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A study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests starting early to prevent calcification in your coronary arteries to stay sharp in old age. Learn More
A new Lancet study "tells us what I think a lot of people already thought," says Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD, who is probing Zika's possible link with microcephaly. Learn More
A study in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that eight weeks spent learning mind-body meditation can help reduce severe pain in adults over 65, for months after the training is over. Learn More
Amyloid imaging expert William E. Klunk, MD, PhD, and radiochemist Chester Mathis, PhD, who co-discovered Pittsburgh Compound B, comment on Swedish research findings. Learn More
Pitt and Harvard are working together to tease out clues about autism from enormous datasets stored on the cloud. Learn More
Jeffrey Gross, PhD, the new Salvitti Professor of Ophthalmology Research, talks about bridging basic science and clinical studies to advance ocular regenerative medicine. Learn More
Anxiety with depression, unstable mood and low-level manic behavior, combined with a bipolar parent who was young when diagnosed, add up to a 50-50 future risk, Danella Hafeman, MD, PhD, finds. Learn More
Zinc is a neurotransmitter in its own right, and appears to play a neuroprotective role, according to findings by Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD, holder of the Auditory Physiology Endowed Chair. Learn More
With chemist Nathan Yates, PhD, on the team, research into Alzheimer's disease and the auditory hallucinations of schizophrenia speeds up. Learn More
On this day in 1954, children from Arsenal Elementary School received the first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk. Learn More
Ernesto Marques, MD, PhD, born in Recife, Brazil, talks about his work on a vaccine. Recife is the epicenter of an outbreak of Zika virus, tentatively linked to microcephaly in newborns. Learn More
Listen to Sarah Ross, PhD, on the neurobiology of itch, Thanos Tzounopoulos, PhD, on tinnitus, and Jim Funderburgh, PhD, on using stem cells from wisdom teeth to fight corneal blindness. Learn More
Sleeping less than six hours or more than nine hours a night were detrimental to healthy weight gain, reports obstetrician Francesca Facco, MD. Learn More
Neurosurgeon Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, aims to prolong the effectiveness of levo-dopa by increasing production of a key enzyme essential to convert the drug into the neurotransmitter dopamine. Learn More
The facts aren't clear, epidemiologist Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPh, writes in an editorial in JAMA Neurology. Learn More
Elizabeth Skidmore, PhD, was recognized for interventions following brain injury. Tina Goldstein, PhD, was honored for assessing mood disorders and preventing suicide in young patients. Learn More
The William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow has advised more than 100 postgraduate students since his arrival from Harvard in 2005. Learn More
Infectious disease expert Ernesto Marques, now conducting research in Recife, Brazil, calls the claim, by Argentine environmentalists, "ridiculous." Learn More
Melissa-Evelyn Libertus, PhD, Rebecca B. Price, PhD, and Ming-Te Wang, PhD, were recognized for innovative work that has advanced the field and signals great potential for continued contributions. Learn More
The grants, from Legacy of Angels, support ongoing research of genetic neurodegenerative diseases, such as Krabbe disease and other leukodystrophies. The program is headed by Maria Luisa Escolar, MD. Learn More