AGH studies show high rates of poorly controlled asthma among inner-city Pittsburgh children; make connection between Vitamin D deficiency and asthma

AGH studies show high rates of poorly controlled asthma among inner-city Pittsburgh children; make connection between Vitamin D...

Governor Rendell: Pennsylvania to Improve Quality of Health Care for Kids With $10 Million in Federal Funds

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY SELECTED FOR NATIONAL HEALTH & WELLNESS EFFORT

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UPMC Health Plan and Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Announce Classes to Combat Childhood Obesity

UPMC Health Plan and Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Announce Classes to Combat Childhood Obesity -- UPMC Health...

Health Groups Ask Supreme Court to Authorize Financial Penalties on Tobacco Companies for Decades of Wrongdoing

Health Groups Ask Supreme Court to Authorize Financial Penalties on Tobacco Companies for Decades of Wrongdoing Groups Seek Funds for Tobacco...

Pittsburgh Neurosurgeons Explore Use of Drug that Illuminates Brain Tumor Cells To Guide Surgery

Pittsburgh Neurosurgeons Explore Use of Drug that Illuminates Brain Tumor Cells To Guide Surgery -- Neurosurgeons at Allegheny...

PA Breast Cancer Coalition Launches Income Tax Refund Campaign

PA Breast Cancer Coalition Launches Income Tax Refund Campaign Donations Help Fund Breast and Cervical Cancer Research ...

Racial Gaps Continue in Heart Disease Awareness, Low Knowledge of Heart Attack Warning Signs Among Women

American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report: Study Finds Racial Gaps Continue in Heart Disease Awareness, Low Knowledge of...

Racial Disparities Persist in Diagnosis of Advanced Breast, Colon Cancer

Racial Disparities Persist in Diagnosis of Advanced Breast, Colon Cancer -- The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis...

NFL Hall of Famers Kick-off Super Bowl Week with Campaign to "Know Your Stats about Prostate Cancer"

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More Recruiting of Underrepresented Minorities Needed at U.S. Medical Schools, Study Says

More Recruiting of Underrepresented Minorities Needed at U.S. Medical Schools, Study Says Despite initiatives, level of diversity...

Major Report to Congress by Secretary of Health and Human Services Documents Need for National Lupus Health Education Program for Health Care Providers

Major Report to Congress by Secretary of Health and Human Services Documents Need for National Lupus Health Education Program for Health Care...

Pennsylvania Department of Health Continues Free H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics on Saturdays at 60 State Health Centers

Pennsylvania Department of Health Continues Free H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics on Saturdays at 60 State Health Centers -- In an...

Black Journalists' Group to Hold Conference on African-American Health and Health Care Disparities

Black Journalists' Group to Hold Conference on African-American Health and Health Care Disparities Conference will confront Health...

AIDS Campaign Targets Neglected Segment of Black America

AIDS Campaign Targets Neglected Segment of Black America -- More than a third of new HIV infections in the U.S. occur in people...

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Crack Brain's Codes for Noun Meanings

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Crack Brain's Codes for Noun Meanings Identifying Thoughts Through Brain Codes Leads To Deciphering the...

Landmark IOM Report on Chronic Viral Hepatitis & Liver Cancer Finds Inadequate Federal Funding Thwarting Education, Surveillance Efforts

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Highmark Supports National Influenza Vaccination Week

Highmark Supports National Influenza Vaccination Week Insurance Provider Joins the CDC to Encourage Everyone to Get Immunized Against H1N1 ...

Frigid Temperatures Bring Health Risks

Frigid Temperatures Bring Health Risks When the temperature drops, staying safe and warm and performing...

Too Few Americans with Major Depressive Disorder Receive Adequate Care

Researchers from Wayne State University, University of Michigan, Harvard and UCLA Report Too Few Americans with Major Depressive Disorder Receive...

Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons

Pitt Health Sciences Library System to Host Traveling Exhibit ‘Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons’ ...

