Earlier this month, media mogul Ariana Huffingtongave the commencement address to the class of 2013 at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. As is standard, commencement… Read more
June 2013
Can throat cancer really be caused by an STD?
There has been a good deal of news lately about whether or not Michael Douglas’s throat cancer was caused by oral sex. Human Papillomavirus (HPV)… Read more
UPMC Continues to Fight Back Against Pittsburgh Mayor’s Attack
Earlier this year UPMC took legal action against Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s unprecedented and ill-founded attack on the health system’s tax-exempt status. Today, UPMC filed an… Read more
First-Of-Its-Kind Study Finds Youth Football Players Have Low Concussion Risk
Rick Young watched his 9-year-old son endure a helmet-to-helmet collision and a concussion in a youth football game three years ago. It motivated the father… Read more
How Neuroimaging is Helping Improve Addiction Treatment
This month’s issue of Psychology of Addictive Behaviorstakes on the important topic of how brain imaging research can help to improve psychotherapy for addictive behaviors.