WVU: Using wearable tech to keep babies, pregnant women healthy
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MORGANTOWN - If a weightlifter is pregnant, she may get conflicting medical advice about how much she can safely lift at the gym. One doctor might say she shouldn’t exceed 90 pounds. Another might draw the line at 25. Still another might suggest that she suspend her workouts entirely.
Doctors’ opinions vary widely when it comes to exercise during pregnancy because research into pregnant women’s fitness has been scarce. But with a new study, Shon Rowan an associate professor with the West Virginia University School of Medicine is using wearable technology to fill that knowledge gap.
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Asprey said the main problem with the modern keto diet (and its precursor, the Atkins diet) is that it focuses too much on fat versus carbs.
That means low-carb diets can rely on plenty of foods that we know aren t healthy, included highly-processed meats, cheeses, and snacks, and even some fast food. In this school of thought, known as dirty keto, any food is allowed as long as it s low in carbs. Asprey said that while it can work for weight loss in the short-term, it s risky for long-term health. The idea becomes that it s if its not sugar or carbs, it s OK to eat and that s not true. Don t be keto with pork rinds and cream cheese, Asprey said.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) â The opioid epidemic brought Dr. Judith Feinberg to the West Virginia University School of Medicine. As the state became the epicenter of the nationâs opioid epidemic, donor dollars came in to expand research focused on the intersection of addiction and infectious diseases.
More than five years later, Feinbergâs work is making a difference by expanding testing and increasing access to treatments for diseases spread through injection drug use, such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
As the inaugural Dr. E.B. Flink Vice Chair for Research, Feinberg is responsible for cultivating a robust clinical research program within the Department of Medicine, according to a release.
Expansion of telepsychiatry may outlast the COVID-19 pandemic
Once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, a lot of things will go back to normal. We ll stop wearing masks. We ll crowd into restaurants. We ll walk whatever direction we want to down grocery store aisles. But some changes that the pandemic spurred might be here to stay. Among them: the expansion of telepsychiatry.
This will be part of the new normal. The genie is now out of the bottle, and it isn t going back in.
James Berry, Clinician, West Virginia University School of Medicine
After West Virginia s stay-at-home order took effect in March, Berry was part of the team that transitioned outpatient behavioral-health visits to telepsychiatry at WVU s Chestnut Ridge Center. These visits included group therapy sessions for people with opioid use disorder.