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January
- Tuesday, January 04, 2000University Of Pittsburgh-Led Team Finds Biological Reason For Women’s Increased Risk Of Smoking-Related Lung CancerA gene for a protein that fuels lung cancer growth is more active in women than in men, according to a report by a University of Pittsburgh-led research team, which also discovered that nicotine found in cigarettes induces gene activity...
- Tuesday, January 04, 2000Pitt Team First to Illustrate Mechanisms of Chromosome Missegregation in Cancer CellsResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh have provided the first graphic illustration of mechanisms by which chromosomes are distributed unevenly during cancer cell division...
- Friday, January 14, 2000Black Breast Cancer Patients Given Appropriate Treatment Do As Well As Whites, Finds University of Pittsburgh ResearcherBlack and white women with same-stage breast cancer see largely similar outcomes when their treatment and follow-up care are appropriate for their individual disease conditions...
- Saturday, January 15, 2000University of Pittsburgh Research May Lead to New Therapies for DiabetesUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers have developed transgenic mice that overexpress hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inside pancreatic islet cells, fostering growth of this cell population which is responsible for the sugar-regulating hormone insulin...
- Tuesday, January 18, 2000University of Pittsburgh Is Named to National Institutes of Health Network of AIDS Trial SitesThe University of Pittsburgh has been awarded a major AIDS research grant to become part of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG)...
- Thursday, January 27, 2000Pitt Researchers To Identify Genes That Place Individuals At Risk For Developing Early-Onset Recurrent Major DepressionResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine hope to identify genes that place individuals at risk of developing early-onset recurrent major depression... the information they learn could be used to develop better treatments...
- Sunday, January 30, 2000University of Pittsburgh Discovery of HIV "Shedding" Patterns and Viral Site Will Change Direction of Research on Aids Vaccines and TreatmentsAIDS researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have found that viral secretion in HIV-positive men follows one of three patterns, which are in turn related to different sources of HIV in the body...
February
- Thursday, February 03, 2000University Of Pittsburgh Researchers Uncover Mitochondrial Defect Involved With Inherited CancersUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers have uncovered a major new concept of how a certain type of tumor develops...
- Wednesday, February 09, 2000UPCI Receives Endowment From PNC Bank Foundation To Support Research In Molecular OncologyThe University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has received an endowment in the amount of $200,000 from the PNC Bank Foundation...
- Wednesday, February 16, 2000UPMC Cardiovascular Institute Cardiologists Using New Laser to Remove Pacemaker/Defibrillator LeadsCardiologists at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Cardiovascular Institute are using an excimer laser to extract old cardiac pacemakers and implantable defibrillator wires from the heart...
- Monday, February 21, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researcher Named Director of Regional HIV/AIDS Education CenterLinda Frank, Ph.D., M.S.N., assistant professor of infectious disease and microbiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, has been appointed director...
- Thursday, February 24, 2000UPCI Physicians Begin Study Of IL-4 Producing Cellular Vaccine For Brain TumorsResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) have begun a phase-I clinical study using a genetically engineered anti-tumor vaccine to treat brain tumors...
- Monday, February 28, 2000University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute Using New Method to Detect Coronary Artery BlockagePhysicians at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Institute are using electron beam tomography (EBT) to detect narrowing of the coronary arteries...
March
- Wednesday, March 01, 2000University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Surgeons Investigating New Aneurysm TreatmentVascular and cardiothoracic surgeons at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are participating in a national study of a new, less-invasive treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms...
- Tuesday, March 14, 2000UPMC’s Intervention Center For Late-Life Mood Disorders Receives $6.9 Million From NIMHThe National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a five-year, $6.9 million grant to the Intervention Center for Late-Life Mood Disorders at...
- Wednesday, March 15, 2000University of Pittsburgh Study Shows EECP Improves Left Ventricular FunctionEnhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP®) improves left ventricular function in heart failure patients, according to a study being presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers on Wednesday, March 15...
- Thursday, March 23, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researchers Devise Simple Insulin Resistance Test to Predict Heart Disease in Type 1 DiabeticsA simple series of questions and measurements to determine insulin sensitivity could help save the lives of many people with type 1 diabetes by identifying those who are at an increased risk of heart disease...
