cardiology

How much heat can the human body stand?
Сolumns
F.D. FLAM 
Jul 12, 2023
The June that just ended was the Earth’s hottest — ever. And the first week of July saw the trend continue. The surging summer temperatures made me wo...
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Sen. John Fetterman checks into hospital for depression
News, PA State News
MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARC LEVY Associated Press 
Feb 16, 2023
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medic...
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If you’ve had COVID, watch out for stroke symptoms
Opinion, Сolumns
FAYE FLAM Tribune News Service 
Nov 07, 2022
Harlan Krumholz, a cardiologist at the Yale School of Medicine, says he worries about two kinds of long COVID. There’s the obvious version where peopl...
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UPMC Cardiologist: Prioritize heart health
Lifestyle
KASHIF CHAUDHRY, M.D. Heart and Vascular Institute, UPMC 
Jun 29, 2022
For a long time, it was understood that men were more susceptible to heart issues than women. Today, studies show that heart disease is the leading ca...
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Simple answers aren’t always easy to accept
Opinion, Сolumns
GENE LYONS 
Feb 18, 2022
Sherlock Holmes fans love a locked-door mystery, so it was inevitable that the accidental death of TV comic Bob Saget in a Florida hotel room would ge...
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UPMC Provider: Pregnancy’s Effects on the Heart
Bradford, Entertainment, Lifestyles
DARCIE DESIDERIO, DNP, CRNP Heart & Vascular, UPMC 
Feb 18, 2021
A woman’s body goes through many changes during pregnancy. Many of them are obvious like the belly bump, but some are more subtle or hidden like how p...
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Happy Heart Health Awareness month
Entertainment
STEVEN HERRMANN, MD 
Feb 16, 2021
February is traditionally a time to share your heart with a loved one. Thus, it seems reasonable to review the steps you can take to protect your hear...
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Bradford and Olean, stronger together
Opinion, Сolumns
JEFF BELT, Special to The Era 
Feb 06, 2021
I hope our transition to “one hospital with two campuses” won’t divide us. We are going to restructure Upper Allegheny Health System into centers of e...
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Furr reflects on decades of medicine
Local News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Nov 06, 2020
Ten days into Dr. Charles Furr’s career in cardiology for what is now UPMC Hamot Heart & Vascular Institute, he did a heart catheterization on a patie...
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SCAD
Health, Mind and Body, Mind Body
Mar 17, 2020
Dr. Rajeev Pillai, IRMC’s interventional cardiologist, has during his three years at IRMC diagnosed several cases of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Disse...
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BRMC acquires new cardiac monitors
Local News
Marcie 
Dec 21, 2019
Bradford Regional Medical Center has acquired 15 new state-of-the-art cardiac monitors for use in its emergency department. The monitors replace eight...
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Despite it all, rural life is best
Opinion, Сolumns
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Feb 19, 2019
There’s a lot to be said for a rural way of life. Not too many things in the world can compare to a summer’s night, stargazing while sitting by a camp...
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Staying healthy when winter weather hits
Local News, News, Online Features
RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Jan 24, 2019
This week has brought some pretty wild winter weather to Bradford. Between avoiding the flu, shoveling snow and adjusting to changing temperatures, ho...
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