In episode 16 of NOW, go inside the Evaluation and Referral Center at UPMC Mercy, dive into big data and computer modeling that helped Pitt… Read more
Tag: addiction
A Second Chance: Dad Receives Living Donation from Son
For Richard Edwards, life was simple. The 54-year-old Smithton, Pennsylvania, native has owned his own business for over 30 years. He spends a lot of… Read more
UPMC’s More to the Story: Magee’s Pregnancy Recovery Center
For the past four months, journalist Rachel Mabe has been working on a story on the opioid crisis that is devastating communities across Pennsylvania for Medium, an… Read more
Researchers Study Links Between Alcohol Abuse and Inheritable Changes in Cancer-Causing Genes
The chance that a person will develop cancer is determined by a mix of hard-wired genetic factors that are inherited and environmental changes that affect… Read more
New Project Uses Data to Prevent and Better Treat Pain and Addiction
As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate the United States, the country is also battling the entwined epidemic of chronic pain, which affects more than… Read more