http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Medical Xpress)—Late-life depression is associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease and, most predominantly, vascular dementia, according to the results of a new meta-analysis published today in the British Journal of Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-late-life-depression-dementia.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 02 May 2013 07:40:40 EST news286699231 Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM), a program that seeks to reduce dating violence and sexual assault, is proven effective to reduce abusive behaviors among male athletes toward their female partners, according to a study that will appear today in the online version of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-boys-men-effective-teen-dating.html Health Wed, 01 May 2013 09:17:01 EST news286618616 Puerto Rican children who have asthma are more likely to be exposed to violence and to have changes in a gene that is associated with stress, according to a new study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The study, which is the first to examine the links between asthma, stress and gene variation, was recently published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-exposure-violence-gene-linked-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:15:57 EST news282906935 Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer have better treatment outcomes and are more likely to survive the disease if they receive care at a high-volume medical center than patients treated at low-volume facilities, according to research presented today at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology's annual meeting on women's cancers in Los Angeles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cervical-cancer-patients-survive-high-volume.html Cancer Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:00:01 EST news282300062 Liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver malignancy in children, is on the rise because more tumors are being detected earlier, improving outcomes for these sick patients, according to a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-liver-transplantation-hepatoblastoma.html Surgery Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:44:26 EST news281695400 People who lose weight with bariatric surgery may have better results if they receive counseling about increasing physical activity before and after surgery, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-physical-result-outcomes-bariatric-surgery.html Surgery Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:50:06 EST news278841557 (Medical Xpress)—Too many athletes may be going back onto the field, court or rink too soon after a concussion, according to a new study that recommends athletes undergo post-exertion neurocognitive testing before being cleared to return to play. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-return-to-play-decisions-commonly-post-exertion-neurocognitive.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:40:01 EST news278841524 (Medical Xpress)—Many obstetric care providers could benefit from additional communication training to effectively address smoking cessation with their pregnant patients, according to new research published by Magee-Womens Research Institute (MWRI) and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine investigators. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-physician-patient-pregnant-women.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:10:18 EST news277632575 (Medical Xpress)—Patients suffering from severe Crohn's disease who were no longer able to tolerate intravenous feedings were able to return to a normal oral diet and saw no clinical recurrences of the disease after undergoing intestinal or multivisceral transplants, according to a study of cases performed at UPMC over more than 20 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-transplant-effective-severe-crohn-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:13:49 EST news275044423 (Medical Xpress)—Heart surgery to repair the mitral valve is safe and leads to a better quality of life for older patients long-suspected to be too high risk for the operation, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-mitral-valve-safe-effective-elderly.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:52:43 EST news273829950 Substantial changes in the diameter and thickness of a section of carotid artery in perimenopausal women may indicate a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in women, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-carotid-artery-menopausal-transition-predispose.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:45:23 EST news271410305 (Medical Xpress)—More than one in four older veterans residing in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Centers received antipsychotic medications, and more than 40 percent of those veterans had no documented evidence-based reason for use, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh and VA Pittsburgh Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-off-label-antipsychotic-drug-common-va.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:26:15 EST news271063494 A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC research project in which a quadriplegic man moved a robot arm just with his thoughts has been chosen to receive one of Popular Mechanics' Breakthrough Awards of 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mind-controlled-robot-arm-breakthrough-award.html Medical research Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:23:09 EST news268644180 (Medical Xpress)—Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is the first and only hospital in western Pennsylvania to offer radioactive seed localization, an innovation allowing breast tumors that cannot be felt to be precisely located before surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-radioactive-seeds-outcomes-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:04:16 EST news267778569 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown in an animal model that a common childhood virus disables the normal immune tolerance transferred from the mother to child through breast milk, leading to increased susceptibility for allergic asthma later in life. Their findings were reported in the online version of Nature Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-team-childhood-viral-infection-allergic.html Immunology Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:50:01 EST news266662590