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PublicSource spotlights a mental health clinic at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC that helps new mothers deal with emotionally painful births. Learn More
Oscar Lopez, MD, and James Becker, PhD, collaborated with University of Chile investigators to differentiate normal tau proteins from the pathological type associated with neurodegeneration. Learn More
In a Dec. 22 Q&A, Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD, talks about why many people with inflammatory bowel disease also have mental health issues -- and what treatments seem to work best. Learn More
Not so much that you'll notice, says Brant Hasler, PhD. But the extended darkness means that you probably do sleep longer at this time of year than around the summer solstice. Learn More
A Pitt study shows that risk of depression and anxiety appears to correlate more with the number of social media platforms a person uses than with the total time spent on sites like Facebook. Learn More
Renã A. S. Robinson, PhD, has been recognized for outstanding contributions to the fields of analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. Learn More
The study's lead author, Karen A. Matthews, PhD, urges frequent monitoring of lipid changes during the perimenopause, even among women whose previous cholesterol levels have run normal. Learn More
The William Kepler Whiteford Endowed Professor in Engineering wants to create drug therapies for brain aneurysms and design tools to better identify potential ruptures before they occur. Learn More
Infectious disease specialist Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD, has seen one-year-olds born to Zika-infected mothers in Brazil who appear to suffer continuing brain damage. Learn More
Headed by Oscar Lopez, MD, the program aims to stimulate cognitive, behavioral and physical function so that people with mild cognitive impairment can keep their active work and social lives. Learn More
Don't count on Lunesta or Ambien for a full night's rest, because those sleep meds leave the body just as you need help the most, says psychiatry professor Daniel J. Buysse, MD. Learn More
Medicine chair Mark Gladwin's team engineered a brain protein that swiftly reverses CO exposure in mice, as reported in Science Translational Medicine. Learn More
Pitt's own Nathan Copeland makes the cut, with a brain-controlled robotic arm and hand. Copeland, paralyzed since 2004, bumped fists at the White House Frontiers Conference. Learn More
Team surgeon Kia Washington, MD, predicts that a blind face-transplant candidate will receive the first whole eye transplant. Learn More
Donors to the Live Like Lou Center for ALS Research are recognized on a wall installation that was unveiled today on the walkway between UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore. Learn More
Micky Collins, PhD, is featured on findings that children who exercise within a week of sustaining a concussion report half the symptoms a month later, compared with those who rest. Learn More
Neurosurgeon Joseph Maroon, MD, is on the national medical advisory panel that will help evaluate which research programs the Noll Foundation will fund. Learn More
Frank Yeh, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery, and colleagues at CMU used diffusion MRI to map connections and then identify subjects with near-perfect accuracy. Learn More
PittMed forecasts what will follow from the first study to map the elusive networks that connect an internal organ all the way to the brain. Learn More
The study will relate abnormal anatomical variations in brain structure, measured by MRI, to genetic markers of disease such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's. Learn More