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West Penn Allegheny Health System On the heels of a recommendation that mammography screening guidelines be amended, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has proposed new guidelines for physicians regarding the timing and frequency of pap smears to screen for cervical cancer. View this video from WTAE-TV to learn more about the new guidelines.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System How early should early detection be? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended changes to breast cancer screening guidelines. West Penn Allegheny Health system physicians are among a host of regional health care providers who encourage women to undergo mammography beginning at age 40. View this WPXI-TV story to learn more about the screening debate.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System The movement to "go green" is impacting everything from how we eat, to how we shop, to how our health care is delivered. But, a newer, environmentally friendly inhaler has left some asthma patients breathless. View this video from WPXI-TV to learn more about the benefits and drawbacks of eco-inhalers.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System Abdominal aneurysms are ticking time bombs that can burst and cause death if undetected. West Penn Allegheny Health System physicians are performing a new, minimally invasive procedure to rob these silent killers of their blood supply. This video from WTAE-TV shows how this innovation saved the life of a West Virginia man.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System Vertebral artery dissection is a dangerous and rare, but increasingly recognized, cause of stroke, particularly among young people. This Medstar video tells the story of one young mother's frightening experience with vertebral artery dissection, her treatment at Allegheny General Hospital, and her subsequent recovery.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System A newer technique called oncoplastic breast surgery allows women with breast cancer to have the tumor removed at the same time the breast is reconstructed. This report from WPXI-TV tells about one local woman's journey in opting for oncoplastic breast surgery at West Penn Allegheny Health System, and her positive results.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System West Penn Allegheny Health System significantly improved its financial performance in fiscal 2009, and posted a profit in the fourth quarter. Read more about WPAHS's markedly improved performance year-over-year.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System Repairing a painful herniated disc often leaves an opening in the disc, which can make re-injury more likely, frustrating patients and doctors alike. Dr. Eugene Bonaroti, a neurosurgeon with West Penn Allegheny Health System, is using a new technique that makes that type of re-injury less likely. Learn more in this report from News 8 Austin.

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The umbrella-like implant is inserted through the opening in the disc and opened up to act as a seal against any material that might try to pass throu
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West Penn Allegheny Health System Three new prescription drugs to fight obesity are a year away from entering the U.S. market, yet are already causing a buzz. Hear and read what Dr. Jorge Vazquez of Allegheny General Hospital had to say about the drugs' promise as well as their limitations in this report from WPXI-TV

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Expected weight loss with three new prescription drugs would be 10 percent of initial weight. Friday, October 23, 2009.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System Senior CNN Political Analyst David Gergen visits Pittsburgh Tuesday night, delivering the featured presentation at the Fourth Annual Gerald McGinnis Cardiovascular Institute Speaker Series. All funds raised support the work of the Institute, a leading center for advanced cardiovascular disease care and research in west...ern Pennsylvania. Follow the link for more information.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System A few seats remain for "A Healing Journey," West Penn Allegheny Oncology Network's annual inspirational and informative program for cancer patients and survivors, this Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Four Points Sheraton in Cranberry Township from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This free program includes breakfast, lunch and parking. To register, call 412-770-1818.

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West Penn Allegheny Health System The national spotlight has fallen on Amanda and Matt Faher, the parents of a rare set of spontaneous identical triplets. They appeared today on the Today Show along with Allegheny General Hospital's Dr. Jennifer Celebrezze, who delivered the adorable threesome. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33221576/ns/today-parenting_and_family/

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Talk about a triple play: On the third wedding anniversary of Amanda and Matt Faher, Sept. 30, she gave birth to identical triplets — at 33 weeks gestation. “They were a great anniversary gift,” said the proud dad — who, like his wife, is 30 years old.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System They're one in a million - or to be exact, three in a million - Matthew and Amanda Faher are the parents of a very rare set of identical triplets, three boys born last week at Allegheny General Hospital. See more of their story, and the many ways in which the number 3 figured into this happy tale, in this report from WTAE-TV.

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Identical triplets were delivered this week by Leechburg woman Amanda Faher at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System Debra Painter says she was nearly suicidal over back pain. Now, she's back to riding a motorcycle with her husband, pain-free, thanks to a procedure performed at West Penn Hospital by Dr. Jack Kabazie. Learn more in this report from WTAE-TV's Michelle Wright.

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Debra Painter once experienced such serious back pain that she thought she couldn't go on and took medication that caused her to have trouble functioning, but thanks to a recent procedure she's now pain free.
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West Penn Allegheny Health System Noted former UPMC-Magee breast cancer surgeon Donald Keenan, MD, Ph.D., is now seeing patients at West Penn Hospital. He was recruited to the West Penn Allegheny Health System in 2007 and will continue seeing patients at the system's Canonsburg General Hospital.