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Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio 1020 KDKA by Dr. Kevin Wong a family doctor and President-elect of the PA Academy of Family Physicians.
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Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio 1020 KDKA by Dr. Kevin Wong a family doctor and President-elect of the PA Academy of Family Physicians.
There is a new study about what went on at two now-closed nuclear fuel plants in Armstrong County. The study appears to back up what many people living there have been saying for years.
Do you have a daily indulgence in your diet? Even in moderation, your everyday treat may sabotage your weight.
There are some new statistics out about the air we breathe in Pittsburgh. The American Lung Association just released its "State of the Air" report.
Doctors have found a new way to diagnose and treat arthritis, and the technology is saving doctors and patients both time and money.
Just a week after the Justice Department made their ruling in the Highmark-West Penn Allegheny Health System proposed merger, the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance held a public hearing on Tuesday.
KDKA Radio's Chris Moore talks with his guests, Dr. Charles "Chip" Reynolds and social worker Michael Lockovich, about complicated grief and the new studies being performed at the University of Pittsburgh in regards to depression, particularly in senior citizens.
Doctors in Britain say a radical new treatment for Parkinson's disease could improve the lives of millions who suffer from the disease.
On April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk announced that a huge clinical trial had proved successful. He and other researchers at the University of Pittsburgh had developed a vaccine to end infantile paralysis, better known as polio.
KDKA AM's Larry and John talk to PA Department of Insurance Secretary Michael Corsedine about the details of the Highmark-West Penn Allegheny Health System merger and what it will mean to you.
Belinda Marsh hits the gym hard – four or five times a week. She started taking insulin for Type II diabetes. That's when she started packing on the pounds.
If you need an ambulance, it usually means you need emergency care and more often than not, the care you receive in the ambulance makes all the difference. However, paramedics and EMTs are facing a drug shortage that's making their job more difficult.
Some medical specialty groups are saying you should be asking your doctor if some common tests and procedures are really necessary.
When University of Pittsburgh senior Shelbi Pellen saw a girl tabling for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on campus one day last fall, she immediately stopped to talk to her. Pellen's stepdad had been diagnosed with leukemia and she was hoping to maybe donate to the organization.
A National Institutes of Health Study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says women today take 2.6 hours longer in labor with their first child and two hours longer for subsequent children.
