Black, Hispanic and less-educated women consume a less nutritious diet than their well-educated, white counterparts in the weeks leading up to their first pregnancy, according… Read more
Category: pregnancy
Magee’s Festive Babies for the Holidays
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC celebrated babies born during the Christmas holiday by transforming the nursery into the North Pole. Newborns were tucked into hand-knitted blankets… Read more
Pitt Public Health Nutritional Epidemiologist Selected to Serve on Federal Panel Shaping Pregnancy Diet and Health Guidelines
For the first time, federal dietary and health guidelines for Americans are being updated to include comprehensive advice for pregnant women. To shape that guidance,… Read more
UPMC-Led Improvements in Hysterectomy Outcomes Presented at National Meeting
UPMC gynecological research takes the national stage today as Robert Edwards, M.D., Milton Lawrence McCall Professor & Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences,… Read more
The Opioid Epidemic: One Nurse’s Special Touch
This is the fourth post in a blog series entitled “The Opioid Epidemic,” a collaboration between UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the… Read more