December 2004

December 28, 2004:  Last month's edition of The Center mentions that Dr. Turner Goins has been appointed to a national panel on caregiving and rural aging.

December 27, 2004:  The Charleston Daily Mail reports that Joel Halverson's obesity atlas is unlocking the secrets of obesity, one county at a time.  (Originally appeared at http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2004122217/.)

December 27, 2004:  CNN has published a story about the intersex fish in Hardy County.  Dr. Alan Ducatman is quoted.  (Originally appeared at http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/21/potomac.fish.ap/index.html.)

December 21, 2004:  The story about male fish growing eggs has been picked up by several other news agencies.  WTOP reports.  (Originally appeared at http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=220&sid=368161.)

December 21, 2004:  Dr. Ian Rockett is featured in an article concerning the role of substance abuse in emergency departments and hospitalizations.  (Originally appeared at http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-12/acoe-epw122004.php.)

December 20, 2004:  Dr. Alan Ducatman is quoted in a Washington Post article that discusses a strange natural phenomenon in West Virginia -- male fish are growing eggs!  (Originally appeared at http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10750-2004Dec18.)

December 20, 2004:  Sally K. Richardson was recently recognized with an award for "Outstanding Rural Health Achievement" during a Rural Health Awards Luncheon at Stonewall Jackson Resort.  The Center reports.

December 20, 2004:  The Center has picked up the story about the PRC's recent award.  Review the article here.

December 12, 2004:  Ruth Kershner recommends healthy gifts for children in a Dominion Post article.  (Originally appeared at http://www.dominionpost.com/a/life/2004/12/12/ac/.)

December 10, 2004:  Dr. Turner Goins has received a $149,767 federal grant to study American Indians' and Alaskan natives' access to long-term health care.

December 10, 2004:  Dr. Ducatman is interviewed in an article about cancer concerns.  The article appeared in the December 8th edition of the Moorefield Examiner.

December 9, 2004:  Joel Halverson has produced a new atlas entitled " An Analysis of Disparities in Health Status and Access to Health Care in the Appalachian Region" (Appalachian Health and Health Care Access).  You can see it at http://www.arc.gov/index.do?nodeId=57#healthc.

December 9, 2004:  Ruth Kershner and Linda Cooper provided a lecture, "Motivating Wellness," to attendees of the launch of a new WVU Women's Health initiative at the Radisson Hotel.  (Originally appeared at http://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2004/12/08/bf/.)

December 9, 2004:  Linda Cooper was quoted extensively in a front page "Today" article in the December 9 Charleston Gazette.