- Thursday, March 23, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researchers Find That Diabetics Have Better Outcomes if They See SpecialistsDiabetic patients who see specialists for medical care have better health outcomes than those seeing generalists, and the effect is greater among those who have less education...
- Tuesday, March 28, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researchers Develop New Model to Study HIV Transmission in WomenA new understanding about HIV transmission in women-- information that could lead to preventative strategies for this population -- will likely come from an organ culture model recently developed...
April
- Sunday, April 02, 2000Estrogen May Fuel Lung Cancer Growth, Report University Of Pittsburgh ScientistsEstrogen, long known for its role in fueling the growth of breast cancer, may spur the same insidious process in lung cancer...
- Wednesday, April 05, 2000Bypass Surgery Dramatically More Effective Than Angioplasty in Protecting Diabetic Patients From Heart Attack Death, Find University of Pittsburgh ResearchersDiabetic patients on medication who have had coronary bypass surgery are more likely to survive a heart attack than are diabetics who have had angioplasty...
- Wednesday, April 05, 2000U.S. News and World Report Gives High Marks to Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation SciencesSeveral graduate programs of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) have earned top spots in U.S. News and World Report’s 2001 annual graduate school ranking guide...
- Monday, April 10, 2000Menstrual Cycle May Affect Success Of Women Trying To Quit SmokingNew research from the University of Pittsburgh shows that timing is everything for women trying to quit smoking...
- Monday, April 10, 2000UPMC Presbyterian Opens New Generation Gamma Knife to Perform Bloodless Brain SurgeryUPMC Presbyterian, which is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is the first hospital in the United States to house a new generation gamma knife surgical unit...
- Tuesday, April 11, 2000Improvement in Some Patients Who Underwent Neuronal Transplantation Following Stroke, According To Study by University of Pittsburgh ResearchersDouglas Kondziolka, M.D.... reported today that some patients who underwent neuronal transplantation following stroke showed improvement in motor function...
- Wednesday, April 12, 2000U.S. News & World Report Ranks Three University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences Among Best Graduate SchoolsThree schools of the health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh are among the top 20 in their categories in the "2001 Guide to America’s Best Graduate Schools" published by U.S. News & World Report...
- Wednesday, April 19, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researchers Develop Computer System to Predict Impending Arrhythmia and Sudden DeathA team of computer software engineers at the University of Pittsburgh, led by Vladimir Shusterman, M.D., Ph.D., UPMC Cardiovascular Institute, has developed and patented a computerized system that can predict a cardiac arrhythmia...
- Friday, April 21, 2000University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Named One of 100 Most Wired Hospitals in the United StatesFor the second year in a row, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has been named one of the 100 Most Wired hospitals and health systems in the United States...
- Tuesday, April 25, 2000Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery Undergoes Major Expansion at University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterThrough the newly formed Center for Neurointerventional and Neuroendovascular Therapy (CNNET) at UPMC, physicians at UPMC Presbyterian are now using minimally invasive surgery techniques for many types of brain and spinal cord surgery...
- Friday, April 28, 2000No Apparent Increase in Cancer Deaths Among Three Mile Island Residents, Report University of Pittsburgh ResearchersRadioactivity released during the Three Mile Island (TMI) accident in 1979 does not appear to have caused an increase in cancer mortality among people living within a five-mile radius of the nuclear accident...
May
- Monday, May 01, 2000University of Pittsburgh Nurse Researcher Receives Grant for Studies on Mechanically Ventilated PatientsLeslie Hoffman, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN... and her team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh recently received a $1.1 million grant for studies on improving outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients...
- Tuesday, May 02, 2000UPCI Receives $1 Million Grant From Benedum FoundationUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center has received a $1 million grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) to expand its current oncology informatics program...
- Tuesday, May 09, 2000Pitt Researchers To Study If A Siesta Is Beneficial To The Sleep Of SeniorsA clinical research project is underway at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to determine whether a siesta (afternoon nap) enables elderly individuals to remain wakeful and alert during...
- Saturday, May 13, 2000Findings of Several Studies to be Presented by University of Pittsburgh Researchers at Transplant 2000 MeetingWith nearly 70 presentations on clinical and basic science research findings, University of Pittsburgh transplant researchers will have a strong showing at Transplant 2000...
