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Health Department Announces Breastfeeding Friendly Place Awards
To commemorate World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, the Allegheny County Health Department today announced the winners of its 18th annual ...
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Nation’s Insurers Keep Close Eye on Highmark
Western Pennsylvania has a hospital network that owns a health insurance company and a health insurer that runs hospitals. That’s ...
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Self-Evaluation of Menopausal Symptoms Underestimates True Burden, Pitt Study Finds
Physicians should consider a more in-depth evaluation of their menopausal patients’ symptoms, as current approaches might not accurately reflect the ...
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Bellevue Survivor, Now a Teen, Embraces Her Future
If anyone knows about adversity, it’s Hannah Kunkel of Bellevue. The 18-year-old, who just graduated from Northgate High, was supposed ...
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Reaching Goals Could Mostly Be About Lifestyle Changes
There are many routes to a healthier lifestyle and Josef Brandenburg insists his isn’t fueled by motivation. The Washington, D.C.-area ...
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Medical Bills Are the Biggest Cause of US Bankruptcies: Study
Bankruptcies resulting from unpaid medical bills will affect nearly 2 million people this year—making health care the No. 1 cause ...
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Halts Corbett Plan to Close Health Centers
Some Western Pennsylvania officials on Thursday hailed a state Supreme Court decision to halt Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to close ...
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Insurers’ Soaring Rates Sting Millions of Americans With Long-Term Care Policies
Larry Grumet and his wife were trying to be responsible when in the late 1990s they purchased individual insurance policies ...
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Mission Pharmacy Purchases St. Clair Senior Care Pharmacy Operations
Mission Pharmacy, a long-term care pharmacy provider based in Kittanning, Armstrong County, has purchased St. Clair Senior Care pharmacy from ...
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At Risk of Outliving Your Retirement Savings?
In the good old days, retirement was pretty simple. You worked 30 years. Got a pension. And put your money ...
