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You may think you're covered if you have health insurance, but Consumer Reports wants you to think again.
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You may think you're covered if you have health insurance, but Consumer Reports wants you to think again.
Injecting stem cells into the brain of someone who has had a stroke is a hot button issue. Is it safe? Can it be done? That's what researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are trying to find out.
When UPMC closed its Braddock hospital, its focus was on building this new 156-bed facility to serve the health needs of suburban communities east of Pittsburgh.
Robotic surgery has been used to remove kidneys, do hysterectomies and prostate surgery. Doctors at Allegheny General Hospital have added another organ – the heart.
KDKA AM's Larry and John talk to CMU robotics professor Howie Choset about how his snake robots are revolutionizing medicine- and everything else.
Carla Mulley says it was March 17, 2011 when she noticed her leg changing colors and getting blotchy. She went to the emergency room when the pain worsened. The chain of events that followed would change her life forever.
Concussion was the topic of a meeting of more than 100 educators. Teachers, coaches, trainers and administrators are learning about the new state law that takes effect July 1st. The law says student athletes cannot play if they have concussion symptoms.
According to the American Cancer Society more than one million skin cancers diagnosed each year in the U.S. are considered sun-related. That means it's important to have a good sunscreen. Consumer Reports recently tested to find the best.
They look like ribbon candy, but they are far from it. Ten children in our area have eaten swirly, brightly-colored laundry detergent packs. This has led to calls to the Poison Control Center.
Laundry detergent packets might be a great alternative to the messes caused by liquid detergents, but children have been eating them and getting sick. Ten kids from our area have eaten the packets, according to Ed Krenzelok from the Pittsburgh Poison Center.
The petri dish is still doing its work and it could be a day or more before there is confirmation, but doctors believe a man in Allegheny County is hospitalized tonight with a case of Necrotizing Fasciitis, otherwise known as Flesh Eating Bacteria Syndrome.
A new study on birth control finds longer-acting options are much more reliable.
As careful as you might be on a bicycle, danger can be unpredictable.
Sleep disorders are disturbingly common in the United States as one in 10 people suffer from sleep apnea alone.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. It's what almost claimed the life of KDKA-TV News Anchor Susan Koeppen. But, she is alive in part to the quick action of some passers-by who performed CPR.
