UPMC is one of just 21 hospital systems in the country and the only system in Pennsylvania selected to work with the American Cancer Society… Read more
Tag: UPMC McKeesport
Beating Breast Cancer at UPMC McKeesport
Felicia Scrivens, an executive assistant at UPMC Shadyside, was 37 years old and didn’t normally give herself breast self-exams. As a working mom of three… Read more
All the Right Notes: UPMC Music Therapists Connect Patients to Treatment with a Beat
Ann Jackovich was working recently with a patient at UPMC McKeesport who was diagnosed with schizophrenia; her condition had her pacing, fidgeting, acting out. There… Read more
Pitt Medical School Students Step Up Amid Pandemic
From the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, students from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine stepped up to provide support to The 9th… Read more
Food Insecurity and Related Health Problems Surge in Pandemic
Millions of Americans face food insecurity every day, and since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the number has drastically increased. Although social distancing protocols… Read more