Dr. Kacie Kidd is a pediatrician, internist, and an adolescent medicine fellow in the Center for Adolescent & Young Adult Health at UPMC Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh as well as a Fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health. She completed her MD and residency in internal medicine & pediatrics at the West Virginia University School of Medicine where she served as chief resident prior to beginning fellowship in Pittsburgh in 2018. She is passionate in supporting young people and helping them to take charge of their health as they become young adults.
Her research emphasis is in supporting gender diverse youth and their families, and she is a member of the Core Gender Team at the Center for Adolescent & Young Adult Health. She is a TL-1 Research Scholar through the University of Pittsburgh, where she has conducted quantitative and qualitative studies focused on supporting the parents and families of gender diverse youth so as to improve health outcomes for these amazing young pe
Androgens play a critical role in regulating stomach inflammation in mice
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health determined that stomach inflammation is regulated differently in male and female mice after finding that androgens, or male sex hormones, play a critical role in preventing inflammation in the stomach. The finding suggests that physicians could consider treating male patients with stomach inflammation differently than female patients with the same condition. The study was published in
Gastroenterology.
Researchers at NIH s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) made the discovery after removing adrenal glands from mice of both sexes. Adrenal glands produce glucocorticoids, hormones that have several functions, one of them being suppressing inflammation. With no glucocorticoids, the female mice soon developed stomach inflammation. The males did not. However, after removing androgens from the males, they exhibited the same stomach inflammati
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health determined that stomach inflammation is regulated differently in male and female mice after finding that androgens, or male sex hormones, play a critical role in preventing inflammation in the stomach. The finding suggests that physicians could consider treating male patients with stomach inflammation differently than female patients with the same condition. The study was published in Gastroenterology.
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Students take part in a Fall 2018 Aevidum Club training session in the Center for Student Creativity at Greater Latrobe Senior High. Aevidum works to empower students to shatter the silence surrounding depression and suicide while inspiring a culture of advocacy and care.
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Phil Koch, who served as executive director of the Community Foundation of Westmoreland County, is now vice president of policy and community impact with The Pittsburgh Foundation.
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Patricia L. Valentine, retired executive deputy director for integrated program services with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Banfield
ELKINS A new study shows that nearly half of women with urinary tract infections are prescribed the wrong antibiotics. Dr. Anne Banfield, FACOG, was interviewed by the Lily (a publication of the Washington Post) about the study which was published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology journal.
According to the study, women in rural areas were particularly impacted.
“The proper use of antibiotics has become a much more relevant topic in the last decade,” said Banfield, who is the Director of Women’s Health Services for Davis Medical Center. “Antibiotics have been a sort of panacea for all things. They are effective in treating simple but potentially deadly infections and have been prescribed for a variety of conditions. We wouldn’t consider antibiotics for some of these conditions now.”