When Hunter Bambino was 9 years old, his parents started noticing something strange in his behavior. "I would be trying to field the baseball and I would freeze. I would just be staring off into space then come back out of it 15 to 20 seconds later and the ball would be behind me. It was ...
Did you know an estimated one-and-a-half to two million Americans have some form of lupus? Many of them go undiagnosed as symptoms vary and can easily be confused with other illnesses. Sometimes, it takes up to six years to get a correct diagnosis. May is Lupus Awareness Month, shedding ...
A new approach to fighting brain tumors is showing promising results by targeting cancer cells with a tiny radiation-emitting implant. The technique was first used in Southwestern Pennsylvania three years ago by neurosurgeons at Allegheny Health Network (AHN). Results of a 12-month followup ...
If the aches and pains of ongoing osteoarthritis are getting to be too much for you to bear, there may be a new way to find relief. More than 32 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease caused by the gradual breakdown of cartilage. It can impact nearly any ...
Allegheny Health Network is looking for a new site to build a state-of-the-art hospital to replace the existing Canonsburg Hospital in North Strabane Township, citing logistical constraints. Among the locations being considered is a site in Southpointe's business district. In November 2023, ...
Doctors have a new emerging weapon in the fight against cancerous tumors: ultrasound. After a five-year study by the University of Michigan showed promising results in treating liver cancer with ultrasound, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the procedure called ...
