The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 66 of 2015 and created the Prostate Cancer Task Force (PCTF) to assess the impact of prostate cancer –… Read more
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Students Partner with MedLife to Provide Care in Peru
The University of Pittsburgh’s Global Health Student Association recently traveled to Lima, Peru, on a week-long service trip. Pitt’s Global Health Student Association is composed… Read more
‘I Have a New Respect for Human Resilience, Kindness and Comradery’
My job at UPMC Enterprises – the innovation and commercialization arm of UPMC – is to observe health care professionals to determine how/if we can… Read more
UPMC Preparing for Latest Hospital ‘Superbug’ to Arrive in the US
After an exhaustive look back at 10 years of laboratory samples, UPMC infectious disease experts are confident that the hospital system hasn’t experienced the latest… Read more
Tips to Understanding Nutrition Labels
We asked Laura Edwards, dietitian manager at UPMC McKeesport, for some tips on understanding nutrition labels. What are some red flags on a nutrition label?… Read more