Health & Wellness

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Health & Wellness News & Trends

Know Your Risks So You Can Stop the Sneak Thief of Sight

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Glaucoma sneaks up on people, coming on so gradually that many don’t notice that they’re developing blind spots or losing ...

Health & Wellness

New Years with A Twist

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Sheevaun O’Connor Moran Forget the vows to be on your diet til you reach your goal. Forget your commitments ...

News & Trends Senior Care

Medicare Debate Focuses on the Baby Boomers

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

According to the Associated Press, “baby boomers might want to take note: Medicare as their parents have known it is ...

News & Trends Health & Wellness

New Treatment Offers Hope to Patients with Aortic Stenosis

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

In an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review a few days ago, New Alexandria, PA resident Paul Weaver discusses how ...

Pediatrics

Pediatric Extended Care Center Calls for Change in Age Restrictions to Aide Parents of Medically Fragile Children

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

House Bill 1960 Vulakovich – (PN 2674) Amends the Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers Act changing the age limit from eight years to 21 years ...

News & Trends Men Women

The Nonsurgical Option to Lift Skin

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Ultherapy, a new cosmetic procedure, is all the rage these days. The beauty of ultherapy is that it can improve ...

Health & Wellness

Conemaugh Health System holds 1st Annual Community Blood Drive

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Employees at the Conemaugh Health System are hopeful that donating the gift of life will be among people’s New Year’s ...

Senior Care

On Pins & Needles During the Holiday with a Loved One with Dementia

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Cindy Keith, RN, BS, CDP When you have a loved one with a type of dementia such as Alzheimer’s, ...

Health & Wellness

The Good Patient—Should You Worry When Hospital Patients Lose Touch With Reality?

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Elizabeth L. Bewley Mildred said fretfully, “I don’t see why I can’t join the family out on the patio.  Everybody ...

Health & Wellness

Resolving Conflict Peacefully

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By John Wilder I always tell my clients to first go and study two movies from the rental store:  THE BREAK ...