Team finds new type of severe asthma, can be treated with drugs that suppress...
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified a subset of severe asthma that improves with drug regimens that suppress the immune system. In the...
View ArticleHigh definition fiber tracking images accurately reflect brain fiber anatomy
High definition fiber tracking, or HDFT, provides colorful, detailed images of the brains fiber network that accurately reflect brain anatomy observed in surgical and laboratory studies, according to...
View ArticleTeam shows how childhood viral infection leads to increased risk for allergic...
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown in an animal model that a common childhood...
View ArticleRadioactive 'seeds' save time, may improve outcomes for breast cancer patients
(Medical Xpress)—Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is the first and only hospital in western Pennsylvania to offer radioactive seed localization, an innovation allowing breast tumors that cannot be felt to...
View ArticleMind-controlled robot arm research project receives 2012 breakthrough award
A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC research project in which a quadriplegic man moved a robot arm just with his thoughts has been chosen to receive one of Popular Mechanics'...
View ArticleOff-label antipsychotic drug use common in VA nursing home residents, often...
(Medical Xpress)—More than one in four older veterans residing in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Centers received antipsychotic medications, and more than 40 percent of those...
View ArticleChanges in carotid artery during menopausal transition may predispose women...
Substantial changes in the diameter and thickness of a section of carotid artery in perimenopausal women may indicate a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in...
View ArticleMitral valve repair safe and effective for elderly patients once considered...
(Medical Xpress)—Heart surgery to repair the mitral valve is safe and leads to a better quality of life for older patients long-suspected to be too high risk for the operation, according to new...
View ArticleTransplant effective in treating those with severe Crohn's disease, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Patients suffering from severe Crohn's disease who were no longer able to tolerate intravenous feedings were able to return to a normal oral diet and saw no clinical recurrences of the...
View ArticleImproved physician-patient communication could influence pregnant women to...
(Medical Xpress)—Many obstetric care providers could benefit from additional communication training to effectively address smoking cessation with their pregnant patients, according to new research...
View ArticleReturn-to-play decisions should commonly follow post-exertion neurocognitive...
(Medical Xpress)—Too many athletes may be going back onto the field, court or rink too soon after a concussion, according to a new study that recommends athletes undergo post-exertion neurocognitive...
View ArticlePhysical activity counseling can result in better outcomes for bariatric...
People who lose weight with bariatric surgery may have better results if they receive counseling about increasing physical activity before and after surgery, according to researchers from the...
View ArticleStudy shows increase in liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma
Liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver malignancy in children, is on the rise because more tumors are being detected earlier, improving outcomes for these sick patients,...
View ArticleCervical cancer patients more likely to survive if treated at high-volume...
Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer have better treatment outcomes and are more likely to survive the disease if they receive care at a high-volume medical center than patients treated at...
View ArticleExposure to violence, gene changes linked to asthma in Puerto Rican children
Puerto Rican children who have asthma are more likely to be exposed to violence and to have changes in a gene that is associated with stress, according to a new study led by researchers at Children's...
View ArticleCoaching Boys into Men program proves effective in preventing teen dating...
Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM), a program that seeks to reduce dating violence and sexual assault, is proven effective to reduce abusive behaviors among male athletes toward their female partners,...
View ArticleStudy finds late-life depression associated with increased risk for dementia
(Medical Xpress)—Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and, most predominantly, vascular dementia, according to the results of a new...
View ArticleResearchers find immune cells may play previously unrecognized role in...
(Medical Xpress)—Depleted numbers of a specific type of white blood cell in the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS appear to be associated with increased levels of unchecked and often...
View ArticleBreastfeeding can reduce maternal breast cancer and heart disease, and save...
(Medical Xpress)—Mothers who breastfeed are at significantly lower risk of developing breast cancer, hypertension and suffering heart attacks than women who do not, according to researchers at Harvard...
View Article'Big data' technology shows promise in breast cancer research
Only eight months into its $100 million, five-year enterprise analytics effort, UPMC and its research partners at the University of Pittsburgh are starting to see the potential of this "big data"...
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