by EDC Web Services | Oct 17, 2016 | News
The Global Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh is helping convene the Housing Summit as a space for residents to come together with organizers and experts from around the world to consider the global and local forces affecting people’s access to affordable housing and popular responses to the global affordable housing crisis.
by EDC Web Services | Jul 26, 2016 | News
William Anderst, Assistant Professor and Director, Biodynamics Laboratory in Orthopedic Surgery, was awarded a 5 year R01 from the NIH to conduct a prospective longitudinal study to determine to what extent patient-specific factors, iatrogenic factors, and altered biomechanics affect dynamic cervical spine function following fusion.
by EDC Web Services | May 19, 2016 | News
Kathleen Creppage and colleagues, as part of their Public health class, advise how to intervene in the opioid epidemic in the University Times.
by EDC Web Services | Feb 25, 2016 | News
There has been a significant increase in the number of people dying from overdoses, predominantly after abuse of prescribed opioid analgesics. It appears that this trend is associated with a growing use of opioid prescription medications both in and outside of the legal market, as well as substitution with heroin.
by EDC Web Services | Dec 22, 2015 | News
Children younger than 5 who live in economically disadvantaged areas had a greater risk of serious medication poisoning.
by EDC Web Services | Aug 31, 2015 | News
The more hours young adults spend watching television each day, the greater the likelihood that they’ll have a higher body mass index and bigger waist circumference, a 15-year analysis by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health revealed.