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From Dan Handley Science Media, LLC, American Public Television begins distributing UNDAUNTED: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory, a one-hour documentary that tells the inspirational stories of determined scientists whose discoveries helped pioneer early aviation, solar research, and the founding of astrophysics. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 UNDAUNTED: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory is a one-hour documentary that tells the surprising stories of the...
BALTIMORE, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Biosecurity of UPMC in Baltimore today announced its new name: the UPMC Center for Health Security. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130425/DC02018LOGO ) Fifteen years ago, the Center started as an organization dedicated to diminishing the public health consequences of biological threats, and it will continue to work on the full range of biosecurity challenges. In recent years, the Center's focus has...
PITTSBURGH, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC Health Plan will award a grant to Wesley Spectrum Services to expand We Can!( )Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition(® )health resources and programming for students attending Wesley Spectrum's Academy and Integrated Services schools, located in Upper St. Clair, Pa. Teachers at the Wesley Spectrum Services' Academy and Integrated Services schools will be trained on how to implement We Can! programming in a structured school...
New Plan Incentivizes Healthier Lifestyle Choices PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC Health Plan is introducing a new option for its UPMC Individual Advantage plan that is designed to incentivize members to make healthier lifestyle choices by rewarding them for taking care of their health. Members who enroll in the Goals Plan will be able to earn money in a health incentive account (HIA) when they participate in various healthy activities. The money is funded by UPMC...
PITTSBURGH, April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Kenneth S. Ramsey, Ph.D., President and CEO of Gateway Rehab, is a recipient of the University of Pittsburgh's 225(th) Anniversary Medallion. The award was presented today by Larry E. Davis, Dean, School of Social Work, and Albert J. Novak, Jr., Vice Chancellor, Institutional Advancement, to recognize Dr. Ramsey as a Pitt alumnus "who built better lives through (his) life's work, community service, professional achievement and...
University of Pittsburgh From a diagnosis success rate of less than 50 percent to 90 percent Those suffering from swallowing difficulties, especially stroke patients, could be evaluated more efficiently and noninvasively thanks to research under way at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Toronto. Ervin Sejdic, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, is developing a small sensor that's externally placed on the...
Total prize purse places event in the top five of U.S. half marathons; even record $6,500 for each race champion PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Dick's Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon has announced that UPMC Health Plan, title sponsor of the UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh Half Marathon, has committed more than $9,000 to raise the total prize purse for the 2013 event, making it one of the nation's top five largest half marathon prize purses. The UPMC...
In the news release, The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Welcomes New Board Members, issued 28-Feb-2013 by Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the the academic institutions of some of the board members were incorrect. The complete, corrected release follows: The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority Welcomes New Board Members The Authority is indebted to board members whose service has expired HARRISBURG, Pa.,...
The Authority is indebted to board members whose service has expired HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority welcomes three new members to its Patient Safety Authority Board of Directors. "The Patient Safety Authority is pleased to welcome new members to its board," Mike Doering, executive director of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority said. "The Authority has experienced many changes throughout the years and I'm...
ERIE, Pa., Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeSolutions, a non-profit organization specializing in employee assistance programs (EAP), is purchasing certain assets of Northwest Beacon EAP, including the customer contracts, and will provide Northwest's EAP customers in the Erie region with continued service as well as additional benefits. As part of the purchase agreement between the two companies, Northwest Beacon's EAP staff will migrate to LifeSolutions and will continue to serve...
