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Lightening the Load, Promoting the Profession: The Steven C. Beering, MD, Scholarship »

Published on February 1, 2010

Schoen’s Research Raises Concern Over Frequency of Surveillance Colonoscopy »

Published on February 1, 2010

Grandis, Argiris Receive Patent for New Head and Neck Cancer Treatment »

Published on February 1, 2010

Pitt Center for Global Health Plans “Haiti’s Road to Recovery” Panel »

Published on February 1, 2010

Switching to Low-tar Cigarettes Halves Chance Of Quitting Smoking, Pitt Study Finds »

Published on February 1, 2010

Pitt Offers H1N1 Flu Shots for Employees, Others This Month »

Published on January 11, 2010

NIH Awards $12.5 Million for Center on Sexually Transmitted Infections »

Published on November 30, 2009

Pitt Team Part of $100 Million NHLBI Bench-to-Bassinet Effort in Congenital Heart Disease »

Published on November 30, 2009

H1N1 Modeling at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Receives Top Supercomputing Award »

Published on November 30, 2009

Transplant Pioneer Thomas E. Starzl Wins Institute of Medicine’s 2009 Lienhard Award »

Published on October 19, 2009

Briefly Noted »

Published on October 12, 2009

Defeating Smallpox »

Published on June 8, 2009

Science & Technology/Coronary Angiography May Improve Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest Patients, Study Finds »

Published on June 8, 2009

Cecilia Lo Appointed Chair of New Developmental Biology Department in Pitt Medical School »

Published on April 26, 2009

Bypassing the Blues: Treating depression after heart surgery boosts quality of life, health, Pitt study finds »

Published on March 30, 2009

Pitt Gets $4.7 Million Grant to Reduce Hospital-acquired Infections »

Published on March 23, 2009
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has received a four-year, $4.7 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to find new ways to stop deadly hospital-acquired infections that often are resistant to treatment.

Pitt Tests Vaccine to Prevent Colon Cancer »

Published on March 23, 2009
Pitt researchers have begun testing a vaccine that might be able to prevent colon cancer in people at high risk for developing the disease. If shown to be effective, it might spare patients the risk and inconvenience of repeated invasive surveillance tests, such as colonoscopy, that are now necessary to spot and remove precancerous polyps.

Thomas E. Starzl Selected for Prestigious National Award »

Published on March 23, 2009

A Healthy Glow: Pitt-led researchers create quick fluorescent detector for TB, drug-resistant strains »

Published on March 23, 2009

Briefly Noted »

Published on March 23, 2009
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