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Women diagnosed with breast cancer who had regular screening mammograms every year were less likely to have late-stage cancer and had higher overall survival than those who received screening every other year or less often, according to new…

UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation announced today the launch of a comprehensive campaign, “This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First”, the largest fundraising effort in the history of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. …

Kathryn Schmitz, Ph.D., M.P.H., exercise oncology researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, has been selected by The President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to receive a …

On Friday, Sept. 13, UPMC and VA Healthcare–VISN 4 announced a Pennsylvania statewide rollout of the VA–UPMC Community Nurse Liaison Program, extending services to veterans by offering care coordination, better hospital admission and…

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine experts analyzed visible signs of concussion in individuals participating in professional slap fighting competitions and reported the results in a paper published in JAMA Surgery this week. As the…

The University of Pittsburgh joins the newly established National Institutes of Health (NIH) pandemic preparedness research network to conduct research on high-priority pathogens most likely to threaten human health. NIH’s National…

The University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences has been awarded approximately $100 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to continue a clinical research program that is advancing trauma care.   The 10-year …

Youth living in neighborhoods with more community assets — such as parks, libraries, health services and transportation options — were less likely to report feelings of hopelessness, according to a new JAMA Network Open study from the …

Deep brain stimulation may provide immediate improvement in arm and hand strength and function weakened by traumatic brain injury or stroke, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers report today in Nature Communications.…

It’s UPMC’s largest construction project ever and the largest current health care construction project in Pennsylvania. Now the new UPMC Presbyterian tower is one step closer to completion, as one of the final structural steel beams settled…