University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/university-of-pittsburgh-school-of-medicine/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Sun, 07 Apr 2024 16:37:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Patient Engagement and Surgical Outcomes Improved by Digital Health Platform https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/editors-picks-and-featured-content/42565/patient-engagement-and-surgical-outcomes-improved-by-digital-health-platform/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patient-engagement-and-surgical-outcomes-improved-by-digital-health-platform Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:35:45 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=42565 Coupling a smart phone app with a real-life health coach appears to be key to helping patients adhere to pre-surgical preparation and post-surgical recovery guidance and improving surgical outcomes, according to new findings led by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scientists.  

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]]> New Blood Biomarker Can Predict if Cognitively Healthy Elderly Will Develop Alzheimer’s Disease https://us.hitleaders.news/academic-research/40567/new-blood-biomarker-can-predict-if-cognitively-healthy-elderly-will-develop-alzheimers-disease/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-blood-biomarker-can-predict-if-cognitively-healthy-elderly-will-develop-alzheimers-disease Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:21:40 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40567 Why do some people develop Alzheimer’s disease while others don’t? And, even more puzzlingly, why do many individuals whose brains are chock-full of toxic amyloid aggregates — a telltale sign of Alzheimer’s brain pathology — never go on to develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementias?

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