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January
Wednesday, January 02, 2002
UPMC Strengthens Military Leave Policy
Sunday, January 06, 2002
Pitt Research Shows Early Lead Exposure May Be A Significant Cause Of Juvenile Delinquency
Monday, January 07, 2002
UPMC Physicians Studying New Blood Filtering Device Used During Angioplasty
Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Breast Cancer Detection Aided By New Technology Installed At Magee-Womens Hospital
Thursday, January 17, 2002
School Of Medicine Creates Nation’s First Department Of Critical Care Medicine
Tuesday, January 22, 2002
UPMC Partners With Air Force Medical Service In $8.5 Million Telemedicine Initiative
Friday, January 25, 2002
No Association Between Fertility Drugs And Ovarian Cancer
Friday, January 25, 2002
Top Federal Insurance Official Touts Medicare Partnerships With Private Insurers
Monday, January 28, 2002
Robotic Gamma Knife Increases Accuracy and Speed of Stereotactic Brain Surgery, According to University of Pittsburgh Study
Thursday, January 31, 2002
Pitt Research Uncovers New Mechanism That May Be The Cause Of Mild Cognitive Impairment
February
Friday, February 01, 2002
Pitt's Transplant Team Uses Standard Stem Cell Procedure in Unique
Monday, February 04, 2002
UPMC Partners with Federal Technology Transfer Agency
Tuesday, February 05, 2002
President Bush Visits University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
University Of Pittsburgh School Of Dental Medicine Establishes Center For Dental Informatics
Thursday, February 21, 2002
Immune Response is Uniquely Activated during Pregnancy
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
UPMC Shadyside Begins Program To Prevent Delirium In Elderly
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Pitt’s School of Pharmacy is Listed Among the Nation’s Top 10
Thursday, February 28, 2002
Researchers Find Region Of Gene For Inherited Pancreatic Cancer
March
Monday, March 18, 2002
Common Treatment For Endometriosis Is Linked To Ovarian Cancer
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
UPMC Northwest Breaks Ground for New Hospital
Thursday, March 28, 2002
Pitt Researchers Find Men And Women Have Different Genes Behind Depression
April
Wednesday, April 03, 2002
Seventy Five Percent of Pittsburgh Magazine's Best Doctors are from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hospitals
Friday, April 05, 2002
UPCI Present Findings At Annual Meeting Of The American Association For Cancer Research
Monday, April 08, 2002
Pitt Transplant Researchers Present Findings at International
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Why Heart Transplant Patients Resume Smoking Revealed
Saturday, April 13, 2002
Test Identifies Patients at Risk for Severe Organ Rejection
Monday, April 22, 2002
Teresa (Terri) G. Petrick Named Chief Executive Officer of UPMC Passavant
Thursday, April 25, 2002
Controlling Systolic Blood Pressure Early Prevents Heart Disease
Saturday, April 27, 2002
New Company Forms With Support From University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Sunday, April 28, 2002
HIC Patients Transplanted For Hepatitis C Have Similar Outcomes
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Matching Test Should Be Used for Liver Transplantation
May
Wednesday, May 01, 2002
UPMC Health Plan Speeds Service, Cuts Costs with Web Applications
Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Pitt Recruits Team Who Discovered Virus Linked To Most Common
Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Pitt Researchers Present Findings at American Geriatrics Society
Thursday, May 09, 2002
Cardiovascular Disease Leads To Higher Risk Of Dementia, Including Alzheimer's Disease
Monday, May 13, 2002
Traveler Advisory: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Gemcitabine Demonstrates Promise As A Low Toxic Chemotherapeutic Agent For Patients With Bladder Cancer
June
Thursday, June 06, 2002
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hosts National Cerner Physicians User Group Meeting on Electronic Health Record Issues
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Informational Release
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and UPMC Reach Agreement on Hospital
July
Wednesday, July 03, 2002
Physiological Changes During Pregnancy And Preeclampsia Studied
Thursday, July 04, 2002
New Radiation Technique Can Significantly Reduce Length Of Time
Friday, July 12, 2002
For the Fourth Consecutive Year, UPMC is the Only Area Health System
Monday, July 15, 2002
UPMC Named One of 100 Most Wired Hospitals in the US
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
High Mortality Rate among African Americans with Type 1 Diabetes
