We can all appreciate how the environment affects us. What we see, smell and feel translates into feelings and perceptions. Within buildings and institutions, we… Read more
November 2014
‘Sleepless in America’ Documentary to Feature UPMC Experts
Everyone needs sleep, yet most of us are walking around with a serious sleep debt. In a 24/7, more-is-better culture, the pressure to always be… Read more
UPMC McKeesport Cleared to Provide Elective Angioplasty
UPMC McKeesport has joined UPMC East in receiving accreditation in 2014 from Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE), a national, independent organization that evaluates and monitors facilities that provide… Read more
A Non-Traditional Path to Testing Young Black Men for HIV
When M. Reuel Friedman, Ph.D., was asked to improve the HIV testing rates among young black gay and bisexual men and transgendered women in southwestern… Read more
Lending a Hand to Health by Loosening Up
In western Pennsylvania, a region with a very small and scattered Latin American population, Patricia Documét, M.D., Dr.P.H., discovered that if you want to forge… Read more