About 23,000 people are diagnosed each year with brain cancer in the U.S. And about 14,000 people will die of the disease each year. Despite… Read more
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In the News: Baseball, Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer
Earlier this year, baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn died of salivary cancer at age 54, something he had attributed to his use of smokeless… Read more
Sciencepalooza 2014 Combines Experiments and Fun
: Pitt’s student union opened its doors last month to roughly 500 day campers from Pittsburgh area YMCAs and YWCAs for “Sciencepalooza 2014.” Seventy students… Read more
Pitt Scientist Remembers Another African Outbreak
University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research scientist Amy Hartman, Ph.D., has a pretty good idea what the 50 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and… Read more
In the News: Understanding Options for Urinary Incontinence, Pelvic Organ Prolapse
In recent years, significant attention has been paid to potential complications surrounding surgical mesh and its role in relieving two conditions: pelvic organ prolapse and… Read more