UPMC Shadyside has been serving the community since 1866 by offering physician and nursing education and primary medical care in a broad range of specialties.… Read more
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Life-Saving Smartphone App Launches in Pittsburgh
Through a partnership with UPMC, every city of Pittsburgh employee will be trained in CPR by the end of 2016. This summer, Pittsburgh city councilman… Read more
Revolutionary Acts: How the discussion of HIV risk matters for the health of Black men who have sex with men
Editor’s note: Dr. Matthews is an assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health’s Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. His… Read more
UPMC Experts Explain Importance of Vaccinating Children for HPV Virus
To show support of the Allegheny County Board of Health’s vote on whether to mandate the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, UPMC oncologists this week held… Read more
Living Donor Kidney Transplant Helps Save West Virginia Woman’s Life
Jocelyn Mullenax has experienced kidney problems her whole life. The Harman, West Virginia, resident started experiencing kidney stones at 3 years old, but thought nothing… Read more