.
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    22 mins
  • Ep. 48 - Understanding COPD: More Than a Cough

    Ep. 48 - Understanding COPD: More Than a Cough
    Nov 19 2025
    West Virginia has one of the highest rates of COPD with more than 186,000 West Virginians, or 13 percent of the state’s adults, affected by this lung disease. COPD is more than just a cough. We talk about prevention and promising treatments helping patients manage symptoms with Rachel Leonard, MD, WVU Medicine pulmonologist.
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    14 mins
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