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  Climate Plays a Major Role in Health. UPMC Is Taking Steps for a More Sustainable Future

  April 15, 2024

  Clinicians for Climate Action, a group of health care professionals from UPMC and Pitt, are working toward decarbonizing health care.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Pediatrics

  Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Pediatrics

  Tagged with: Affinity

  

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  KP Parham: Personal Struggle to Peer Support Leader at UPMC

  March 28, 2024

  KP Parham transforms lives at UPMC with his own story, leading mental health support and peer recovery with empathy and expertise.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Western Behavioral Health

  Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Policy and Advocacy

  Tagged with: Affinity

  

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  UPMC Life Changers: CPR Saves Lives. Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah Is Teaching It to Underserved Communities

  March 4, 2024

  Through various initiatives, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, has helped to provide CPR training for both children and adults in underserved communities.Watch Now

  Medically Reviewed by Trauma & Emergency Medicine

  Categorized as: UPMC Stories

  Tagged with: Affinity

  

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  UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Reducing Mental Health Stigma

  February 5, 2024

  Once barely discussed, mental health is becoming an important topic of conversation. Keirston Parham, Lead Recovery and Peer Services Coordinator at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital and Western Behavioral Health discusses how to ask for help and how to support someone in need.Listen Now

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Western Behavioral Health

  Categorized as: UPMC HealthBeat Podcast

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  UPMC Life Changers: Dr. Katie Berlacher Saw a Need for More Diversity in Cardiology. She and UPMC Are Addressing That Need

  February 1, 2024

  UPMC cardiologist Katie Berlacher, MD, started the I Look Like a Cardiologist program in an effort to increase diversity in the cardiology workforce.Watch Now

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Heart and Vascular Health, UPMC Stories

  Tagged with: Affinity

  

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  UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: How to Help Your Child Cope with Grief

  January 22, 2024

  The loss of a loved one can be devastating, especially for children.  Elizabeth Schandelmeier, LCSW, APHSW-C,  from UPMC Family Hospice discusses the challenges children face and ways you can help. Read The Full Podcast Transcript – This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical care or advice. Clinicians should rely…Listen Now

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC

  Categorized as: UPMC HealthBeat Podcast

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  UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Cooking for One

  February 19, 2024

  Just because you live alone, it doesn’t mean you can’t eat healthy meals. UPMC Dietitian Emily Stasko, MPH, RD, LDN, shares some easy options.Listen Now

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Nutrition Services

  Categorized as: UPMC HealthBeat Podcast

  Tagged with: Affinity, Specialty

  

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  How UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Inpatient School Ensures Child and Teen Patients’ Schoolwork Doesn’t Fall by the Wayside

  January 4, 2024

  UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital established its inpatient school in 1990 to help children and teens stay up to date on schoolwork as inpatients.Watch Now

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Western Behavioral Health

  Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Mental Health

  Tagged with: Affinity

  

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  UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: My Child Won’t Share

  December 25, 2023

  My child won’t share. Is it a real problem or just a part of growing up? Pamela Schoemer, MD, what parents can do.Listen Now

  Medically Reviewed by Pediatrics

  Categorized as: UPMC HealthBeat Podcast

  Tagged with: Discovery