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February 17, 2015 09:34 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

Simulation Brings Facts to Measles Outbreak and Vaccination Debate

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...
February 10, 2015 19:00 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

Pitt Team Developing Technology to Allow Amputees to Feel with Prosthetic Limb, Improving Its Function

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...
February 04, 2015 03:08 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

Study Shows Contraceptive Counseling at Dermatologist's Office Improves Knowledge

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...
February 03, 2015 10:02 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

Personalized Medicine to Reduce Adverse Drug Outcomes in People with Mental Illness

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...
January 22, 2015 02:04 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

New Machine-Perfusion Organ Preservation System Keeps Livers Healthier for Transplant

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...
December 16, 2014 19:06 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh Team Publishes New Findings from Mind-Controlled Robot Arm Project

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...
December 10, 2014 14:03 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

Patient's Own Stem Cells Could Clear a Cloudy Cornea, Pitt Team Says

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...
December 03, 2014 14:09 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

PET Scans Can Help Identify Effective TB Drugs, Says Pitt School of Medicine Study

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...
November 24, 2014 11:26 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

Pitt Public Health Biostatistician Receives Fellowship from World's Top Scientific Society

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...
November 24, 2014 09:03 ET | Source: University of Pittsburgh

International Team Reveals Barriers to Public Health Data-Sharing; Proposes Life-Saving Solutions

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...