“About every two hours, someone in Pennsylvania dies of an overdose,” said Dr. Michael Lynch, emergency physician and medical toxicologist at UPMC. “And beyond people… Read more
October 2024
UPMC Health Clinic at Second Avenue Commons Welcomes Patients Back
The UPMC Second Avenue Commons Health Center welcomed patients back this week, nearly five months after a fire shuttered the facility. “We are thrilled to… Read more
Pitt and UPMC in Trial that Finds HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplants are Safe and Effective
Transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had HIV to recipients with existing HIV is as safe and as effective as using organs from donors without… Read more
Pittsburgh’s Free Dental, Vision and Hearing Clinic Seeks Volunteers
For Dr. Daniel Pituch, the number was shocking: UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside treated more than 3,000 patients with dental emergencies in a single year. “I knew… Read more
Study Improves Understanding of Immune Cell Organization in Ovarian Cancer
New research from the University of Pittsburgh sheds light on the development of complex immunological neighborhoods called tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) in different tumor sites… Read more