Chuck Noll Foundation awards $675,000 in grants for brain injury research
A renowned Pittsburgh neurosurgeon explains why the latest brain injury research grants could be groundbreaking.
Surgery may improve memory and psychological health for Chiari malformation patients, Pitt and UPMC surgeons report
Surgical intervention to correct Chiari malformation may not only relieve headaches and tingling sensation in hands and feet ...
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Study supports minimally invasive neurostimulation for spinal muscle atrophy patients
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh say a new minimally invasive intervention can target the root cause of neural ...
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Spinal cord stimulation restores neural function, targets key feature of progressive neurodegenerative disease
Boosting communication between the spinal nerves and the muscles using the spinal cord stimulation reverses spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) progression and could be applied to other motoneuron diseases, ...
Highmark Health Names Mark Sevco As President Of Allegheny Health Network
As COO of Sutter, Sevco led operations for one of California's largest health systems, with 24 hospitals, 4,000 beds, eight ...
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Spinal Cord Stimulation Improves Leg Strength and Walking in Adults with SMA
Added co-corresponding author Robert Friedlander, MD, chair of neurosurgery at Pitt and co-director of the UPMC Neurological Institute, “Our results suggest that this neurostimulation approach ...