Living and Wellness

You want to lead a healthier life, but don’t know how to get started. Read more here for an approach that helps you build a stronger, fitter body and mind.

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Steps to Better Winter Health

December 11, 2013

Learn how you can stay healthy this winter, by adjusting your everyday habits to include adequate diet and exercising. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Urgent Care
Categorized as: Living and Wellness
Tagged with: daily exercise, exercise video games, flu vaccination, ice skating, seasonal flu, snowboarding, winter weather
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A Healthy Holiday Season for You and Yours

December 10, 2013

Learn helpful tips to manage and maintain healthy eating for your children this holiday season. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Pediatrics
Categorized as: Nutrition, Pediatrics
Tagged with: Ann Meyers RD LDN, apple slices, breakfast cereal, chicken noole, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Christmas, cooking, healthful balance, lentil, peanut butter, physical activity, toast, vegetable soup, winter
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Sleep Soundly During the Holidays

December 9, 2013

Read this article to learn how you can maintain healthy sleep habits and avoid sleep deprivation altogether during the holiday season. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Sleep Medicine
Categorized as: Living and Wellness
Tagged with: cold and flu season, Division of Sleep Surgery, holiday season, immune system, lack of sleep, Ryan Soose MD, stress
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Know Your Flu Shot Facts

December 9, 2013

Are you ready for the flu season? Check out our infographic and learn all the flu shot facts you need to know Learn More

Categorized as: Cold and Flu, Living and Wellness
Tagged with: bronchitis, CDC, death, ear infection, flu prevention, flu season, flu shot complications, flu vaccine, inactivated flu vaccine, influenza virus, live vaccine, nasal vaccine, pneumonia, sinusitis
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Ways to Keep Your Back Healthy

December 7, 2013

Find tips and recommendations to help preserve your back health while completing day-to-day tasks, courtesy of UPMC. Read More

Medically Reviewed by UPMC
Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness
Tagged with: acute back pain, back health, back pain
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Butt Out: Essential Reasons to Quit Smoking

November 20, 2013

Read more about the dangers and effects of smoking cigarettes. Learn how you can improve your health by putting out that butt and making a change today. Read More

Medically Reviewed by UPMC HealthPlan
Categorized as: Living and Wellness
Tagged with: broken bones, cataracts, cigarette, diabetes, hearing loss, heart disease, hip fracture, lung disease, macular degeneration, osteoporosis, quit smoking, smoking cessation, UPMC Health Plan
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Bariatric Surgery Benefits

November 18, 2013

Learn how bariatric surgery can improve your overall health if you are trying to overcome obesity. See if it's the right choice for you. Read More

Medically Reviewed by UPMC Bariatric Services
Categorized as: Living and Wellness
Tagged with: Anita Courcoulas MD, bariatric surgery, Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Section of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery and General Surgery, sleep apnea, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Hamot, UPMC Horizon, UPMC St. Margaret, weight loss surgery
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New Solutions for Male Infertility

November 11, 2013

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. It would seem reasonable that with millions of sperm and only one egg the majority of infertility problems would lie with the female. Not true, according to the National Library of Medicine. Difficulties with fertility are evenly split: One third of the time the source of fertility problems being… Read More

Medically Reviewed by Urology
Categorized as: Men's Health, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Urology
Tagged with: chemotherapy, DAZ test, fertility, fertility treatment, juvenile onset diabetes, male infertility, Male Reproductive Medicine Surgery, National Library of Medicine, Pittsburgh Cryobank, radiation therapy, retrograde ejaculation, Thomas Jaffe MD, Type 1 diabetes, UPMC Men's Health Center
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Absent From Pain

November 10, 2013

Learn more about anesthesiology and discover the four basic categories of anesthesia: local, regional, twilight, and general. Read More

Medically Reviewed by Anesthesiology
Categorized as: Living and Wellness
Tagged with: anesthesiologist, anesthetist assistant, certified registered nurse anesthetist, general anesthesia, John Williams MD, local anesthesia, pain relief, regional anesthesia, resident physician, student nurse anesthetist, twilight anesthesia, University of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology