Inmates and staff at the Washington County jail will be receiving a little Christmas “hope” this season. It will come in the form of “Hope Packs,” a special package consisting of many Christmas goodies to be delivered to about 350 inmates and 70 staff members. “Hope Packs” is a ...
Lung cancer accounts for 1 in 5 cancer-related deaths in the United States. While doctors say lung cancer is often treatable if caught early, millions of Americans who should be getting screened for the disease each year are not either due to lack of awareness or reluctance to undergo a CT ...
Could an extremely painful and hard to diagnose condition that affects nearly 10% of American women really be cured with something as simple as dietary supplements? That’s a possibility raised by results of a new study on the causes of endometriosis, a condition that occurs when tissue that ...
If a smartwatch could tell if you need to take medication, would you wear it? Researchers at Pittsburgh’s Allegheny General Hospital (AGH) are investigating that possibility with the help of participants in a clinical trial. AGH is among the nation’s top enrollment sites for the trial ...
South Park Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Edward Snee dubbed the Montour Trail Stewart-to-Wood Section a “hidden secret,” but Diane and Rusty Kerin of Finleyville discovered the gem before its grand opening on Thursday. They had been using the stretch of trail that closely follows ...
After her first miscarriage, Hayley Wilds was desperate to feel better as fast as possible and wanted to reassure everyone (including herself) that she was OK. “I didn’t want to feel that pain,” said Wilds, a Pittsburgh native and resident. “I didn’t want to look at it, talk about ...
