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The Lupus Foundation’s Winter Newsletter is Now Online

Topics in this issue include: How to reduce lupus pain with chiropractic therapies New research on lupus and the brain, ...

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Study by West Penn Allegheny Surgeons Points to Reflux Disease as Cause of Adult-Onset Asthma

New Diagnostic Technique Confirms Presence of GERD in 70% of Study Participants, 90% Experience Asthma Relief Following Anti-Reflux Surgery Gastroesophageal ...

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Online Tool Reveals Grades of Pennsylvania Nursing Homes

Great article from PublicSource.org. Here’s an excerpt: Richard VanHalanger, 83, was independent when he walked into the Cedars of Monroeville ...

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Every Child Receives $250,000 in Operating Support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation

Every Child, Inc. (Every Child) recently announced a $250,000 grant awarded by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, in support of ...

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Publisher’s Note: When Will It Ever End?

By Harvey Kart Like most Americans, I absorbed the news about the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, ...

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Your Health Matters Dr. Judith Black, medical director for Senior Markets at Highmark Inc. Everyone wants to be as healthy ...

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Longwood at Oakmont Residents “Knit for Kids”

Senior living community make sweaters for children all over the world According to UNICEF’s 2012 Committing to Child Survival report, in ...

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Patients Needed for Novel Study of Difficult to Treat Depression

To help patients living with difficult to treat depression, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are seeking participants for a ...

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Connor’s Story

Stories are written every day at The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. This year, they want to ...

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A Salute to Bernie Kart

By Harvey D. Kart In the interest of full disclosure: I am about to sing the praises of a remarkable ...