6/26/2024 –
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Patients suffering from chronic diseases are learning food-as-medicine options that are proven to help alleviate their symptoms and feel better.
WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals has partnered with FARMacy WV and Crichfield Farms to make fresh produce and healthy recipes more accessible to those with Type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and heart disease, as well as those who are pre-diabetic.
Thomas Hospitals Clinic Manager and Community Champion with the program, Hope Cascetta said the locally-grown, fresh fruits and vegetables prescribed to these patients as part of the 15-week program will help lower their HgA1c and improve their health…
