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News, Calendar Events, and Grief Support from Family Hospice

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Friends of Family Hospice Seeking Donated Goods Spring cleaning?  The Friends of Family Hospice and Palliative Care auxiliary volunteer group ...

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Excela Health Family Additions Maternity Center Hosts Infant Massage Training Event

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Individuals seeking certification as an infant massage instructor are invited to enroll in a two-day course this spring offered by ...

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Is This Coming to Your Neighborhood?

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

From the 2UMedical Website: “A modern rendition of the old fashioned house call ~ We come 2 U!  Home, office, hotel, or ...

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Celebrating National Doctors’ Day

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Today, Mount Nittany Health celebrates doctors. National Doctors’ Day, held March 30 each year, is a special opportunity for healthcare ...

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Take Back Drugs Day Event at Multiple UPMC Locations

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

WHAT: Public is invited to turn in their unused, unwanted and expired medications for safe disposal Drop-off: • Prescription medications ...

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Smoking and Animal-Based Diets Are Leading Lifestyle Cancer Risk Factors in New Study

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

A new international study reported in Nutrients has found that certain lifestyle factors—specifically, eating diets high in animal products and smoking—have the strongest association ...

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The Give-Back Program

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

The effects of aging could make some seniors feel they can no longer give back to their community or help ...

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Air Quality in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Dear Editor, As a student at the University of Pittsburgh, I am concerned about the air quality in Pittsburgh and ...

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The Case of the Lateral-Limb Lymphedema

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Sally is a 62-year-old woman who had a mastectomy for stage IIB left-sided breast cancer. She had preoperative chemotherapy followed ...

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Thinking of Cosmetic Surgery? 3 Financing Options

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

U.S. plastic surgeons performed 1.6 million cosmetic surgeries in 2012, down two percent from a year prior, according to the ...