A new study by University of Pittsburgh researchers offers new tactics to help ensure physicians are prescribing opioids safely and even lower the number of… Read more
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Pitt Study Finds Possible New Driver of Parkinson’s Disease
A University of Pittsburgh study, now published in Neurobiology of Disease, was first to show that a particular enzyme involved in many bodily functions, called… Read more
UPMC Forms First Cancer-Focused Research Partnership in Ireland
In its first cancer-focused academic partnership in Ireland, UPMC announced today that it is collaborating with University College Cork (UCC) to train medical oncologists and… Read more
Fighting Hospital-Acquired Infections Starts with Understanding Immune Response
Hospitals are where people go to get better. But being hospitalized increases the risk of unwanted complications – including infections. And when a vulnerable patient… Read more
Study Points to Missing Link Between Age-Related Fat Loss and Diseases of Aging
During Dr. Aditi Gurkar’s first postdoctoral position at Harvard Medical School, she and her team were testing a cancer drug in young mice. The treatment… Read more