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Hospice

Brothers at Heart

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Rick Rector was born with a congenital heart defect known as dextrocardia, meaning his heart was backwards in his body, ...

Hospice

Pleasant Surprises

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Franco Insana During Super Bowl weekend, the cable channels and networks seem to dig pretty deep into their archives ...

Book Review

Book Review: The Art of Doing

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Book Information: c.2013, Plume; $16.00 / $17.00 Canada; 272 pages Your goals are just out of reach – as they ...

Education

School of Pharmacy to Offer Teaching Certificate

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

The Cedarville University School of Pharmacy will soon offer a teaching certificate for area postgraduate pharmacists in residency training. This ...

Family Hospice and Palliative Care Recently Presents Photo and Video Exhibit at Undercroft Gallery in Shadyside

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Christopher Cussat Recently, the vision of a former Family Hospice and Palliative Care (Family Hospice) patient came to life as ...

Hospice

May I Help You?

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Franco Insana Not long ago, a young man arrived at our Center for Compassionate Care inpatient unit in Mt. ...

Monongahela Valley Hospital’s Wound Care Center: A Jewel in the Valley

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Sometimes wounds just will not heal on their own. Dana and Michael Gottke, of Allenport, know firsthand the frustration that ...