Experts disagree with mammogram guidance Nov 18, 2009
"Shocked -- although one can say that with exclamation points," Dr. William R. Poller, director of breast imaging at Allegheny General Hospital, said yesterday of his reaction to the task force advisory. "Every 10 years or so, the same controversy comes up. [Then] it gets knocked down because scientific evidence in literature from a host of screening studies ... show that screening makes a difference.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Effectiveness of cancer screenings questioned Nov 4, 2009
With prostate cancer screening, patients should know that screening is not foolproof, said WPAHS urologist Dr. Ralph J. Miller Jr., director of the Allegheny General Hospital Prostate Center. "The expectation is if you do what you're supposed to do, nothing bad will happen to you. It's not true ... [screening tests] don't guarantee success.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
AGH, nurses reach contract agreement Oct 16, 2009
Registered nurses at Allegheny General Hospital reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday evening with the hospital on a new contract, according to union spokesman Matt Richards ... We believe this agreement will continue to make sure Allegheny General Hospital leads the market in nurse compensation and sets the standard for quality patient care, including nurse-to-patient ratios, union president John Ziegler said in a prepared statement. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Penn. Man Gets New Heart, Kidney in 10-Hour Op Sep 24, 2009
PITTSBURGH Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh is reporting its first-ever dual organ transplant since the facility started transplanting organs in 1987. The hospital says a 63-year-old man continues to recover after receiving a transplanted heart and kidney on Aug. 30. (Fox News)
Nurses talk health care with Obama Sep 11, 2009
About 150 nurses gathered yesterday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, including Ms. Brown and 17 nurses who drove down from Allegheny General Hospital on a day's notice. Mr. Obama quoted from a blog post by Ms. Brown, who wrote about a patient who spent much of his dying months worrying about how to pay for his leukemia treatments. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Priest: Pa. gunman darkening room fits evil intent Aug 9, 2009
Heather Sherba, 22, of Collier Township, was released from Allegheny General Hospital, and another woman was released from UPMC Mercy hospital, where officials had been asked not to disclose patients' names. Mary Primis, the pregnant 26-year-old aerobics instructor, remained hospitalized in fair condition at Allegheny. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Study links hormone therapy, ovarian cancer Jul 22, 2009
"There's been some suggestions on some other studies that looked at other issues giving an inkling there might be an association," said Dr. Jan Seski, director of gynecologic oncology at Allegheny General Hospital. "It's interesting because it does reinforce that there may be an association between use of hormone replacement therapy and the development of cancer of the ovary, but the risk is very small, and it's not cause and effect. It's an association: People who take HRT seem to have a larger... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
After the fireworks, a finale of sorts Jul 9, 2009
Location: East Ohio Street and Cedar Avenue, across from Allegheny General Hospital. (Market hours, 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., through Nov. 20). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
A gentler choicefor a hysterectomy Jul 8, 2009
Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette Dr. James Garver watches a monitor as he places the endoscope inside the abdomen of a patient to prepare for a hysterectomy using the da Vinci surgical robot at Allegheny General Hospital ... Allegheny General Hospital personnel rolled Tinisha Nelson into a surgical suite for her robot-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy about 2 p.m. on June 11. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Mandatory nursing overtime banned Jul 6, 2009
"It's critical," said Cathy Stoddard, a longtime nurse at Allegheny General Hospital, which hasn't imposed mandatory overtime upon its union workforce for six years. "You don't want the person taking care of you to be so exhausted that they're making mistakes.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
30 percent of state's hospitals lost money Jun 20, 2009
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC had a total margin loss of slightly more than 6 percent, while Allegheny General Hospital recorded a 5. 23 percent loss. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
High School Notebook: Neshannock outfielder returns after scary hit May 17, 2009
Fontana lost consciousness and was flown to Allegheny General Hospital. "We ran to him in the outfield and his full body was in a seizure," Kirkwood said of the March 18 incident. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Students get look at open-heart surgery Apr 17, 2009
Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette Ross Houston, a junior at Sewickley Academy, watches open-heart surgery from the observation area above an operating room at Allegheny General Hospital ... But as a group of Sewickley Academy students -- and avid medical television fans -- learned yesterday while watching open-heart surgery at Allegheny General Hospital, real medicine is nothing like its many small-screen incarnations. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Teacher becomes part of cyber history Mar 27, 2009
Nurse Cathy Stoddart, who works at Allegheny General Hospital and lives in Mingo Junction, Ohio, also was a member of the audience. In an event that lasted more than an hour, Mr. Obama answered the questions asked most often among more than 100,000 e-mails sent to the White House, concentrating on those that dealt with his three top issues, health care, energy and education. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
High School Baseball Notebook/Top Games Mar 20, 2009
Fontana, 17, was flown to Allegheny General Hospital where employees declined to release his condition. ONE RANKED. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Man charged with homicide in hit and run Mar 20, 2009
Mr. Buttiglione died in Allegheny General Hospital where he and Ms. Stupar were taken by helicopter after the incident. Chief Tempest issued a plea for information from anyone who knew of someone who drove a pickup truck like the white Dodge Dakota driven by Mr. Powell. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
William Boyan Former mechanic served in U.S. Army during WWII Feb 24, 2009
Andrew P. Popeck, 86, of Canonsburg, died Monday, February 23, 2009, in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born March 17, 1922, in Hickory, a son of Joseph J. and Mary Wojnar Popeck. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
