Simulation Brings Facts to Measles Outbreak and Vaccination Debate
February 17, 2015 09:34 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - To bring facts and clarity to the public debate about immunization in light of the recent measles outbreak, the University of Pittsburgh...
Pitt Team Developing Technology to Allow Amputees to Feel with Prosthetic Limb, Improving Its Function
February 10, 2015 19:00 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Rehabilitation experts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine hope to one day give people with an arm amputation a prosthetic...
Study Shows Contraceptive Counseling at Dermatologist's Office Improves Knowledge
February 04, 2015 03:08 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Providing women who take a powerful acne drug with a fact sheet about contraception while visiting the dermatologist can significantly...
Personalized Medicine to Reduce Adverse Drug Outcomes in People with Mental Illness
February 03, 2015 10:02 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Geneticists at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health will provide their scientific expertise to a new initiative...
New Machine-Perfusion Organ Preservation System Keeps Livers Healthier for Transplant
January 22, 2015 02:04 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pennslyvania, Jan. 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - A new preservation system that pumps cooled, oxygen-rich fluid into donor livers not only keeps the organs in excellent...
University of Pittsburgh Team Publishes New Findings from Mind-Controlled Robot Arm Project
December 16, 2014 19:06 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - In another demonstration that brain-computer interface technology has the potential to improve the function and quality of life of those...
Patient's Own Stem Cells Could Clear a Cloudy Cornea, Pitt Team Says
December 10, 2014 14:03 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 10, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Treating the potentially blinding haze of a scar on the cornea might be as straightforward as growing stem cells from a tiny biopsy of the...
PET Scans Can Help Identify Effective TB Drugs, Says Pitt School of Medicine Study
December 03, 2014 14:09 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Sophisticated lung imaging can show whether or not a treatment drug is able to clear tuberculosis (TB) lung infection in human and macaque...
Pitt Public Health Biostatistician Receives Fellowship from World's Top Scientific Society
November 24, 2014 11:26 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - James J. Schlesselman, Ph.D., professor emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been named a Fellow of...
International Team Reveals Barriers to Public Health Data-Sharing; Proposes Life-Saving Solutions
November 24, 2014 09:03 ET
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University of Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Barriers to the sharing of public health data hamper decision-making efforts on local, national and global levels, and stymie attempts to...