New Study Shows Allegheny Co. Residents Have Higher Cancer Risk
Residents of Allegheny County have twice the cancer risk of those living in surrounding counties, according to a study from the Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
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Residents of Allegheny County have twice the cancer risk of those living in surrounding counties, according to a study from the Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
Pittsburgh region has cancer risk among the highest in the nation caused by hazardous air pollution.
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A surprise home makeover for a deserving teenager.
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Grandmother, wife and artist Joan Esposito has breast cancer -- a specific kind called "HER-2 positive."
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More than a hundred concerned citizens packed the Hookstown fire hall in Beaver County to hear plans by First Energy to close a coal waste disposal site.
Family and friends cheer as 7-year-old Noah Keith steps from a limousine.
Forget the 5K or even a marathon, three men are running thousands of miles, all across the country. Today, the team Miles 2 Give made a stop here in the Pittsburgh area.
Forget the 5K or even a marathon, three men are running thousands of miles, all across the country.
For 7-year-old Connor Michalek, the baseball field is where he escapes.
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It's an effort to get guys to try and prevent a disease that kills about 30,000 men a year.
Help raise money for prostate cancer by going to Altar Bar.
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The voice of country music star Tim McGraw emanates from a radio on the desk of Burns White paralegal, Shirlene Borsos.
They walked arm-in-arm, hugging, crying and giving praise Sunday morning. Several thousand breast cancer survivors celebrated life during this year's Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure.
A Belle Vernon woman is in the fight of her life, but you would never know it.
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