- Monday, May 15, 2000Pitt Research Shows Early Lead Exposure Is A Significant Cause Of Juvenile DelinquencyChildren exposed to lead have significantly greater odds of developing delinquent behavior...
- Monday, May 15, 2000University of Pittsburgh Brain Trauma Research Center Receives $6 Million Renewal GrantThe University of Pittsburgh Brain Trauma Research Center has been awarded a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
- Tuesday, May 30, 2000University of Pittsburgh Beginning Osteoporosis StudyResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh division of endocrinology and metabolism are participating in a multi-center study of two drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women...
June
- Tuesday, June 06, 2000UPMC Shadyside Named One of the Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals in the NationUPMC Shadyside, has been named among the Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals in the country...
- Friday, June 09, 2000Anti-Angiogenic Drug Much More Effective When Immune System Primed Against CancerUniversity of Pittsburgh scientists have shown that triggering an anti-tumor immune response significantly potentiates the effects of the anti-angiogenic drug endostatin in animal models, leading to permanent and complete regression...
- Friday, June 09, 2000Acclaimed Hematologist and Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist Andrew M. Yeager, M.D., Joins University of PittsburghThe University of Pittsburgh has recruited Andrew M. Yeager, M.D., as director of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program in the division of hematology/oncology...
- Thursday, June 22, 2000University of Pittsburgh Begins Trial with New Bio-Artificial Liver DeviceUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers have initiated a clinical study of a bio-artificial liver assist device that is intended to support patients with acute liver failure until human organs can be found for transplantation...
- Sunday, June 25, 2000University Of Pittsburgh Researchers Find Most Patients Satisfied With Flexible Sigmoidoscopy ScreeningThe majority of patients who undergo screening flexible sigmoidoscopy for colon cancer detection and prevention are satisfied and find the procedure more comfortable than expected...
- Monday, June 26, 2000Parents' Language Barrier May Prevent Eligible Children from Receiving Government - Sponsored Health Insurance, Says StudyMore than five million children who are eligible for Medicaid - the federal/state health insurance program for certain low-income and needy people - are not on the program’s rolls, and a University of Pittsburgh study suggests...
- Tuesday, June 27, 2000UPMC Studying New High Pressure Water Jet Treatment for Stroke PatientsPhysicians at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Stroke Institute are participating in a multi-center research study to test an experimental device for treatment of acute stroke...
- Thursday, June 29, 2000Genetic Cause of Lymphedema Discovered by University of Pittsburgh Researchers – Reported in Nature GeneticsClinicians have long puzzled over families whose members invariably develop limbs swollen with lymphatic fluid. Now, University of Pittsburgh investigators and their collaborators from the University of Helsinki have pinpointed genetic errors...
July
- Monday, July 03, 2000Heart Disease Death Rates among Women Vary Dramatically by State and Race, Find University of Pittsburgh ResearchersStriking differences in heart disease death rates exist among American women based on race and geographical location...
- Wednesday, July 05, 2000Novel Resuscitative Fluid Developed At University Of Pittsburgh Shows Promise In Animal StudiesResults of animal studies indicate a novel resuscitative fluid, HemoMax, developed by University of Pittsburgh researchers has potential to treat severe hemorrhage...
- Friday, July 07, 2000Antiretroviral Drugs Require 95 Percent Adherence to Work, Find Researchers at University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterA computerized medication monitoring system has shown that HIV patients must be at least 95 percent adherent to antiretroviral therapy for the drugs to work, report investigators...
- Friday, July 07, 2000Once Again University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Is Rated As "Best of the Best" by U.S. News & World ReportFor the second consecutive year, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has been placed on U.S. News & World Report’s Honor Roll as one of the "best of the best" hospitals in the United States...
- Monday, July 17, 2000Gender Bias in Salaries Prevalent among Pennsylvania M.D.’S, Find University of Pittsburgh ResearchersFemale physicians in Pennsylvania earn significantly less money than their male counterparts, report investigators from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health...
August
- Tuesday, August 01, 2000UPMC Health Plan Touts Fewer Care RestrictionsThe following is an interview with Mark Schmidhofer, MD, Chief Medical Officer, UPMC Health Plan...
