As a grade school student growing up in the 1980s, Bethany Blackburn could hardly go a day without hearing something about HIV or AIDS in… Read more
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Lung Cancer Advocacy Group Tours UPCI Labs
: Cancer survivors, family members and other advocates of lung cancer awareness and research recently visited the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), partner with… Read more
Volunteers Bring Free Hip, Knee Surgeries to Those in Need
A group of 60 volunteers from western Pennsylvania, including 31 who work for UPMC, traveled to Antigua, Guatemala, earlier in September for Operation Walk Pittsburgh…. Read more
Experts Discuss Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD, Epilepsy
Health professionals and patients at Friday’s seminar “Better Quality of Life: Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders, OCD, and Epilepsy,” heard UPMC experts discuss how deep… Read more
Pitt Public Health Epidemiologists Walk to Cure Diabetes
Eight years ago, Nancy Glynn received news that changed her life. Her daughter, Alix, an 11-year-old who had just started middle school, had type 1… Read more