Mastectomy is a standard treatment for breast cancer. But for many women, the emotional healing is just as difficult as the physical recovery, and the… Read more
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First Ebola Case Diagnosed in U.S. Not Cause for Panic, Expert Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a Texas hospital have confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. But infectious disease… Read more
City of Pittsburgh Appoints Three UPMC experts to its HIV Commission
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
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