http://www.post-gazette.com/ Health, Science, Environment, Medicare news en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:58:17 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011697-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml A start-up company from the Seattle area won $900,000 on Friday in a NASA contest to build a miniature prototype of a machine that could one day climb from Earth to outer space. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011656-84.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml WASHINGTON -- By late afternoon, Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Forest Hills, was looking weary. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:58:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011401-113.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Holy pumpkins, it's almost time to turn the rain barrel cylinder from "collect" to "bypass." Such a simple act, yet so difficult -- another acquiescence to the cold. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011437-100.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Penn State University plans to build a new Children's Hospital on the campus of its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:53:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011393-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml WASHINGTON -- House Democrats acknowledged they didn't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they might push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011331-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Among the hundreds of current research projects in the Bay Area, some may solve problems crucial to local industries, like clean tech and bio-tech. Others focus on possible disaster, like the collapse of the Sacramento Delta levees in an earthquake. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011236-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders worked furiously yesterday to secure the final votes for weekend approval of a sweeping health care overhaul, as President Barack Obama threw his weight behind the lobbying effort and Republicans dug in against the health plan. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09310/1011298-113.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml WASHINGTON -- Senate climate change legislation took a step forward yesterday, but a move by Democrats to bypass Republicans in the environment committee could result in a political setback. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010920-55.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml About 400 people visit the emergency room every day at the Hospital Pediatrico William Soler in Havana, Cuba. Here in the South Hills, St. Clair Hospital gets about 175 patients a day to its ER. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:44:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011076-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Once upon a time, every tweet had an actual bird attached. If that bird happened to live in southern Brazil, a region whose rich avian life was long undocumented, chances are good that it was stalked repeatedly -- and its tweets, coos and whistles recorded patiently -- by William Belton. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010832-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml NASA spacecraft are measuring record-high levels of cosmic rays, a side effect of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011003-455.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Cases of H1N1 influenza -- also known as swine flu -- peaked late last month in Allegheny County and the worst of it may be over even as the traditional flu season looms ahead. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011006-113.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan trio of senators trying to forge a compromise on climate change legislation huddled with Obama administration officials yesterday about their plan to combine caps on greenhouse gas emissions with expanded offshore drilling and incentives for nuclear power. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010540-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Q. When I go to see my doctor, it seems as if the visit is over before any of my questions are answered. How can I get the most out of my doctor's visit? Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010531-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml While breast and prostate cancer screenings have often drawn controversy, a new study raises questions about whether their benefits are being exaggerated because some of the most aggressive tumors are being missed. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010786-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml "Most urologists believe that screening is saving lives." Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010728-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Breast surgeon Donald Keenan at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital emphasizes the importance of mammograms, even in light of the Oct. 21 Journal of the American Medical Association article challenging the beliefs that breast cancer screening is responsible for reduced death rates. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010687-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml BEIJING -- Three prominent American research organizations that are pushing for greater cooperation between the Obama administration and China on the issue of climate change say the two governments should make a priority of supporting the use of carbon capture technology and the creation of a market for carbon. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010512-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Longtime writer and editor Mark Roth of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has been named winner of the Joanie Award for excellence in journalism related to lung cancer for 2009. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010530-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Nearly 20 years ago, Denny Campbell was in a car accident that left him with severe head trauma. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010541-115.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml LOS ANGELES -- The population of endangered green sea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diego grew by 82 in October when the eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach without human help. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010542-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Events: The Sport Management Department of Robert Morris University, 6001 University Blvd., Moon, is sponsoring its annual Susan K. Hofacre 5K race at 8 a.m. Nov. 7. The cost is $20. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010548-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Special events: Trinity United Christian Church, 3400 Garvers Ferry Road, Lower Burrell, is holding a health and wellness fair, including blood pressure screenings, health information. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010578-114.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml Obesity appears to be a risk factor on a par with pregnancy for developing complications from an infection with pandemic H1N1 influenza, according to the most comprehensive look yet at swine flu hospitalizations. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010590-53.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml A spoonful of hope might not be the best medicine, according to a new study from a Carnegie Mellon University professor that asserts that optimism can actually be harmful to mental health. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010637-113.stm?cmpid=healthscience.xml WASHINGTON -- Republicans yesterday boycotted a Senate panel considering a climate change bill. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500