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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Learn What Pride Month Means
Lisa Bryan-Morris, Chief Nursing Officer at UPMC Passavant discusses Pride Month and UPMC’s commitment to the LGBTQ+ community.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Mindfulness and Meditation for Beginners
Carol Greco, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shares the benefits of mindfulness & meditation.Listen Now
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Sun Safety and the Early Signs of Skin Cancer
Laura Ferris, MD, PhD discusses ways to stay safe in the summer sun and some of the early signs of skin cancer.Listen Now
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Treating Anxiety and Postpartum Depression in New Moms
Sarah DeBrunner, MD, a psychiatrist with UPMC Magee-Womens Behavioral Health Services discusses causes of anxiety and depression in new moms.Listen Now
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: What Women Need to Know About Their Heart Health
Heart disease is the number one killer of women. Learn more from UPMC cardiologist, Malamo Countouris, MD.Listen Now
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: What Causes Varicose Veins?
Natalie Sridharan, MD, UPMC Vascular Surgeon explains what causes varicose veins, the treatments available and why they may be more than just a cosmetic concern.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Do Fad Diets Really Work?
From Keto, intermittent fasting, detoxes, and more, Jeff Lucchino, MS, RDN, Director of Sports Nutrition, UPMC Sports Medicine discusses whether they’re healthy and which ones work.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Dealing with a Dual Diagnosis
Mental disorders and drug and alcohol use can often go hand and hand. Shannon Brogdon, MS, Program Manager, Dual Diagnosis Unit, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital explains how treatment is changing and how patients are finding new hope.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Hope for Patients with IBD
Inflammatory Bowel Disease can be debilitating for patients but there if hope. Dr. David Binion, Co-Director of the UPMC IBD Center discusses treatment options and new advances in care.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Tips on Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Want to lose weight, quit smoking or drink less in the new year? There are things you can do to help ensure success. Dewan Majid, MD from Primary Care at UPMC Magee discusses approaches to help reach your health goals.Listen Now
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Understanding and Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder
Some may call it the winter blues but Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD can be a serious problem for some people. Kathryn A. Roecklein, Ph.D., Primary Investigator of the Seasonality Research Program at the University of Pittsburgh explains why it shouldn’t be taken lightly and discusses what you should know about treatments.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: How to Tell If Your Child Has Anxiety
Anxiety can be a significant problem for some children. What are some of the signs and how do you help them cope? Chief of Child Adolescent Psychiatry at UPMC, Abigail Schlesinger, MD shares important information for parents.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: How to Deal with a Bully
Abigail Schlesinger, MD, Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UPMC, discusses ways to help children cope with bullying, as well as what to do if your child is the bully.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Suicide Prevention Among LGBTQIA+ Teens
Kristen L. Eckstrand, MD, PhD, Medical Director of UPMC LGBTQ+ Health, discusses why LGBTQ+ adolescences and teens are more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. She also provides information on the warning signs of suicide and ways you can help an adolescent or teen in need.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Should I Get Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer?
Rachelle Huziak, Certified Genetic Counselor with the UPMC Cancer Genetics Program, discusses genetic testing for breast cancer.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: How to Support Someone Who’s Coming Out
Dr. Joy Gero, Program Manager of LGBTQ Health at UPMC talks about what you should and should not say when someone comes out to you, as well as other ways to be a good ally.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Can Your Joints Really Predict the Weather?
Can your joints really predict the weather? Are fish oil supplements good for bone health? Albert Lin, MD, Chief of Shoulder Surgery and Associate Chief of Sports Medicine at UPMC weighs in on some old wives tales and lists some simple things you can do to promote joint health.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Understanding LGBTQIA+ Identities
Want to be a good ally but aren’t sure about the proper terms or even how to ask about pronouns? Dr. Joy Gero, Program Manager for LGBTQ Health, UPMC Health Services Division answers some of the questions you may have been afraid to ask.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health
Dr. James Tew, Associate Chief, Inpatient Clinical Services at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital discusses the impact of isolation and the pandemic on our mental health, including how to tell if you’re dealing with temporary blues or if it’s a more serious issue for which you should seek help.Watch Now
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Private: UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Risk Factors for Advanced Lung Disease
Dr. Matthew Morrell, Medical Director of the UPMC Lung Transplant Program discusses the risk factors for advanced lung disease and steps individuals can take for better lung health. Dr. Morrell also discusses how and when transplant may become an option for patients.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Role of Surgery in Treating Patients at the UPMC Comprehensive Epilepsy Center
Dr. Jorge Gonzales-Martinez, Co-Director, UPMC Comprehensive Epilepsy Center discusses the cutting-edge, individualized treatment available at the center and the advanced surgical techniques used to help treat patients.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: UPMC Neurological Institute
Dr. Robert Friedlander, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at UPMC discusses the specialized, cutting-edge and individualized care offered to patients at the largest academic neurosurgery department in the nationRead More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Creating a Safe Environment to Provide Psychiatric Emergency Services
Dr. Keith Stowell, Associate Chief, Psychiatric Emergency Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, discusses the emergency mental health care available at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital and the steps being taken to keep patients and staff safe during COVID-19.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Keeping Children Safe During Flu Season and COVID-19
Dr. Marian Michaels, Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UPMC Children’s Hospital discusses steps families should take to keep children safe from both flu and COVID-19, as well as the signs and symptoms of each virus.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Connecting the Community to Important Health Screenings
Lyn Robertson, DrPH, MSN, BSN, Associate Director for Health Equity and Community Outreach and Engagement, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discusses efforts underway to connect uninsured and underinsured people with free cancer screenings.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Outpatient and Community Based Programs for Mental Health Care
