A stroke or spinal cord injury is a life-changing event, affecting patients not only physically, but also intellectually, emotionally, and socially. For some, the future… Read more
Category: rehabilitation
NOW – Episode 75
In our 75th installment of UPMC NOW, researchers seek to unlock the secrets of naked mole-rats to improve women’s health; a new space at UPMC… Read more
UPMC Institute for Health Opens in Western Ireland
UPMC and Connacht GAA, the governing body of the Gaelic games, have partnered to open the UPMC Institute for Health in Mayo, Ireland, a state-of-the-art… Read more
First Look at UPMC Mercy Pavilion Construction
This week, UPMC offered a hard hat tour for Pittsburgh-based media to observe the construction progress of the UPMC Mercy Pavilion. The nine-story, 410,000-square-foot tower… Read more
Few Doctors Follow Best Practices for Treating Low Back Pain, Even with Reminders, New Study Finds
Up to 80 percent of adults will experience one episode of acute low back pain (LBP) in their lifetime and many of those people will… Read more