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Central Pennsylvania residents now have an easier path to pursue a career as a medical assistant (MA) thanks to a partnership between UPMC and HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. Under this partnership, called the UPMC…

UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation announced today a $7.5 million gift from Acrisure, making it the largest corporate gift ever received by the foundation.The gift will support the Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of…

UPMC First Three Months 2023 Results:Operating income of $100 million; operating revenue of $6.9 billion.UPMC Insurance Services Division, the largest health insurer in western Pennsylvania, grew 12% tomore than 4.5 million members.UPMC…

Why do some people develop Alzheimer’s disease while others don’t? And, even more puzzlingly, why do many individuals whose brains are chock-full of toxic amyloid aggregates — a telltale sign of Alzheimer’s brain pathology — never go on…

David Gibbons, president of UPMC Hamot since 2017, senior vice president of UPMC’s Health Services Division, and market president for UPMC’s Northwest Pa. and North Central Pa. regions, has been promoted to regional president in addition…

When three prime-time TV medical dramas — “Grey’s Anatomy,” “New Amsterdam” and “Chicago Med” — coincidentally featured storylines about the dangers of youth vaping within a few weeks of each other, University of Pittsburgh social…

Black and Hispanic older adults whose annual income is slightly above the federal poverty level are more likely than their white peers to face cost-related barriers to accessing health care and filling medications for chronic conditions,…

Adding mint flavor to e-cigarette liquids produces more vapor particles and is associated with worse lung function in those who smoke, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in Respiratory Research today. Using a specially…

Introducing harm reduction strategies and addiction medicine practices into primary care offices would save patients’ lives and lower health care costs, according to the results of a computer model published today in JAMA Network Open by…

In a paper published today in Molecular Psychiatry, a team of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with researchers in Italy described shared patterns of sleep disturbances and irregularities in daily rhythms of…