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8/25/2010 2:03 PM EST
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Children’s Hospital Researchers Find Vitamin D May Treat and Prevent Severe Alle...

8/25/2010 11:21 AM EST
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...

Pitt Team Gets Federal Grant to Find New Head and Neck Cancer Drugs

8/19/2010 8:55 AM EST
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 19 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have been awarded an $800,000 federal grant to develop agents to inhibit a cellular signaling protein that plays a key role in triggering and supporting the growth of many cancers, including cancers of the head and...

Patient Symptoms Are Not Reliable Indicators of Crohn’s Disease Recurrence, Pitt...

8/16/2010 9:34 AM EST
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 16 – The Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI), which relies on patient symptoms to determine whether or not Crohn’s disease is active, may not reliably indicate whether a patient’s disease has returned after corrective surgery, according to a study published in this month’s issue of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

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Drug Coverage Under Medicare Part D Leads to Increased Use of Antibiotics Among ...

8/10/2010 10:53 AM EST
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10 – Improved drug coverage under Medicare Part D has led to an increase in the use of antibiotics by seniors, particularly of brand-name and more expensive drugs, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health study. Published in...
“Overuse of antibiotics is a common and important problem that can lead to medical complications and drug resistance,” said the study’s...

Human Cells Can Copy Not Only DNA, But Also RNA, Say Researchers From Pitt, Heli...

8/10/2010 10:48 AM EST
New Single-Molecule Sequencing Technology Reveals Unusual Classes of Small RNAs
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10 – Single-molecule sequencing technology has detected and quantified novel small RNAs in human cells that represent entirely new classes of the gene-translating molecules, confirming a long-held but unproven hypothesis that mammalian cells are capable of synthesizing RNA by copying RNA molecules directly. The...

Leading Lung Disease Epidemiologist Named Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy a...

7/30/2010 9:17 AM EST
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...

IBM and UPMC Partner to Make ‘Smart’ Patient Room Even Smarter

7/28/2010 9:21 AM EST
PITTSBURGH, July 28 – IBM and UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) are teaming up to bring “smarter” hospital rooms to patients nationwide. Created by UPMC three years ago to bring the right patient information to the bedside when it’s needed, the high-tech “smart room” now features new capabilities, namely a system for automatically organizing and prioritizing the work of nurses and other caregivers....

Pitt Graduate School of Public Health Receives $1.5 Million to Help Prevent Fall...

7/28/2010 9:16 AM EST
PITTSBURGH, July 28 – A $1.5 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) will explore the effectiveness of programs to prevent falls in seniors, which occur in more than one-third of adults 65 and older every year in the United States.

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One Molecule, Many More Insulin-Producing Cells to Treat Diabetes

7/28/2010 2:00 AM EST
Pitt Team Finds New Ways to Stimulate, Sustain Beta Cell Replication
PITTSBURGH, July 28 – With a single stimulatory molecule, human insulin-producing beta cell replication can be sustained for at least four weeks in a mouse model of diabetes, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes...

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