Obesity

MU Student Researchers Tackling W.Va’s Most Pressing Problems  

More than 100 Marshall students will present their research findings on April 2 and 3 as part of Marshall University’s annual Research and Creativity Symposium. Philipe Georgel is the Senior Director ...

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‘We Are Begging Again’: As PEIA Considers Health Care Cost Hikes, State Employees Push Back

Under a new plan, state employees would have to pay more for health care, evoking feelings of concern, frustration and disappointment among many.

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State Employee Health Insurance Ends Pilot Program To Treat Obesity, Related Illness

Advocates of a pilot program that covered expensive weight loss medications for West Virginia state employees say the state will end up paying more for obesity-related health problems. In March, the state’s Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) cance...

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Weight Loss Drug Coverage And Religious Abortion Support, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, a canceled pilot program that covered weight-loss drugs has advocates saying complications from obesity will cost the state more. And pro-choice religious leaders are joining forces to facilitate access to abortions, just as they did in the days before Roe v Wade.

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