Clinical Care

Pediatric

Is Lymes Disease Worse This Year For Children Or Is It Mold Exposure?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Michael Rubino Every year, cases of Lymes disease in children seem to increase. This year in particular, after a ...

Alcohol abuse: drunk young woman or student lying down on a table with beer bock still in hand, focus on glass up front.
Addiction

Highmark Offers Services to Help Members With Alcohol Use Disorder

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

As COVID-19 spread throughout 2020, data shows that many people turned to alcohol to deal with stress and uncertainty related ...

How To Maintain Patient Dignity for Those in Hospice Care
Hospice

How To Maintain Patient Dignity for Those in Hospice Care

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Henry Johnson

Every patient must receive the care they need, even in hospice care, when they’ve reached the last remaining days of ...

Pharmaceutical

4 Small But Important Things To Know About Antibody Production

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Since the pandemic hit the biosciences sector, researchers and scientists have altered various procedures to make them efficient and cost-effective. ...

Nursing

Nurse Licensure Compact in Pennsylvania

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Mary A. O’Connor, PhD, MSN, RN

Act 68 of 2021, the Nurse Licensure Compact Act (NLC), was signed into law in Pennsylvania by Governor Wolf on ...

Emergency Care

New Comic Book, “The Vitals: True EMS Stories,” Features Stories of EMS Providers Serving the Community Through the Worst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

In 2020, the Pittsburgh winter felt darker and colder than most. The COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, and hospitals ...

Chiropractic

Why You Need to Visit a Chiropractor Now

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

You do not need to be arthritic or experience back pain to see a local chiropractor. Routinely visiting one even when ...