When tiny particles called exosomes, which shuttle signals between cells, are defective in diabetic patients, they can drive inflammation and impair healing of wounds, according… Read more
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Awareness About Diabetes Risk May Not be Enough to Change Teens’ Health Habits, Pitt Study Finds
Adolescents who know or feel that they are at greater risk of diabetes do not report engaging in more risk-reducing health behaviors — such as healthy eating and physical activity — according to a recent… Read more
UPMC Matilda Theiss Health Center hosts Community Orchard Planting event in Hill District
On May 5, the UPMC Matilda Theiss Health Center in collaboration with Thelma Lovette YMCA, Tree Pittsburgh, Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center (FACE) and… Read more
Nonprofit Drugmaker Civica Rx is Taking Aim at the High Insulin Prices Harming People with Diabetes
Doctors have been treating diabetes with insulin since 1922. A century later, about 1 in 5 of the 37 million Americans living with diabetes take this medication – a hormone… Read more
Wound Healing Services Provide Hope
Patti Weising recently walked into the Wound Healing Center at UPMC Passavant — a feat she couldn’t have imagined a year ago. At that time, she… Read more