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AI-powered retinal camera helps detect eye issues earlier

If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, one of the issues doctors want to keep on top of is your eye health and whether the disease is affecting blood vessels in your eyes. One area health-care provider is helping patients get the testing they need by doing that eye test in primary care ...

Independent filmmaker’s visit aims to draw awareness to rare spinal disease

Sixteen years ago, Cassie Phillips had no idea that she would one day be filming the man she turned to for information about a rare disease afflicting both. Phillips, 27, an independent filmmaker, traveled from her home in Los Angeles, Calif., to Bridgeville earlier this month to attend the ...

WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital to bring back birthing center next year

Expectant mothers in Fayette County will soon have the option to deliver their babies close to home when WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital reopens its labor and delivery unit early next year. “We’re excited to once again provide a safe place for families to deliver their baby without ...

Understanding the impacts of LDL cholesterol

About 38% of American adults have high cholesterol, which can be caused by poor lifestyle habits or genetics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Having a high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol number - considered "bad" cholesterol - can contribute to fatty ...