Contributor ReportsDoctor wins suit against cancer institute
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 14:09:36 -0800 2009 | health-news
But according to Dr. Gerszten's attorney, those amounts are only advisory...Schwab to determine what amount the defendant will have to pay...She filed a federal lawsuit in September 2008, alleging that she had been discriminated against because of her gender and...
Oakmont nursing home penalized after suicide
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Tue Nov 10 21:29:54 -0800 2009 | health-news
The Allegheny County medical examiner's office ruled Mrs. Benzel's death a suicide after she fell through her third-floor window. The 89-year-old former Plum resident entered the facility July 28 with a variety of ailments, ranging from heart problems and glaucoma...
Butler hospital tower to open in July
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Thu Dec 03 18:39:19 -0800 2009 | health-news
The health system, which operates Butler Memorial Hospital and two dozen satellite medical facilities, is nearing the end of a four-year $155 million expansion and upgrade. The largest element in the project is the seven-story tower, which is under construction...
Computer modeling research aims to safely test human body's system
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Tue Dec 01 21:42:15 -0800 2009 | health-news
Drug companies typically spend millions of dollars on clinical trials to find new drugs or other treatments. It's an expensive process because they often have to enroll hundreds or thousands of patients in the trials, split them into groups that...
In Rebuttal: No reason for Altmire's 'no' vote
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Tue Dec 01 21:41:25 -0800 2009 | health-news
Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, wrote in a Nov. 20 Post-Gazette column ("Why I Voted No on Health Reform") that he did not vote for H.R. House bill to overhaul our health-care system, because it "failed to address out of control...
Why do you have a bellybutton?
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Sun Nov 29 21:49:14 -0800 2009 | health-news
The next time you look at it, remember that it once played an important role in your life. Before you were born, you spent nine months growing in your mother's body inside a special organ called the uterus. During the...
Medical advice is the last thing we want to be unsure about
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Sat Nov 28 21:55:16 -0800 2009 | health-news
But when it comes to life-or-death health care issues, many of us are frustrated with uncertainty, even when that's the best that medical science can offer us. That was evident the past couple of weeks, when Americans were told they...
Business letters to the editor
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Fri Nov 27 21:34:57 -0800 2009 | health-news
Are such things as student loans for young people that much more of a burden than the rising health-care costs of those twice their age?...It's foolish to pay a severe tax penalty on an early 401(k) withdrawal to pay a...
Ellen Goodman: Breast cancer blowup
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Thu Nov 26 21:39:21 -0800 2009 | health-news
The scientists who surveyed the mammogram studies did their job honorably. They looked at research that has slowly and without a lot of fanfare questioned the value of routine mammograms for women in their 40s without other risk factors. They...
Letters to the editor
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | updated Wed Nov 25 21:29:21 -0800 2009 | health-news
Since the H1N1 vaccine program was first announced by the federal government, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has moved rapidly to establish an equitable statewide system for all providers to vaccinate as many at-risk persons as possible. As the number...
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