Local Doctor Discusses Cold & Flu Season
KDKA Radio's Rob Pratte talked with Dr. Edward Snell, the team physician of the Pittsburgh Pirates and of Allegheny General Hospital.
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KDKA Radio's Rob Pratte talked with Dr. Edward Snell, the team physician of the Pittsburgh Pirates and of Allegheny General Hospital.
A study conducted by a British insurance company says driving with a bad cold is like driving drunk. Motor safety experts found the driving skills of people who were sick dropped by 50 percent compared to those who are healthy.
A move by the CDC could result in a lot more cases of high lead levels. An advisory panel is recommending a new standard cut off of 5 micrograms per deciliter. The current cut off for a high level is 10.
Even with a life-threatening condition, 5-year-old Nico, who was in foster care, was adopted by his new family.
Competition for health care is heating up in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. Highmark and West Penn Allegheny Health System upped the ante on Wednesday when they announced upgrades at Forbes Regional Hospital.
New technology is allowing people to hear things they have never been able to hear before.
Many people make a resolution in the new year to diet and lose weight Starting a diet is relatively easy. The hard part is sticking to it. Consumer Reports just polled more than 3,000 of its subscribers on losing weight to see just what they're doing to stay on target.
Who would think a kidney would come from a dentist's office? But that's exactly what happened for 14-year-old Gabrielle Evans.
John Robinson is an award-winning hospice nurse at Amedisys Hospice. "Hospice is probably the ultimate nursing experience for a health care worker," he says.
Anita Cooper's 12-year-old daughter, Megan, was born with a condition called Prader-Willi Syndrome. Small stature, low muscle tone, thinking and behavioral problems, and chronic feelings of hunger that can lead to excessive eating and obesity are part of the syndrome.
For women with a type of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, a new test is available to help guide treatment and determine if radiation is the proper course of action.
Now that winter's here most of us are spending more time inside, but most of us aren't alone. We're not talking about your family here. We're talking about germs that could be lurking in your home, including some places you may have never even dreamed.
For people in the emergency room with chest pain, blood tests can be helpful in making the diagnosis of heart attack. Tests called CPK and troponin followed over 24 hours can be important to the diagnosis.
Who hasn't forgotten someone's name, misplaced their keys, or walked into a room and forgotten why they entered? Over the past year, studies have shown that there are ways to remember things better.
New federal rules on air pollution are being hailed as the most significant in 20 years. As KDKA Investigator Andy Sheehan reports the impact may be great right here in Western Pennsylvania where air quality has become a major concern.