Dr. Noreen Fredrick, Vice President, Ambulatory and Community Behavioral Health Services, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, talks about the many options available to patients for those in need of mental health services.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: UPMC Children’s Ranked One of the Top Children’s Hospitals in the Nation
Dr. Brian Martin, Vice President of Medical Affairs, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh discusses Children’s national ranking and the extensive steps underway to keep families safe when they come in for care.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Advanced Stroke Care and Surgeries at The UPMC Neurological Institute
Neurosurgeon, Dr. Bradley Gross from the UPMC Neurological Institute discusses new advances in research and surgeries in treating stroke patients, as well as the signs and symptoms that indicate a stroke in patients.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Role of Research and Clinical Trials at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Dr. Antoinette Wozniak, Associate Director of Clinical Research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discusses the importance of clinical trials in cancer care and the development of a new app to make physicians and patients aware of trials in which they may take part.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Keeping Patients and Staff Safe at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
Jeff Magill, Emergency Management Coordinator at UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital discusses the extensive efforts underway to keep patients and staff safe during COVID-19. And discusses why patients shouldn’t delay seeking care.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
Dr. Amit Tevar, Surgical Director of the UPMC Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program discusses the benefits of living donor kidney transplants and a program underway to help patients find a living donor.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Pittsburgh Vaccine Trials Unit
Dr. Terrence Dermody, Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director, UPMC Children’s Hospital discusses the efforts underway in the Pittsburgh region in the development and testing of potential COVID-19 vaccines.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion (HIPEC) Treatment
Dr. Melanie Ongchin, surgical oncologist at the UPMC Hillman Cancer discusses the use of an innovative surgery known as HIPEC to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis, a rare type of cancer that can develop when gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancers spread.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: State of the Art Orthopaedic Care
Dr. Ivan Tarkin, Chief of Orthopaedic Traumatology at UPMC discusses the collaborative and cutting-edge approaches to treating patients dealing with everything from simple fractures to complex traumatic injuries.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: resolve Crisis Services
Dr. Jack Rozel, Medical Director, resolve Crisis Services discusses the mission and work of this 24/7 crisis services hotline, as well as other options available for counseling and mental health care for those in need.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: UPMC Advanced Heart Failure Center
Dr. Mary Keebler, Medical Director of the UPMC Advanced Heart Failure Center discusses the options and groundbreaking, individualized care available for patients dealing with advanced heart failure.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: UPMC Center for Liver Diseases
Dr. Naudia Jonassaint of the UPMC Center for Liver Diseases discusses the ground breaking and comprehensive care available to patients dealing with not only common but complex liver disease.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Specialized Surgery for Patients with Bone Cancer
Dr. Stella Lee, an orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in oncology at UPMC Shadyside Hospital and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discusses a complex surgery used to treat some bone cancer patients as well as collaboration among doctors and the individualized care offered to each patient at UPMC.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Postpartum Hypertension
Dr. Katie Berlacher from the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute discusses this serious blood pressure condition that puts some new moms at risk and talks about the launching of a new clinic designed to improve care.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Role of Radiation in Your Cancer Care
Dr. Andy Clump from the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center explains how radiation could be used in your cancer care as well as new advances in the treatment of patients with head and neck cancers.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: What to Expect at UPMC-Magee Womens Hospital
Dr. Richard Beigi, President of UPMC Magee Womens Hospital explains the hospital’s new protocols to keep you safe while delivering world class care.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Getting the Care You Need Despite COVID-19
Dr. Francis Solano, President, Community Medicine Division, UPMC discusses the importance of receiving medical care despite COVID-19 and the extensive measures UPMC doctors offices and hospitals are taking to keep patients safe.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Family Medicine Checkup
Dr. Phillip Iozzi of UPMC discusses the importance of visiting your PCP or family medicine physician and from prevention screenings to managing chronic illnesses, how those visits can lead to long-lasting health.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: UPMC Comprehensive Lung Center
Dr. Christopher Faber, Director of Outpatient Services, UPMC Comprehensive Lung Center discusses the cutting edge and individualized care available for patients dealing with a range of lung issues from mild conditions to complex diseases.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: The Importance of Cancer Care During COVID-19
Dr. Rushir Choksi from the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discusses the steps all Hillman Cancer Center locations are taking to keep you safe and why it’s important for you to continue care and undergo routine screenings.Watch Now
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Taking Care of Your Heart During COVID-19
Dr. Michael Mathier from the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute discusses what you can expect when you come in for care at the Heart and Vascular Institute as well as the signs and symptoms related to cardiovascular disease that you should not ignore.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Managing Prostate Cancer
Dr. Joel Nelson, Chief Clinical Officer, Health Services and Chair, Department of Urology, UPMC discusses new approaches in caring for prostate cancer as well as symptoms that could be an indication of kidney and bladder cancers.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Getting Your Health Care Back on Track
Dr. Vikram Gorantla from the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center discusses why it’s important to talk with your doctor and resume care if you’ve delayed appointments due to COVID-19.Read More
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UPMC HealthBeat Podcast: Testing For COVID-19 Therapies
Dr. Derek Angus, Professor and Chair, Critical Care Medicine, UPMC discusses Remap COVID-19. It’s a novel clinical trial underway to determine which therapies or combination of therapies work best in treating patients diagnosed with the virus.Watch Now
