News : Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25 – Vitamin D may be an effective therapy to treat and even prevent allergy to a common mold that can cause severe complications for patients with cystic fibrosis and asthma, according to researchers from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Louisiana State University School of...

PITTSBURGH, July 30 – Juan Carlos Celedón, M.D., Dr.P.H., internationally recognized for his research into genetic and environmental factors that influence lung disease including asthma and chronic pulmonary obstructive disease, has been appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Celedón also is a...

UPMC is One of Only 14 Hospitals Nationwide, Only One in the Region, on Honor Roll
PITTSBURGH, July 15 – UPMC is once again the region’s only medical center named on the annual U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals. UPMC is ranked one of 14 hospitals nationwide that made the Honor Roll of the “nation’s best” in the 2010 survey.

UPMC was ranked in 15 of 16 specialty areas, including...

PITTSBURGH, July 12 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is the only site in Pennsylvania taking part in a Phase III clinical trial of an investigational drug, Ataluren, to treat nonsense mutation cystic fibrosis (nmCF).

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disease that causes serious lung infections and digestive complications. Patients with CF lack adequate levels of...

PITTSBURGH June 23 – A protein found in the nucleus of cells plays a key role in the regulation of the immune system and could provide a target for the development of new treatments for a number of conditions and diseases ranging from asthma to cancer, according to researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of...

PITTSBURGH, June 3 – The liver scarring of α1-antitrypsin (AT) deficiency, the most common genetic cause for which children undergo liver transplantation, might be reversed or prevented with a medication that has long been used to treat seizures, according to findings from Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of...
Because the anti-seizure drug is familiar to doctors...

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PITTSBURGH June 3 – Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is one of eight pediatric hospitals in the country named to U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll of America’s “Best Children’s Hospitals.”
Children’s Hospital is ranked in all 10 of the pediatric specialties on the magazine’s annual Best Children’s Hospitals list. Hospitals that ranked in all 10 specialties make U.S. News’...