The story of medicine in Pittsburgh has included huge chapters on the growth of transplant surgery. Livers, hearts, kidneys and lungs — all of these are the critical organs people need to survive.

In A Nutshell MIT researchers built a portable ultrasound device weighing just over one pound that images more than 4 inches deep into breast tissue, matching hospital machine performance with far ...

Hidden inside every organ, microscopic fibers form a scaffolding that quietly shapes how we move, think, and heal. For the first time, scientists have produced detailed maps of these fiber webs across ...

Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it's too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more ...

In traditional medical diagnostics, the procedure involves taking a patient biopsy sample and then meticulous analysis, which commonly utilizes microscopy methods within a laboratory setting. While ...

Histology is one of the foundations of modern diagnostics. When physicians want to determine whether tissue is pathologically ...

Breast health screenings can feel overwhelming, especially when medical terminology and unfamiliar procedures create anxiety about what lies ahead. Understanding breast ultrasounds removes much of ...

Rutland Regional Medical Center is reassuring patients that they've received no tainted tissue from a company charged with illegally collecting and selling body parts. Jill Jesso-White, a spokeswoman ...