In a city known for world-class care, a life dedicated to health is rewarding, challenging, and innovative at every level — from med school to the board room.
Dental professionals included in our 2015 list of topDentists share their opinions on everything from which Pittsburghers have great smiles to the strangest things they've heard from their patients.
Follow eight physicians over two days as they perform surgeries, consult on end-of-life care, treat accident victims, discuss hospital programs –– and then reset and do it all over again.
Pittsburgh has been a center for medical research for decades. As the region’s university and hospital communities continue to grow and collaborate, the work being done here is changing — and saving — lives around the world.
As dentistry advances, professionals aim to make patients as comfortable as possible. When is the last time you had a massage after a treatment or an apple while you waited?
We asked Dr. Mark Baratz, director of the Division of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery and vice chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital, to answer one of your health questions.
Research in regenerative medicine could someday make Steve Austin seem ordinary. Read on: You might not believe your eyes (and there’s new hope for those, too).
Here is an average daily schedule for Dr. Fu on a day that he is not performing surgery. Despite his busy schedule, Fu is always connected throughout the day with his Blackberry and iPhone.
Dr. Freddie Fu travels the globe as an educator teaching medical professionals about a unique orthopaedic surgery technique. He is also an “ambassador,” spreading the good news about Pittsburgh and pushing for positive change, including greater diversity, in his profession.
Lupus is one of 80 known autoimmune disorders, which affect the body's system of specialized cells and organs that defend against germs. Diagnosis is an art, not a science—with no single blood test available to make the diagnosis certain.
