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Using Your Social Language Skills to Communicate with Children with Autism

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Cherie River, MS-CCC-SLP Did you ever wish you could follow your child to school? Do you find yourself longing ...

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Pennsylvania Action Coalition Appoints Frances Ward as Executive Director

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

The Pennsylvania Action Coalition, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and AARP, today announced that Frances Ward, ...

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Health Care Reform: Can We Afford Another Round of Wait and See?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Katharine C. McCorkle, Ph.D.  Health care in the United States is in crisis.  There’s no need to dwell on ...

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4 Easy Ways to Exercise Around the House

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

You don’t need pricey equipment to get a good workout. You don’t need to join a gym. And you don’t ...

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The Children’s Home Celebrates the Passage of House Bill 1960 Extending its Medical Day Care Services to Age 21

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

House Bill 1960 Vulakovich – (PN 2674) amends the Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers Act changing the age limit of ...

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Shared Decision Making

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Stephen E. Perkins, MD In health care, the concept of shared decision making is becoming more accepted, both by ...

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Emerging Medical Devices and Diagnostic Tools

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Aimee Zellers, M.A. Ethical considerations for using human genome sequencing as a diagnostic tool in health care Genetic technologies are ...