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January
Monday, January 05, 2004
Judge Robert J. Cindrich to Join UPMC as Chief Legal Counsel
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Magee-Womens Hospital Board Recognizes Contributions Of CEO Irma Goertzen
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
"Bell Ringers In Young Athletes Are Serious Events That Require Removal From The Game
Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Study Results Of Pitt Imaging Agent Suggests Breakthrough In Alzheimer's Imaging And Research
Monday, January 26, 2004
UPMC is Only Health System in the Region to be Named Among the Top Heart Centers for Women by Good Housekeeping Magazine
February
Friday, February 13, 2004
Pitt Initiates Scientific Collaboration With French Institute
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
UPMC One Of Five Centers In The Country To Study Promising New Imaging Technology
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
AAMC Study Shows Pennsylvania's Teaching Hospitals And Medical Schools Are A Major Economic Engine
Friday, February 27, 2004
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Researcher Receives Grant to Aid in Pediatric Brain Tumor Research
March
Monday, March 08, 2004
UPCI Selects Local Company To Monitor Clinical Trials Of Drugs That Help The Immune System Fight Disease
Thursday, March 11, 2004
J.C. Blair Joins UPMC Health Plan Network
Monday, March 15, 2004
Pitt Surgeon/Scientist Is Named The First Richard L. Simmons Professor Of Surgery
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Pitt Researchers Get NIMH Grant To Study Maintenance Therapies For Late-Life Depression
Thursday, March 18, 2004
University Of Pittsburgh Researchers Named Young Turks
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
UPMC Names New Chief Financial Officer
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Women's Health Research Findings Presented By Pitt Scientists
Friday, March 26, 2004
Gift Establishes Andrea Katz McCutcheon Pain Medicine Education
Friday, March 26, 2004
Pitt Health Science Schools Form New Office Of Enterprise Development
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
UPMC Shadyside Center For Complementary Medicine Seeking Participants In Study On Acupuncture For Depression
April
Monday, April 05, 2004
UPMC and DDI to Launch the Health Care Leadership Academy
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
End Of Life ICU Utilization May Require Re-Evaluation
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
UPMC Surgeons Implant Heartmate II Heart Assist Device As Part Of U.S. Trial
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Rory Cooper Named Distinguished Professor Of Rehabilitation Science
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Pitt Receives NIH Funding To Develop Heart Assist Device For Infants
Thursday, April 29, 2004
NASA-Inspired Technology May Help To Preserve Womens Future
May
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Drug Used to Treat Depression Helps People with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, According to Pittsburgh Study
Sunday, May 09, 2004
Pitt Researcher Presents Six-Year Results Of Botox Injections For Bladder Dysfunction
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Less Is Better, Suggests University Of Pittsburgh Report On Novel Approach That Has Lung Recipients Taking Far Fewer Drugs
Monday, May 17, 2004
Mouse Study Yields Important Clue To Why Liver Is Less Prone To Organ Rejection
Monday, May 17, 2004
School Of Medicine Researchers Receive Awards At American Transplant Congress
Monday, May 17, 2004
University of Pittsburgh Holds Topping-Off Ceremony for BST3
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Multiple Life-Saving Procedures Performed Simultaneously are Less Effective Than When Performed Individually Suggest University of Pittsburgh Researchers
Sunday, May 23, 2004
UPMC Approved to Offer Carotid Stenting to Medicare Recipients
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
J. Mark Braughler Joins Rheogene Inc. As Vice President
Thursday, May 27, 2004
UPMC Increases Its Presence In Italy With Move To New Transplant, Medical Facility
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Pitts Center for Minority Health to Receive Social Justice Award
June
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
UPMC Health Plan Enters Agreement With PHCS
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Pittsburgh Studies May Enhance Understanding Of Certain Sports-Related Injuries
Sunday, June 06, 2004
Final Analysis Of Largest Multicenter Melanoma Vaccine Study Demonstrates Promising Results
Monday, June 07, 2004
UPMC Health Plan Introduces New "Healthy for LifeStyles" Program
Monday, June 07, 2004
Preliminary Results Indicate Therapeutic Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Is Safe And Stimulates Immune Activity
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Study Finds That Only Half Of A Commonly Used Cancer Drug Is Activated In Cancer Patients
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Pitts Department of Emergency Medicine to Test Effectiveness
Friday, June 18, 2004
Third Annual PNC Foundation Innovation Award Given To Stefan Duensing, M.D.