- Wednesday, August 02, 2000Video Game System Is an Effective Method of Exercise for Wheelchair Users, Find University of Pittsburgh ResearchersResearchers in rehabilitation science and technology at the University of Pittsburgh have developed an interactive video game system that improves the physical fitness of persons who require wheelchairs...
- Friday, August 04, 2000High School Students with Disabilities Need More Encouragement to Pursue Careers in Science and Engineering, Report University of Pittsburgh ResearchersHigh school students with disabilities often are not afforded the same opportunities to pursue careers in bioengineering as their unimpaired peers, and they often need special encouragement to do so...
- Tuesday, August 15, 2000Two-Thumb Chest Compressions in Infant CPR Work Better Than The Two-Finger Method, Find University of Pittsburgh ResearchersFor infants in cardiac arrest, the two-thumb infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) method works better than the two-finger method...
- Tuesday, August 15, 2000Man Taken Off Heart Transplant List after Heart Recovers on Ventricular Assist DeviceA Thoratec® LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) System was intended to serve as a "bridge to transplant," but in this case- believed to be the first for a patient with ischemic heart disease - the device served as a bridge to his own heart’s recovery...
- Monday, August 21, 2000Cell Transplantation Found To Be Safe and Feasible in Stroke Patients, According to Pittsburgh ResearchersCell transplantation was found to be safe and feasible in stroke patients, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers in a study published in the journal Neurology...
- Wednesday, August 23, 2000Quick, Non-Invasive Heart Scan May Be a Lifesaver for Type 1 Diabetics, Report University of Pittsburgh ResearchersResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) and UPMC's Cardiovascular Institute have found that a fast, non-invasive heart scan using electron beam computed tomography (EBT) may be...
- Monday, August 28, 2000Healthy Seniors Needed For Study To Determine If Ginkgo Biloba Can Prevent Memory Problems In DementiaCan the extract of the leaves of the 200 million-year-old Ginkgo biloba tree prevent or delay memory loss, thinking and personality changes that can occur as people grow older?
- Monday, August 28, 2000Aerosol Form of Cyclosporine Hits Key Cellular Target in Lung Transplant Patients, University of Pittsburgh Researchers Report at International MeetingAn aerosol spray that delivers the anti-rejection drug cyclosporine directly to transplanted lungs appears to target an important biological process that...
- Monday, August 28, 2000Early Results Show Irradiating Donor Organ Reduces Rejection in Intestine Transplants, Say University of Pittsburgh Researchers at International MeetingResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a strategy that has resulted in not one episode of rejection among its first group of intestinal transplant recipients enrolled in a new study...
- Wednesday, August 30, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researchers Find Some Over-The-Counter Medicine May Affect Scuba Divers’ PerformanceScuba divers should think twice about taking certain over- the-counter medications before diving, say emergency physicians at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...
- Wednesday, August 30, 2000University of Pittsburgh Researchers Find Some Over-The-Counter Medicine May Affect Scuba Divers’ PerformanceScuba divers should think twice about taking certain over- the-counter medications before diving, say emergency physicians at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...
September
- Wednesday, September 13, 2000Digital Mammography Technology Installed at Magee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterMagee-Womens Hospital of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center today announced the first clinical installation of digital mammography technology in western Pennsylvania...
- Thursday, September 14, 2000Minimally Invasive Approach To Esophagectomy May Lower Morbidity And Quicken Return To Daily Activity, University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center Surgeons ReportMinimally invasive surgery for esophagectomy (removal of the esophagus) may lower the morbidity often associated with open esophagectomy...
- Thursday, September 14, 2000Biological Marker Associated With Depression In Children Uncovered By University Of Pittsburgh ResearchersResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have been able to demonstrate for the first time a biological change in children at risk for major depression before they develop the illness...
- Friday, September 22, 2000University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Ranked by InformationWeek Magazine as Leading Innovative User of Information TechnologyUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center's initiatives in using computer technology to improve health care access have been recognized by InformationWeek magazine...
