PITTSBURGH – An anti-cancer drug reverses memory deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health researchers confirm in the journal Science.

PITTSBURGH – Transplant researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine challenge a long-held assumption about how biologic pathways trigger immune system rejection of donor organs in a report published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The doctor’s choice of words may influence a family’s decision to permit CPR if a critically ill patient’s heart stops. “It’s long been known that the way a choice is framed can influence people’s decisions,” says Amber E. Barnato, associate professor of clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. “Our study ...

Making the decision to approve heroic measures to save a loved one’s life can be fraught with emotion, so anxious family members tend to turn to the doctor for guidance, according to the first study to analyze the role that doctors’ language plays in end-of-life decisions. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine conducted a novel study to investigate ...

U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Added to formula, an ingredient that naturally occurs in breast milk could prevent premature babies from developing a deadly intestinal condition. The story begins when a baby is born too early, meaning before 36 weeks gestation. Once stable, the baby is typically fed with formula because often breast milk is not readily available to premature infants, ...