Marshall School of Medicine signs affiliation agreements with Highland Hospital CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Highland Hospital announces two new academic affiliation agreements with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. The first clinical training agreement gives fourth-year medical students at Marshall the opportunity to complete at least one elective psychiatry rotation at Highland Hospital’s behavioral health facility in Charleston. Throughout the course of their rotation at Highland, the students will

  Patients encouraged to perform monthly oral cancer self-screenings Dental school provides oral cancer awareness resources and tips If your oral health care providers are talking to you about cancers of the head, neck and throat, it is their April mission to raise awareness of the complications of oral cancer and provide resources that could lead to early detection. The Oral Cancer Foundation reports every hour, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year, someone dies of oral or

As we mark Mental Health Awareness Month, our country faces an unprecedented mental health crisis among people of all ages. Two in five American adults report symptoms of anxiety and depression, and more than half of parents express concern over their children’s mental well-being. Over forty percent of teenagers state they struggle with persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. These growing demands have exposed longstanding cracks in our care infrastructure while compounding many other domestic policy challenges,