Over the past several days, Allegheny County has seen an increased number of COVID-19 cases after several weeks of steady decline. Dr. Lee Harrison, professor… Read more
Category: University of Pittsburgh
UPMC’s Brain Injury Medicine Service Helps Patients Regain Their Lives
It was a regular day during Pittsburgh’s sweltering summer of 2017. Bill Norton was heading outside when he called his wife, Amy, to complain of… Read more
Pitt Researchers Receive Grant to Study Long-Term Lung Disease
Three Lakes Foundation has selected the University of Pittsburgh and Yale schools of medicine to lead a consortium to accelerate research into understanding and treatments… Read more
Pitt Neurobiologists Take an Unexpected Detour to Decode Decision-Making
In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience last week, University of Pittsburgh researchers described how reward signals in the brain are modulated by uncertainty. Dopamine… Read more
6 COVID-19 Treatments Helping Patients Survive
A year ago, when U.S. health authorities issued their first warning that COVID-19 would cause severe “disruption to everyday life,” doctors had no effective treatments… Read more