Patient Advocacy

Patient Advocacy

A Healthy Way to be Sick

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Marc Lerner When we look deep within and rely on the Wisdom of the Body, we learn to accept ...

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PTSD Starves When God Puts Food On Our Tables

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Risa Ruse There is a secret song sung in everyone’s heart that is heard in the night. It is how ...

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Sports-Related Eye Injuries Number One Cause of Blindness in Children

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By John D. Bissell, O.D, Bissell Eye Care   As spring arrives, it is time again for the spring sports ...

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Don’t Let Winter Weather Injure Someone on Your Property

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Edgar Snyder, Esq. Winter is in full force, which means the weather is highly unpredictable. Snow and ice turn sidewalks ...

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How’s Your Hearing?

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

How’s your hearing? Ask an audiologist.

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What Stands Between You and the Surgery You Need?

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Michele Howe  Imagine yourself lying on a bed in the pre-op area in your local hospital awaiting members of ...

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Cancer Resource Center for Patients

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

Great resource for patients who are living with cancer—breaking news and human interest stories. Check it out at the Huffington Post.

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Medical Bracelets: Why You Should Arm Yourself with Protection

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Shelly Fisher, CEO Medical ID Marketplace Medical bracelets were once thought of as a stigma. The plain silver chain ...

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Ten Things I Learned in the Operating Room: First as a Patient—Then as a Journalist Observer

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Pittsburgh Healthcare Report

By Michele Howe Five years ago, I entered the OR as a patient needing the first of five subsequent shoulder ...