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UPMC Expert - Safety First to Avoid Common Spring Injuries and Traumas
With the arrival of spring, activities like baseball, tennis, golf and gardening become part of our daily lives, in addition to responsibilities like lawn mowing and other home maintenance projects. While it’s tempting to rush out into the warm weather and get started, make sure you’re following proper safety precautions to protect yourself during these activities. Mow the lawn, not your hands During the spring, orthopaedic and trauma surgeons see increased injuries to the hands, arms and other areas
UPMC Harrisburg kicks off Donate Life Month with flag-raising
UPMC Harrisburg kicked off Donate Life Month, which is observed annually in April, with a flag-raising event at UPMC Harrisburg today. The event honors deceased and living donors, celebrates the lives they've saved, and creates awareness of the importance of registering to be a donor. This year, the theme for National Donate Life Month is, “let life sing!” Birds are known across many cultures as one of the most welcomed and visible signs of spring. They represent both new beginnings and visits from loved
UPMC Harrisburg to Host Flag Raising Event to Encourage Community and Kick Off Donate Life Month
What: UPMC will recognize and honor those who made a difference in the lives of others by being organ donors with a special flag raising ceremony held at UPMC Harrisburg Hospital. National Donate Life Month honors and celebrates our organ donors, transplant recipients, those awaiting the gift of life, our patients’ families, and our transplant clinical care teams. This year, the theme for National Donate Life Month is, "let life sing"! When: Friday, April 4, 11 a.m. Where: UPMC Harrisburg, 111 S. Front
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Central Pennsylvania Expands Access to Gynecological Cancer Treatment
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in central Pennsylvania, is now offering an advanced internal radiation therapy for gynecological cancers which has been shown to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence. Cylinder High-Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy is now available at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center – Rocco and Nancy Ortenzio Cancer Pavillion, 2035 Technology Parkway, Mechanicsburg. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is the only health facility in the West Shore of Harrisburg to offer this service. This advanced form of
UPMC Empowering Wellness through Women’s Cancer Survivorship Conference
UPMC Magee-Womens and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Central Pa. with the support of UPMC Pinnacle Foundation, hosted the Women’s Cancer Survivorship Conference on March 29 at the Penn Harris Hotel Convention Center. Dedicated to empowering women living with cancer, the comprehensive one-day event focused on wellness and was attended by more than 150 participants. “We recognize that each cancer journey is unique and there can be many post treatment impacts that need to be acknowledged,” said Beth
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