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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
Episodes
  • Ep. 42 - Overdose Awareness: Epidemic Improving, But Crisis Not Over

    Ep. 42 - Overdose Awareness: Epidemic Improving, But Crisis Not Over
    Aug 27 2025
    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 overdose awareness, prevention, and treatment, with Dr. Michael Reynolds, addiction medicine specialist at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute’s Healthy Minds – Chestnut Ridge Center.
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    29 mins
  • Ep. 41 - Heart Murmurs: What’s That Sound?

    Ep. 41 - Heart Murmurs: What’s That Sound?
    Aug 13 2025
    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 them, with Dr Jai Udassi, director of the WVU Medicine Children’s Heart Center.
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    30 mins
  • Ep. 40 - Aortic Stenosis: Life Renewing Treatments

    Ep. 40 - Aortic Stenosis: Life Renewing Treatments
    Jul 30 2025
    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, chief of Interventional Cardiology at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute.
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    23 mins
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