Monday, June 21, 2004
Pitt Research Challenges Belief That Depression And Dementia Are Linked
Thursday, June 24, 2004
U.S. Government Has Spent Billions on Biodefense
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Pitt Researchers To Test Investigational Treatment For Alzheimers Disease
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
UPCI, Windber Research Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center And Georgetown University Awarded $4.2 Million
July
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
Using Airbags Alone Without Seatbelts Is More Likely To Cause Spinal Injury Than Using Airbags With Seatbelts
Monday, July 12, 2004
Vaccine For Common Group B Strep Infection Being Evaluated
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Leslie C. Davis Appointed President Of Magee-Womens Hospital
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
UPMC Discharges Its First Patient with Permanent Heart Assist Device
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
UPMC Cancer Centers Establishes Program For Individuals And Families At High-Risk For Colorectal Cancer
Thursday, July 22, 2004
UPMC Sports Concussion Program Is First To Provide Baseline Brain Function Test For Recreational Athletes, General Public
Thursday, July 22, 2004
UPMC Health Plan Names New Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Monday, July 26, 2004
Fink Shock Study 2004Resuscitation Fluid Derived From Aloe Plant Prolongs Life After Hemorrhagic Shock
August
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
W. Allen Hogge, M.D., Named Chair Of Obstetrics, Gynecology And Reproductive Sciences
Monday, August 09, 2004
Study by University of Pittsburgh and University College of London Shows People Under Hypnosis Feel Pain Similar to Those with Genuine Pain
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Atients With Most Severe Form Of COPD More Likely To Harbor Pneumocystis Organism In Their Lungs
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Rick Santorum Presents Funding To University Of Pittsburgh And UPMC Sports Injury Researchers
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Pittsburgh-Based Company Establishes Memorial Fund To Support Brain Tumor Research
Thursday, August 26, 2004
UPCI Receives $10 Million Grant For Head And Neck Cancer Research
Friday, August 27, 2004
UPMC Opens New Gamma Knife Unit to Treat Brain Tumors
September
Thursday, September 09, 2004
Use Of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Subject Of International Fat Applied Technology Society Meeting
Friday, September 10, 2004
UPMC Sports Medicine Doctors Caution About Dangers Of Mild Concussions
Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Freddie Fu Appointed To Governors New Advisory Commission On Asian American Affairs
Monday, September 20, 2004
UPMC is Ranked Number One for Health Care in IT by Informationweek
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Only Area Hospital to Receive Consumer
Thursday, September 23, 2004
National Health Information Technology Czar Views UPMCs Electronic
Monday, September 27, 2004
Stem Cells From Fat Focus Of International Fat Applied Technology Society Meeting
Monday, September 27, 2004
UPMC Health Plan Rated One of Top 5 Plans in Region by NCQA
Monday, September 27, 2004
John M. Kirkwood, M.D., Honored By American Cancer Society For Outstanding Contributions To Cancer Research
Monday, September 27, 2004
UPMC Institute for Rehabilitation and Research at UPMC South Side
October
Monday, October 04, 2004
Promising New Imaging Technology Precisely Tracks Lung Tumor Motion
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Future Research, Most Promising Clinical Opportunities Using Stem Cells From Fat
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Cyberknife Radiosurgery Is A Safe And Effective Treatment For Benign Tumors
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Reduces Radiation Dose To Healthy Breast Tissue
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
UPMC Health Plan Receives Nation's Highest Rating for Breast Cancer Screening
Monday, October 18, 2004
UPMC Ranked Among Top 15 by Health Imaging & It in Digital Image
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Ohio Valley General Hospital Joins UPMC Health Plan Network
Sunday, October 24, 2004
When Early Life Stress Occurs Determines Its Impact Later
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Gyrotonic Body Strengthening And Conditioning Device Now Available
November
Monday, November 01, 2004
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria More Likely After Clindamycin
Friday, November 05, 2004
Annual Gala Raises Record-Breaking Amount For Patient Care And Cancer Research
Friday, November 05, 2004
Pitt Researchers Present Talks At Second International Symposium
Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Pitts School of Medicine Researchers Receive Grant to Study
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Health Plan Awarded Grant to Improve Quality of Care for Diverse Population
Friday, November 12, 2004
Pitts School of Medicine Makes Key Appointment as Head of New
Monday, November 15, 2004
Pitt Researchers Receive $1 Million In Grants From Department Of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Leading NIH Scientist Recruited To Direct New Structural Biology Program
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Patients Who Receive a Breathing Tube Prior to Hospital Arrival
Monday, November 22, 2004
UPMC Health Plan Redefines Consumer-Driven Health Care "My Health" Program
December
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Pitt Study Finds Common Ingredient Affects Developing Neurons Of Rats
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Ronald E. Dahl, M.D., Installed As Staunton Professor Of Psychiatry And Pediatrics
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Good Diet, Moderate Exercise And Enough Rest Can Boost Immune System During Flu And Cold Season
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Nation's Only Telerehabilitation Engineering Research Center
Thursday, December 16, 2004
UPMC for You Earns Top 10 Rating Nationally for Medicaid Health Plans
Friday, December 17, 2004
UPMC Cancer Centers And Westmoreland Latrobe Health Partners Announce Expansion Of Cancer Services