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Controlled Diet and Lots of Walking Lead to Weight Loss and Metabolic Control for Type 2 Diabetes, According to University of Pittsburgh Study
Friday, July 19, 2002
Women's Health Grants Go To Magee-Womens Hospital
Sunday, July 21, 2002
Chronic Stress Affects More Than Fertility
Friday, July 26, 2002
Monongahela Valley Hospital Joins UPMC Health Plan's Network
August
Thursday, August 01, 2002
Map Of Amplified Genome Region Clarified And New Gene Identified
Tuesday, August 06, 2002
Botox™ Injections Safely And Effectively Treat Spasticity In Stroke Patients
Thursday, August 08, 2002
Pitt’s School of Pharmacy Awarded Substance Abuse Grant
Monday, August 12, 2002
Pittsburgh Public Schools First To Use ImPACT® Sports Concussion
Thursday, August 15, 2002
St. Francis Cranberry Will Be Purchased by UPMC
Monday, August 19, 2002
UPMC Sports Concussion Researchers Study New Revolution™ Football Helmet
Monday, August 19, 2002
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children's Hospital, St. Francis Health System and Jameson Health System Join Together to Address Important Community Health Care Issues
Thursday, August 22, 2002
Pregnancy Hormone Induces Healthy Blood Vessels
Monday, August 26, 2002
Kidney Transplant Patients from 40 Years Ago, Long Off Drugs
September
Sunday, September 01, 2002
Kidney Disease In People With Type 1 Diabetes Is Related To How Well Insulin Works, Say University Of Pittsburgh Researchers
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Triangle Radiation Oncology Joins UPMC Cancer Centers
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
Federal Government Funds Center for Public Health Preparedness
Monday, September 16, 2002
At Least One in 100 Babies in the U.S. Are Involved in a Car Crash
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
UPMC Presbyterian Only Hospital in the Area to Receive Consumer
October
Tuesday, October 01, 2002
Pitt School of Medicine Beginning Study of Severe Asthma
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
Waiting More Than 10 Minutes to Shock the Heart After Cardiac Arrest
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
University of Pittsburgh Researchers Find a Marker for Blood Clotting in Patients Who Suffer Cardiac Arrest Outside the Hospital
Thursday, October 10, 2002
UPMC Included in Informationweek Magazine's Top 500 Most Innovative
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Cancer Pain Control Possible With Gene Therapy
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Pitt Researcher Receives Grant For AIDS Vaccine Development
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Starzl Transplant Institute Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop Promising Cell-Based Strategy for Transplant Tolerance
Monday, October 28, 2002
University Of Pittsburgh Sports Concussion Study First To Show Cumulative Effects Of Multiple Concussions In High School Athletes
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
UPMC Shadyside Named Among Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals
Thursday, October 31, 2002
Pitt Researchers Link Gene To Depressive Disorders In Women
November
Friday, November 01, 2002
20-Year Follow-Up Shows No Significant Increase in Cancer Deaths
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
Intensivists Reduce Mortality And Length Of Stay In ICU Patients
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
Animal Studies Verify Hormone Replacement Therapy Can Improve
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
Pitt Researchers Awarded NIH Grants To Study Social, Ethical
Thursday, November 07, 2002
Two Fda-Approved Osteoporosis Drugs Go Head To Head
Monday, November 11, 2002
Pitt School Of Medicine Among First To Integrate Bioterrorism Into Curriculum
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
New UPMC Cancer Center Dedicated At St. Clair Hospital
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Physicians Are Familiar With Critical New Treatment Data But Fail To Use Them In The ICU
Friday, November 22, 2002
Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine Unveils State-Of-The-Art Simulation Clinic
Monday, November 25, 2002
Pitt Researchers Conclude Phase II Clinical Trials of Advanced
December
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
UPMC South Side Opens New Digital Operating Rooms And Learning Center
Monday, December 16, 2002
50 Years and Counting, UPMC Artificial Heart Patients Reach
Monday, December 16, 2002
Respiratory Support Device To Be Evaluated For Possible Battlefield
Monday, December 23, 2002
Federal Grant To Help Pitt Pinpoint Possible Genetic Differences