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What Is Double Lung Transplantation? Eligibility, Recovery, and Survival Rates
Learn more about double lung transplantation, including eligibility, recovery, and lung transplant survival rates.Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Transplant
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Autism and Child Anxiety: What’s the Connection?
About 40% of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder are also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Mental Health
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What Are Early Childhood Caries? Learn Causes and Treatment
Early childhood caries, or tooth decay, is a common problem in children under age 6. Fortunately, it's preventable.Read More
Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Pediatrics
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3 Tips for Living Donor Recipients and Their Loved Ones
Kathy Monteverde, a UPMC living donor ambassador, shares three pieces of advice for patients and loved ones going through the living donor process.Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Transplant
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Kathy’s Story: What Is a Living Donor Ambassador?
A living donor ambassador helps patients and loved ones navigate the living-donor organ transplant process. Learn the story of UPMC's living donor ambassador.Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Liver Transplant, Transplant, UPMC Stories
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Who Qualifies for a Lung Transplant?
Learn about lung transplant surgery criteria and whether doctors use lung transplant for lung cancer.Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Transplant
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Talking to Your Teen About Mental Health
Adolescence is a pivotal developmental time in a person's life. Hormones that cause mood swings, along with outside social factors, can affect a teen's emotional and physical well-being.Read More
Categorized as: Health Topics A-Z, Mental Health
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Childhood Fear or Phobia: How to Tell the Difference
Childhood fear or phobia: how to tell the difference. What are phobias, common childhood phobias, symptoms of phobias, diagnosis, treatment for phobias.Read More
Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Pediatrics
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Is Your Child Stubborn or Is It ODD?
Is Your Child Stubborn or Is It ODD? What is ODD in children? Symptoms of ODD. Risk factors for ODD. Treatment and prevention for ODD.Read More
Categorized as: Living and Wellness, Pediatrics