Media Relations

 News Releases
2009 Parran Lecture – Tobacco Control Now and In the Future
Friday, November 06, 2009
Tobacco Control: Looking Back, Looking Forward” – 2009 Thomas Parran Lecture presented by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
New Cookbook Benefits Cancer Research and Patient Assistance
Friday, November 06, 2009
“Living to Cook,” a collection of favorite recipes from local professional cook and food writer Jane Citron, is now available for purchase in Pittsburgh bookstores.
Cancer Patients Value Forthrightness, Compassion From Their Radiation Oncologists, UPCI Study Finds
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment value forthrightness and compassion from their radiation oncologists, according to a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute study.
Pitt Health Sciences Library System to Host Traveling Exhibit ‘Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons’
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The Pitt Health Sciences Library System will host the traveling exhibit, “Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons,” from Nov. 3, 2009 to Jan. 28, 2010.
Innovative Radiation Therapy Technique Successfully Controls Pain In Patients with Advanced Cancer, UPCI Study Finds
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Stereotactic radiosurgery, a radiation therapy procedure that precisely delivers a large dose of radiation to tumors, effectively controls pain in patients with cancer that has spread to the spine.

 Research News
Cancer Patients Value Forthrightness, Compassion From Their Radiation Oncologists, UPCI Study Finds
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment value forthrightness and compassion from their radiation oncologists, according to a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute study.
Innovative Radiation Therapy Technique Successfully Controls Pain In Patients with Advanced Cancer, UPCI Study Finds
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Stereotactic radiosurgery, a radiation therapy procedure that precisely delivers a large dose of radiation to tumors, effectively controls pain in patients with cancer that has spread to the spine.
Multicenter Study Led by Pitt Researchers Finds That Early, Promising Results of Therapy for Premature Infants Are Not Sustained
Monday, November 02, 2009
Inhaled nitric oxide, a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes.

UPMC unit to increase use of organs from living donors

Humar believes in being UPMC surgeon first, administrator second
 
U.S. hospitals weathering flu pandemic so far

Concussions and repercussions

Out-of-Towners: Hospital, restaurant fulfilled Arizona family's needs, wishes

 Events at UPMC / Pitt
2009 Parran Lecture – Tobacco Control Now and In the Future
Tobacco Control: Looking Back, Looking Forward” – 2009 Thomas Parran Lecture presented by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Announces Fall Community Education Class Calendar
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC offers classes for children and adults at several locations throughout the greater Pittsburgh area.
Is Health Care Reform Possible? Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health Welcomes Panelists to Health Care Reform Forum
Congressman Tim Murphy; Congressman Jason Altmire; former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill; and moderator Beaufort Longest will participate in a Health Care Reform Forum.
UPMC Mercy Diabetes Center Announces Lecture Series
The UPMC Mercy Diabetes Center will host a series of educational programs to raise awareness of diabetes and related health topics.
Keeping Our Heads in the Motorcycle Helmet Debate
"The Public Health Implications of Helmet Laws in Taiwan” is a special lecture presented by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
Pitt Health Sciences Library System to Host Traveling Exhibit ‘Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons’
The Pitt Health Sciences Library System will host the traveling exhibit, “Opening Doors: Contemporary African-American Academic Surgeons,” from Nov. 3, 2009 to Jan. 28, 2010.
UPMC Sports Medicine to Hold Weekly Sports Injury Clinics
Committed to providing local high school athletes with timely and high-quality care, UPMC Sports Medicine will host acute sports injury clinics.