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Artificial intelligence (AI) models that evaluate medical images have potential to speed up and improve accuracy of cancer diagnoses, but they also may be vulnerable to cyberattacks. In a new study, University of Pittsburgh researchers…

Despite what skeptics say, being kind to oneself is not a New Age fad—and there is research to back it up.Middle-aged women who practiced self-compassion had lower risk of developing cardiovascular disease, irrespective of other…

UPMC has created UPMC Travel Staffing, a new in-house travel staffing agency as a solution to the nationwide nursing shortage and to attract and retain highly skilled nurses and surgical technologists to its workforce. Building upon its…

The first-ever, in-depth characterization of the body’s response to traumatic injury was published today in Cell Reports Medicine by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scientists. The results of their multiomics…

A person with a higher level of education typically has better cardiovascular health (CVH) than someone with a lower level of education. However, the benefits of more education may not benefit those in non-white racial and ethnic groups,…

As it prepares for the 2023 opening of the first UPMC-managed hospital in China, UPMC announced today that Randy Jernejcic, M.D., a veteran health care leader with experience in China, will start as chief executive officer of this new…

Children in sub-Saharan Africa who are hospitalized with COVID-19 are dying at a rate far greater than children in the U.S. and Europe, according to a new multicenter study published today in JAMA Pediatrics and led by a University of…

How fatigued certain activities make an older person feel can predict the likelihood death is less than three years away, according to research published today in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences by University of Pittsburgh…

A novel technique that transplants a patient’s own fat into the sole of their foot could offer relief to those suffering from a common and painful condition called plantar fasciitis, according to University of Pittsburgh School of…

In-hospital addiction medicine consultations can reduce deaths in high-risk patients with substance use disorder, according to a new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine by University of Pittsburgh physicians. This…