Protect your health in 2010

Department of Health Urges All Pennsylvanians to Protect Their Health in 2010 by Getting Vaccinated against H1N1 Flu Appointments...

Study Reveals Lack of Genetic Diversity

U-M Study Reveals Surprising Lack of Genetic Diversity in the Most Widely Used Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines The most...

New Video in Online Series to Educate about Living with HIV and Aids

“Project Runway” Designer Launches New Video in Online Series to Educate About Living with HIV and AIDS and Help Combat HIV Stigma ...

'Disease of Poverty': Cervical Cancer, Health Disparities

'Disease of Poverty': University of South Carolina Releases Journal on Cervical Cancer, Health Disparities African-American...

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Discover First Evidence of Brain Rewiring in Children

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Discover First Evidence of Brain Rewiring in Children Study Shows Reading Remediation Improves Children's...

Americans with Diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years

Study: Cost of treating diabetes to triple by 2034 The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, and the costs...

World Aids Day

Another Voice / World AIDS Day Dr. Sam Ho: African-American women remain at terrible risk By Dr. Sam Ho Updated: November 28, 2009,...

County Health Dept. To Offer Free H1n1 Vaccine At Four Clinics Nov. 21

County Health Dept. To Offer Free H1n1 Vaccine At Four Clinics Nov. 21 (November 17, 2009) Due to Tight Supply Vaccine Limited to...

Food Safety Tips For The Thanksgiving Holiday

Food Safety Tips For The Thanksgiving Holiday (November 16, 2009) The Allegheny County Health Department is offering food safety...

U.S. Adult Smoking Rates Remain Stalled Second-Hand Smoke Exposure In Workplace And Homes Varies Across States

U.S. Adult Smoking Rates Remain Stalled Second-Hand Smoke Exposure In Workplace And Homes Varies Across States (November 13, 2009) ...

Open Session To Address Mental Health Needs Within The Black Church

Open Session To Address Mental Health Needs Within The Black Church (November 12, 2009) New Program to Bridge Gap between Pastoral,...

Study: Black Children Cope Well With Behavioral Risks

Study: Black Children Cope Well With Behavioral Risks (November 12, 2009) Posted: Newsleader.com An eight-year study of...

Statement Of President Barack Obama On House Passage Of The Affordable Health Care For America Act

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Partners In Weight Loss Success May Help African-Americans Shed More Pounds

Partners In Weight Loss Success May Help African-Americans Shed More Pounds (November 2, 2009) Enrolling in a weight loss program...

American Heart Association Joins International Organizations To Urge Public To Fight Stroke

American Heart Association Joins International Organizations To Urge Public To Fight Stroke (October 27, 2009) During this year's...

Pennsylvania Department of Health Continues Statewide Distribution H1N1 Vaccine

Pennsylvania Department of Health Continues Statewide Distribution H1N1 Vaccine (October 26, 2009) The Department of Health today...

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Celebrates Milestone Helping More Than 6 Million Uninsured Patients

Partnership for Prescription Assistance Celebrates Milestone Helping More Than 6 Million Uninsured Patients (October 23, 2009) Super...

Cesarean Deliveries For First Time Moms Highest Among African Americans

Cesarean Deliveries For First Time Moms Highest Among African Americans (October 19, 2009) Kaiser Permanente Study Shows...

NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning Joins Local Kidney Community Leaders and Dialysis Patients to Discuss Reforms Needed to Improve Access to Quality Kidney Care

NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning Joins Local Kidney Community Leaders and Dialysis Patients to Discuss Reforms Needed to Improve Access to Quality...

Prostate Cancer and African Americans

Prostate Cancer and African Americans Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States....

What You Should Know About Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu)

What You Should Know About Novel Influenza A H1N1 (Swine Flu) And What You Can do to Protect Yourself (October 14, 2009) Novel...

HEALTH DEPT. CLINIC TO OFFER SEASONAL FLU VACCINE STARTING OCT. 19

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Pittsburgh Gets First Doses Of Swine Flu Vaccine

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T-Boz of TLC has Brain Tumors

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President Obama's Health Care Plan

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