A child’s history of depression and concussion within the previous year, along with their race, ethnicity and sex, can help predict the likelihood of a suicide attempt, according to a new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers.
Redlining – a discriminatory mortgage lending practice instituted in the 1930s – resulted in health impacts that reverberate today, contributing to long-term environmental and asthma-related inequities that disproportionately affect Black Pittsburgh residents, according to a new analysis by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health scientists.