Browse past news stories for St Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Obituaries — February 4, 2010 (The Fayette Tribune)
  posted on February 4, 2010 at 05:12:04 pm
  Mrs. Rhonda Jones Coleman of 3051 Calloway Road, Raeford, N.C., formerly of Virginia, died Jan. 22, 2010, in FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst at the age of 41.
• Obituary: Herbert Spiegel/Psychiatrist who took hypnosis into mainstream medicine (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on January 12, 2010 at 07:46:36 am
  Dr. Herbert Spiegel treated pain, anxiety and addictions by putting people into a trance.
• Herbert Spiegel, Doctor Who Popularized Hypnosis, Dies at 95 (New York Times)
  posted on January 10, 2010 at 12:13:30 am
  Dr. Spiegel was A New York psychiatrist who was the country’s most persuasive advocate for therapeutic hypnosis, having established it as a mainstream medical technique.
• Post-partum study (The Indianapolis Star)
  posted on January 7, 2010 at 06:44:04 am
  St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers has launched a Postpartum Depression/Perinatal Mood Disorders program to help diagnose and treat the 20 percent of mothers who suffer from such conditions.
• Witnesses: Howard Took Swing At Suspect (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 04:41:08 pm
  UConn football player Jasper Howard took a swing at the man accused of stabbing him to death, witnesses to the fight told police.
• Sources Say 2 Teammates Started Fight That Led To Howard's Death (Hartford Courant)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 01:02:45 pm
  The fight that led to the death of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard was started by two teammates who got into an argument with four young men who drove to the hip-hop dance from Bloomfield, sources told The Courant.
• Community Calendar (Wilmette Life)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:19:57 am
  Find out what to do this week and beyond.
• Transitions (Tulsa World)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 08:30:18 am
  D EATH NOTICE POLICY
• Jazz sideman John Mosley survived addiction and hard touring life to play his horn for the Lord (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:38:43 am
  On the first Sunday in November, John "Squirrel" Mosley sat in the brass section of the Union Baptist Church of Swissvale cradling his trumpet and listening as other musicians in the choir reached for syncopated glory.
• UConn Loses Heartbreaker To Rutgers (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 10:33:10 pm
  Endres Hurt, Surgery Sunday For UConn, this one was worse than the North Carolina, Pittsburgh and West Virginia losses combined.
• Obituary: Joseph F. Brush / English teacher who inspired students to love Shakespeare (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 05:06:57 am
  Joseph F. Brush, a high school English teacher who inspired thousands of students to love literature in ways they never did before, died Sunday after 18 months on the waiting list for a liver transplant. He died in his sleep while at home in Mt. Lebanon, said his wife, Betsy Sinnett-Brush.
• An Emotional Game For UConn (FOX 61 Hartford)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 03:33:31 pm
  When UConn (4-2, 1-1 Big East) plays No. 22 West Virginia (5-1, 1-0) at Milan Puskar Stadium, at noon, the Huskies will still be reaching for the Big East title. But this one is for "Jazz."
• An Emotional Game For UConn (Hartford Courant)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 02:41:28 pm
  Play it for Jazz.
• Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 04:37:59 am
  The Commonwealth Court is one of Pennsylvania's two statewide intermediate appellate courts.
• Across the USA News from every state (USA Today)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 08:33:49 am
  Across the USA News from every state
• Will Reisman (The San Francisco Examiner)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 04:45:45 am
  Why I like my job: The Examiner gives us the opportunity to go out and speak with real people, to hear what matters the most to them in their community.
• A life unraveled, a puzzling death (The News & Observer)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 09:01:50 am
  Mental illness robbed Martha Hamilton Watkins of her home and career as a nurse. Police still don't know who stole her life and left her body behind shrubbery at a Raleigh church.
• Obituaries for August 27, 2009 (The Signal Item)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 07:51:21 am
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• Nation briefs (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 05:06:16 am
  BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. 5 dead in shooting at health club A gunman strolled into an exercise class at a health club in suburban Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and started spraying bullets, leaving five people dead, including himself, and injuring at least 10 others, police and a hospital said.
• Obituary: Anne Shawley Tomasic / Nurse dedicated to Catholic faith (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 04:23:50 am
  Anne Shawley Tomasic, a longtime nursing supervisor at the former St. Francis Hospital who continued caring for others long after her 1987 retirement, died Thursday of heart failure in her North Versailles home. She was 83.
• Five new doctors start up at Good Sam (Westmont Reporter Progress)
  posted on July 28, 2009 at 06:55:19 pm
  Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital has announced that five new doctors are working at the Downers Grove facility.
• Indians Return to Victory Field Monday (OurSports Central)
  posted on July 17, 2009 at 06:23:37 pm
  INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Indians open an eight-game homestand with the Monday Dollar Menu when the Durham Bulls (Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays) come to Victory Field for a 7:00 p.m. contest.
• Lawrenceville eateries on life support? (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on July 12, 2009 at 05:26:46 am
  When Brian Peltz opened his small sandwich shop 16 feet from the emergency room entrance of the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC site in Lawrenceville, he was confident that business would be brisk once the hospital opened on May 2.
• Obituaries for June 11, 2009 (Sewickley Herald)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 07:24:30 am
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• Practice Greenhealth Announces Winners of 2009 Environmental Excellence Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
  posted on May 19, 2009 at 10:00:00 am
  Awards Mark Best Programs in Sustainable Healthcare
• Gearldine May Adams Avella resident, 1944 THS graduate (Observer-Reporter)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 07:06:51 am
  Gearldine May Adams, 82, of Avella, died at 9:12 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 2009, in the emergency room of Washington Hospital. She was born October 7, 1926, in Washington, a daughter of John and Emma Naylor Beatty.
• STATE/AREA (Tulsa World)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 07:38:00 am
  Funeral home, church and cemetery locations are in the city under which the death notice is listed unless otherwise noted. Bartlesville — Jean K. Hall, 90, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 11 a.m. Friday, First Christian Church. Stumpff.
• Mr. Phillip W. Ames (Eastern Shore News)
  posted on May 2, 2009 at 08:38:42 am
  Phillip Warren Ames, 79, husband of Lucy Churn Ames and a resident of Nassawadox, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
• Doctor carried on family tradition of helping (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on May 2, 2009 at 04:04:36 am
  Dr. Frederick P. Wucher of Collier, formerly of Mt. Lebanon and a founding member of Pittsburgh Pediatric Research, died of cancer on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in his home. He was 74.
• Murrysville man named Excela president (Murrysville Star)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 07:39:35 am
  A Murrysville man is joining Excela Health's leadership team.  read more »