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Addressing the psychological impacts of inflammatory bowel disease
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Addressing the psychological impacts of inflammatory bowel disease

In a collaborative study, Psychologist Melissa Hunt and gastroenterologist Chung Sang Tse showed that cognitive behavioral therapy reduced disability for patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and that psychologists with no prior gastrointestinal experience could learn to deliver IBD-informed CBT effectively.

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The Mobile CPR Project takes lifesaving training on the road
Josh Glick instructing a course on hands-only CPR at the Boys & Girls Club.

Josh Glick instructing a course on hands-only CPR at the Boys & Girls Club in Wissahickon.

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The Mobile CPR Project takes lifesaving training on the road

When cardiac arrest hits outside the hospital, the odds of survival are long. The Mobile CPR Project is driving to increase those odds with free trainings all around Philadelphia and beyond.

From Penn Medicine News

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An opportunity to do more to help victims of violence

An opportunity to do more to help victims of violence

The Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program at the Penn Injury Science Center received new Pennsylvania funding to help victims rebuild their lives interrupted by violence.

Startup recognized for milestones in cancer care
Marco Ruella in the Ruella Lab, collaborating with two lab technicians. Ruella is wearing a white lab coat and holding up a chemical sample. Two of his colleagues are observing the sample.

Marco Ruella, associate professor of medicine at PSOM and hematologist-oncologist at Penn Medicine, collaborates with his colleagues in the Ruella Lab.

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Startup recognized for milestones in cancer care

During the Penn Center for Innovation’s 10th annual Celebration of Innovation, viTToria Biotherapeutics was presented with the Startup of the Year Award for its remarkable progress in the development of promising treatment of T-cell lymphoma.

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Early immune clues could help detect and prevent type 1 diabetes
A teen takes a blood sugar reading with an app on their phone.

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Early immune clues could help detect and prevent type 1 diabetes

Researchers from Penn Medicine have uncovered new clues in pancreas lymph nodes and the spleen that may stop the disease before insulin is lost forever.

Matt Toal

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Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate
Florencia Polite.

Florencia Polite, Penn Medicine’s chief of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology and vice chair of the department’s clinical operations.

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Florencia Polite: Healer, educator, advocate

At home and overseas, Florencia Polite is on a mission to help patients and physicians understand how RSV vaccines protect newborns.

From Penn Medicine News

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