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Forget Memory, Try Imagination,” a lecture about using the arts to improve quality of life for people with dementia.

Medical experts and technologists from around the world will discuss the rapidly changing field of telemedicine, or eHealth, and examine best practices in applying this technology to improve both access to and the quality of patient care.

This conference will focus on the early phases of psychosis, given findings that suggest early identification and intervention may favorably influence outcomes in psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.

UPMC’s Heart and Vascular Institute will offer free blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol and blood glucose testing as part of its ongoing community outreach effort known as Check Your Heart.

10th Annual Girls on the Run 5K for girls in grades 3 to 8; 3rd Annual Kids Ribbon Race is a 50-yard dash for girls 7 years old and younger.

Day-long health fair for area seniors who will receive free evaluations including blood pressure, bone health, medication review and vision questions to assess balance and fall risks.

A reunion of children who have beaten the odds. A celebration of survival and quality of life for 200 former Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients, their families and the Magee NICU nursing and clinical staff.

An investigation into a potential cluster of a rare and mysterious blood disorder in eastern Pennsylvania has led University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) scientists to expand their questioning to next-of-kin.

Public health leaders will sign the final construction beam for the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health’s new four-story laboratory pavilion.

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC will host the 7th Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Child Maltreatment, on Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27.

As part of Donate Life America’s national campaign to register organ donors, 20 Million in 2012, UPMC will raise the Donate Life Flag in celebration of the Center for Organ Recovery and Education’s (CORE) "Flaunt Your Colors" day.

Every April, healthcare leaders nationwide encourage discussion about advance care planning as part of National Healthcare Decisions Day. UPMC is sponsoring community forums to encourage conversations with loved ones about wishes for end-of-life care.

A hands-on, media-only tour of the new second floor – 3,500 square feet, nine examination rooms for a multi-specialty staff of 24 – devoted solely to assessing, treating, managing and researching all aspects of sports-related concussion

Match Day is an annual event at which fourth-year students at the Pitt School of Medicine gather with faculty, friends and families to learn their residency assignments for the next year.

Rabih Chaer, M.D., and Geetha Jeyabalan, M.D., will host a community education program focusing on the signs, symptoms and treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT).