Media Relations


 News Releases
Ginkgo Biloba Does Not Reduce Dementia Risk according to Pitt-Led Study in Today’s Jama
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The medicinal herb Ginkgo biloba does not reduce the risk of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease development in either the healthy elderly or those with mild cognitive impairment, according to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
UPMC Diabetes Centers to Sponsor and Participate in Pittsburgh’s Light Up Night Festivities
Monday, November 17, 2008
To recognize the worldwide diabetes epidemic, UPMC Diabetes Centers and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC will commemorate the second annual World Diabetes Day by participating in diabetes-related events during Light Up Night.
World’s Leading Experts in Schizophrenia to Meet At 25th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference Nov. 21
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Internationally renowned experts in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, researchers and clinicians, patients and their families and friends, will gather in Pittsburgh to discuss the latest in research and clinical advances.

 Research News
Arsenic May Increase Risks For Cardiovascular Disease at Current EPA-Regulated Drinking Water Standards
Thursday, November 13, 2008
When mice are exposed to arsenic at federally-approved levels for drinking water, pores in liver blood vessels close, potentially leading to cardiovascular disease, say University of Pittsburgh researchers.
Pitt Researchers Receive $2.7 Million to Develop Drug That Counters Radiation Exposure
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Pitt's School of Medicine have been awarded $2.7 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, to develop a radiation mitigator drug that could counter the effects of radiation exposure in case of large-scale public exposure.
Pitt Receives $8.4 Million to Improve Disaster Preparedness
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $8.4 million over the next five years to the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to create a Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center.