Once in a while, an otherwise routine pregnancy develops a complication requiring hospitalization. Conditions ranging from uncontrolled high blood pressure to tears in the placenta… Read more
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Hit By a Piano? Heart Disease Risks Much More Likely
The broken piano on display at One Oxford Centre is the centerpiece of Friday’s Go Red for Women heart screening event created by UPMC’s Heart… Read more
New ‘Live Like Lou’ Center Devoted to ALS Treatments, Cure
: The newly created Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research at the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute has bold goals: find treatments – and… Read more
The Death Doctor? No, I’m a Palliative Care Doctor
Some people who know what I do don’t really know what I do. They picture me floating through the hospital extinguishing lives, blowing them out… Read more
Contest Aims to Improve Medication Adherence
Nearly three out of four patients in the U.S. put their health and futures in jeopardy by not taking their medication as directed, often resulting… Read more