The Daily Beat

Parasitic Worms: A Potential Key to Treating Autoimmune Diseases

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Karin Hehenberger, M.D., Ph.D. Rates of autoimmune disorders—including Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes—are relatively high ...

Spider Veins and the Types of Treatment Circulatory Centers Provides

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Circulatory Centers was founded in 1979 as The Circulatory Centers, by William G. Katz, M.D., F.A.C.S., a board certified vascular ...

Study by West Penn Allegheny Surgeons Points to Reflux Disease as Cause of Adult-Onset Asthma

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

New Diagnostic Technique Confirms Presence of GERD in 70% of Study Participants, 90% Experience Asthma Relief Following Anti-Reflux Surgery Gastroesophageal ...

The Physicians Foundation Identifies Top 5 Issues to Impact Physicians and Patients in 2013

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Daniel Casciato

The Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and help facilitate the delivery ...

Patients Needed for Novel Study of Difficult to Treat Depression

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

To help patients living with difficult to treat depression, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are seeking participants for a ...

Connor’s Story

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Stories are written every day at The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. This year, they want to ...

ACHIEVA Launches $8 Million Capital Campaign to Reach Its Goals

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The Western PA Healthcare News Team

ACHIEVA, one of the nation’s largest and leading non-profit organizations serving people with disabilities and their families, announced plans today ...