An analysis covering nearly 50,000 patients from 149 New York hospitals is the first to offer scientific evidence that a controversial early sepsis care regulation… Read more
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Pitt Experts Challenge Necessity of Commonly Ordered Kidney Test
A commonly ordered test to diagnose a specific type of kidney disease has very little evidence showing diagnostic value, according to a recent review of… Read more
Pitt Cancer Researcher Heads Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Dr. Lisa Butterfield, professor of medicine, surgery and immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of the Pitt’s Cancer Institute’s (UPCI) Immunologic… Read more
Pitt Physician Receives Highest Honor from Chinese Government
Timothy Billiar, M.D., George Vance Foster Professor and chair in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and associate medical… Read more
Transforming Medical Drama into Health Education
The average American spends one hour every year face-to-face with a health care provider. That same American spends 104 hours every year face-to-screen watching a… Read more