When mother-to-be Jamie Bergstein’s blood tests revealed high blood sugar levels, she was referred to a maternal-fetal-medicine specialist at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. But instead… Read more
Year: 2015
It’s Not Just You: Learn About Pelvic Floor Disorders
Do frequent trips to the bathroom disrupt your day? Do you fear bladder leaks when you’re laughing? If so, you are not alone: 1 in… Read more
Pitt Research: Chronic Arsenic Exposure Can Impair Ability of Muscle to Heal After Injury
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health have found in an animal model that chronic exposure to… Read more
Pitt Students Learn About Aging During Health Assessment Fairs
Over the course of three days, nearly 200 students from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences visited nine UPMC… Read more
To Fight Childhood Obesity, Tackle Maternal Obesity
Lowering a child’s risk of obesity starts before that child is even conceived. That’s the message that Lisa Bodnar, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., epidemiologist at the… Read more