- Saturday, September 23, 2000Gender-Specific Reference Levels Are Needed to Identify Men at Risk of Osteoporotic Fracture, Says University of Pittsburgh ResearcherJust as measures of heart disease in women for years were based on the male cardiovascular model, today doctors are forced to use female-based measures to diagnose osteoporosis...
- Wednesday, September 27, 2000Graduate School of Public Health at University of Pittsburgh Receives $1.6 Million Grant to Train Public Health WorkersA federal grant of $1.6 million to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) will help public health workers throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania...
October
- Sunday, October 01, 2000A Healthy ChoiceUPMC Health Plan joins the Post-Gazette in applauding the spirit of cooperation the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers and the Pittsburgh Public Schools displayed in their recent contract negotiations...
- Sunday, October 01, 2000Editorial: Healthy Teachers' ContractThe Pittsburgh Board of Public Education's long struggle to contain spiraling benefits costs recently got a big assist from what some would consider an unlikely source: the city teachers union...
- Thursday, October 05, 2000Intestine Transplants to Be Covered By Medicare: Decision Result of University of Pittsburgh AppealIntestinal transplants will now be covered by Medicare, according to a decision made public today by the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)...
- Thursday, October 12, 2000Nation’s First Clinical Neuroscience Research Center Opens At Western Psychiatric Institute And ClinicThe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (WPIC) today opened a one-of-a-kind neuroscience research center that will enable scientists to expand their study...
- Tuesday, October 17, 2000UPMC Gets Approval for Medicare HMOThe federal agency that runs Medicare said it has approved UPMC Health Plan's decision to start a Medicare HMO in seven Western Pennsylvania counties outside the region...
- Wednesday, October 18, 2000UPMC Presbyterian Receives 2000 Consumer Choice Award by National Research CorporationUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s UPMC Presbyterian Hospital has been named a 2000 Consumer Choice Award winner by the National Research Corporation...
- Friday, October 20, 2000Pitt Cancer Researcher Wins 2000 Alton Ochsner AwardJill Marie Siegfried, Ph.D., professor and vice chairman of the department of pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and co-director of the lung cancer program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, has been selected...
- Friday, October 27, 2000University Of Pittsburgh Doctors Among Nation’s First To Test Electronic Device To Ease DepressionResearchers at UPMC's Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic are among the first in the nation to study whether a small implanted electronic device is a safe and effective treatment for patients with treatment-resistant depression...
- Tuesday, October 31, 2000Yo-Yo Dieters Show Lower Levels of "Good" Cholesterol, Could Pose Heart Disease Risk, Say Researchers from National W.I.S.E. StudyWomen who repeatedly gain and lose weight, especially if they are obese, have significantly lower levels of HDL or "good" cholesterol than do women who maintain their weight...
November
- Wednesday, November 01, 2000Searching For The Secrets Of Drug-Free Transplants: University Of Pittsburgh, Through Immune Tolerance Network, To Develop Tests Predictive Of Transplant ToleranceResearchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute have been awarded $728,000 through the Immune Tolerance Network to study a group of transplant patients who are completely off immunosuppressive drugs...
- Wednesday, November 01, 2000UPMC Insurance Arm is Wrestling Costs DownUPMC Health System is... doing an impressive job of kicking sand in the face of its near-monopolistic competitor, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the employers and employees of Western Pennsylvania are reaping the rewards...
- Thursday, November 09, 2000Polycystic Ovary Syndrome May Lead to Early Onset of Atherosclerosis, Even Among Thin Women, According to University of Pittsburgh StudyYoung women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have metabolic abnormalities, including higher levels of lipids and insulin, that may result in premature atherosclerosis by middle age...
- Monday, November 13, 2000Women Must Develop Healthy Lifestyles Well Before Menopause to Avoid Heart Disease in Later YearsWomen must exercise and watch their diets before menopause to prevent life-threatening coronary calcium deposits from developing after menopause...
- Monday, November 27, 2000University of Pittsburgh Reports Best Gene Delivery to Date of Protein Missing in Duchenne Muscular DystrophyUsing sophisticated techniques, University of Pittsburgh scientists have engineered perhaps the best gene therapy to date for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)...
December
- Wednesday, December 06, 2000University of Pittsburgh Becomes National Model Center on Spinal Cord InjuryThe University of Pittsburgh has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to establish a Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury...