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Rhonda Barnes wanted to follow in the footsteps of her mother, who became a nurse after graduating from Washington Hospitalâs nursing school.
She did just that and has enjoyed a long, and successful professional career that now has her in a position as a registered nurse case management/mental health liaison.
Being a nurse is not just a job for Barnes, it is a passion and a commitment to helping people get well and feel better.
âIn the emergency room setting, which is where I was for a long while, you see all different kinds of people with varying issues,â Barnes said. âYou want to help them and itâs my nature to want to help and I realize when they come to the ER, that most are in discomfort.â
As temperatures rise, allergy symptoms are ramping up for many seasonal sufferers especially in the Pittsburgh region.
“This report validates what everyone who lives here thinks that we are not a good place for allergies,” said Dr. Merritt Fajt, assistant professor of medicine in the division of pulmonary allergy and critical care at UPMC.
And the problem is likely worsening.
Recent years have revealed a trend of longer active pollen seasons and higher pollen counts, said Christine Rauscher, a board-certified allergist and immunologist at Allegheny Health Network.
“It’s going to get longer and longer, because that’s what the pattern has been for seasonal allergies,” Rauscher said. “Plants are producing more pollen and having longer active pollen seasons.”
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Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNTH) (Lantheus), an established leader and fully integrated provider of innovative imaging diagnostics, targeted therapeutics and artificial intelligence solutions to Find, Fight and Follow serious medical conditions, today announced a strategic collaboration with Allegheny Health Network (AHN), a western Pennsylvania healthcare delivery system headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Under the agreement, Lantheus’ microbubbles will be used in combination with AHN’s ultrasound-assisted non-viral gene transfer (UAGT) technology for the development of a proposed treatment for xerostomia.
Xerostomia, a lack of saliva production leading to dry mouth, has a variety of causes, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the chronic use of drugs and rheumatic and dysmetabolic diseases.
Courtesy of Greater Latrobe School District
Students take part in a Fall 2018 Aevidum Club training session in the Center for Student Creativity at Greater Latrobe Senior High. Aevidum works to empower students to shatter the silence surrounding depression and suicide while inspiring a culture of advocacy and care.
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Phil Koch, who served as executive director of the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, is now vice president of policy and community impact with The Pittsburgh Foundation.
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Patricia L. Valentine, retired executive deputy director for integrated program services with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Tri-State Pain Institute, owner Joseph M. Thomas, M.D., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020
Major piece of reorganization plans is sale of office building on Village Common Drive to raise money to pay creditors
Clinic remains in business; Thomas movning it to smaller building on Peach Street
A new owner is poised to take over the spacious offices of a well-known Erie pain clinic, but the building could go up for sale again soon.
The 31,784-square-foot longtime home of Tri-State Pain Institute, at 2374 Village Common Drive in Millcreek Township, sold for $3.37 million at an auction in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Erie on Wednesday.