PITTSBURGH, PA (September 21, 2021) – Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MEd, MPPM, FACOG , Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network (AHN), has been selected by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the nation’s 2021 Top Diversity Leaders.
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The status of laser ablation for vulvar lichen sclerosus remained unclear following two small randomized clinical trials that produced conflicting results.
In one study, fractionated carbon dioxide (CO
2) laser treatment led to significantly greater improvement compared with a topical steroid, according to assessment by the Skindex-29 dermatology qualify-of-life index. However, the trial was powered to detect a difference of 16 points on the Skindex-29, and the data showed a difference of 10.9 points.
After adjustment for prior steroid use, the difference in Skindex-29 score remained statistically significant only for patients with prior steroid exposure, reported Linda Burkett, MD, of Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Health System, and colleagues in
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The Pennsylvania House Health Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the University of Pittsburgh’s experimentation with aborted fetuses, including experiments grafting aborted baby scalps onto mice. Pitt denies that the aborted fetuses are supplied by a local Planned Parenthood, and that their research is funded by taxpayer dollars, but Tuesday’s hearing featured witnesses testifying otherwise.
In the fall of 2020, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh published a study titled, “Development of humanized mouse and rat models with full-thickness human skin and autologous immune cells.” In studying how organs reacted to pathogens or infections on human skin, researchers grafted “full-thickness human skin” as well as thymuses, livers, and spleens from fetuses onto rodent bodies, creating what they call “humanized rat models.”