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Latest Issue of St. Clair’s HouseCall Now Online
Check out the recent edition of St. Clair Hospital’s quarterly publication. Click here to read the latest issue of HouseCall.
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A Guide To Hair Replacement Options For Women Going Through Cancer Treatments
By Flora Shepelsky Men lose their hair and its considered business as usual, a part of life. But when women lose their hair, they’re embarrassed and often also lose their self-confidence and sense of...
View ArticleDoes Deodorant Ingredient Affect Breast Cancer Risk?
For several years, researchers have studied a possible link between substances called parabens — widely used as a germ-fighting preservative in cosmetics such as deodorant/antiperspirants — and breast...
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9 Stress-Busting Strategies For Women Going Through Cancer Treatment
By Flora Shepelsky and Sandra Dubrov Although the link between stress and cancer is tenuous, research supports that chronic stress has a devastating effect on a person’s health and may negatively...
View ArticleWomen Veterans Healthcare
The Women Veteran’s Health (WVH) Strategic Health Care Group addresses the health care needs of women Veterans and works to ensure that timely, equitable, high-quality, comprehensive health care...
View ArticleWVU’s Breast Care Center Provides Same-Day Screening Results
When a woman has a mammogram, she typically has to wait days before receiving the results from the screening. Recognizing the stress that this can cause, the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center at West...
View ArticleWest Penn Allegheny Health System Nurse Navigators Lead the Way For Breast...
New Program Provides Women with Lifelong Guidance and Support Through Diagnosis, Treatment and Survivorship A breast cancer diagnosis brings with it fear and panic. Questions race through a woman’s...
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Managing a High-Risk Pregnancy: Difficult but NOT Impossible
By Kelly Whitehead One in 8 babies are born premature (before 37 weeks). They suffer from numerous problems including: inability or difficulty breathing, feeding/growth issues, bleeding into the brain,...
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Start the Conversation: National Healthcare Decisions Day 2012
By Denise Stahl, Executive Director, UPMC Palliative and Supportive Institute Families are often given the difficult job of making critical decisions about the care of their loved ones who have become...
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Women and Thyroid Disease: Could You be Undiagnosed or Undertreated?
By Janie Bowthorpe, M.Ed The 21st Century gave birth to something quite remarkable and life-changing for women: a vocal thyroid patient revolution that has turned the traditional “diagnosis” and...
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What Women Need to Know About Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
By Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT, Associate Director of Education for the COPD Foundation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) describes progressive lung diseases, encompassing emphysema,...
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Breastfeeding Friendly Place Awards Nominations Due May 14
Nursing Moms: Identify Places Where You Feel Welcome Nominations for its annual Breastfeeding Friendly Place Awards are due May 11, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The awards are...
View ArticleSpider Veins and the Types of Treatment Circulatory Centers Provides
Circulatory Centers was founded in 1979 as The Circulatory Centers, by William G. Katz, M.D., F.A.C.S., a board certified vascular surgeon. Over the past few decades they have seen tremendous advances...
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Women Encouraged To Know Their Breast Cancer Risks
“Always pay attention to your bodies,” was the message that Ruth Modzewlewski, PhD emphasized to the standing-room only group of women who attended HealthPLEX Imaging’s first Mamm & Glamm event on...
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Eating Disorders: No Longer Just For Young Females
By Dr. Kim Dennis For decades, the topic of eating disorders conjured an immediate stereotype – female, beautiful, a high achiever, affluent, often the first-born, and above all, young. She might be...
View ArticleExercising During Pregnancy
When Carrie Cooper realized she could still go rock-climbing while pregnant, even she was surprised. Read more about exercising during pregnancy at the USA Today.
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Low Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Severe Preeclampsia
Women who are deficient in vitamin D in the first 26 weeks of their pregnancy may be at risk of developing severe preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening disorder diagnosed by an increase in blood...
View ArticleThe Best Getaway Ideas for Girls
You and your friends are all free for the coming weekend, and you’re looking for fun and exciting ways to spend your time together. You’ve come to the right place. Below are some unusual getaway ideas...
View ArticleIs It Safe for Pregnant Women to Exercise?
Pregnancy requires a lot of life changes, but it doesn’t mean that a woman’s life should stop altogether once she finds out she’s pregnant. You may need to eat healthier food-but isn’t that what you’re...
View ArticlePostpartum Hair Loss: How to Deal With It
The American Academy of Dermatology says that it is normal to lose around 50 to 100 hair strands per day. But while you are expecting, the increase in hormones, including estrogen and progesterone,...
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