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Could covid-19 impact male fertility? MWRI researcher is investigating
As scientists continue to work toward a deeper understanding of COVID-19, an investigator from Magee-Womens Research Institute is focusing on a question that could have a long-term impact on survivors: how does the coronavirus affect male fertility?
With You Always: The Indelible Mark of a Woman Who Refused To Let Cancer Win
Darcel Fahy was 25 when she was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. Now her husband is raising money for Magee-Womens Research Institute through the sale of a craft beer he created in her memory. Read about the woman who refused to let cancer define her.
The MOMI Database: Better Information Leads to Better Intervention, Healthier Women, and Healthier Families
Heart disease, the number-one killer of women, was understudied for years. Today, Dr. Janet Catov is researching what the placenta can teach us about a mother’s long-term vascular health, leveraging data from thousands of births at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital.
From woman-controlled HIV protection to therapies that could prevent the recurrence of ovarian cancer, we are helping to solve real-world problems and impacting women’s lives. And the potential is boundless. Anything is possible when the country’s largest women’s research institute partners with a world-class women’s hospital.
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We accelerate discoveries in stem and germ cell biology to unlock the mysteries—and enormous medical potential—of the very beginnings of life.
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We study maternal health and fetal and placental development to ensure healthy mothers and babies. And those first nine months can actually affect our entire lives.
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Hundreds of millions of women are affected every year. We are developing new therapies for STDs, including a groundbreaking study that is putting women in control of preventing HIV.
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From family planning and safer contraception to postmenopausal health, we focus on the incredible and sometimes challenging adventure that is a woman’s life.
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Treatments for infertility are safer and more effective than ever. And major breakthroughs are coming that will help even more couples who are struggling to conceive.
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What if there was a vaccine for ovarian cancer? Here, we are making tremendous strides in the detection, treatment and yes, prevention of women’s cancers.
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We study behavioral science, patient-provider communication and health service outcomes to improve access to affordable, quality health care for women—especially women at risk.
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Women are Different Than Men.
From how they present symptoms to the way their brains work. The thing is, most research has sidestepped sex differences, studying men and applying the findings to women.
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