Medicine

A person holds a sign during a protest that reads WELL INFORMED NOT CONSENTING.

Misinformation about vaccine safety drives reluctance to vaccinate children

While 78% of U.S. adults are vaccinated against COVID-19, only 31% of children have been vaccinated. The discrepancy points to the acceptance of misinformation about the safety of vaccines in general and the COVID-19 vaccines in particular, according to a new study.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center ・

masked mother with baby on bed

Pregnancy, childbirth, the pandemic, and stress

For two years, the interdisciplinary Project IGNITE has followed 1,000 pregnant individuals and their children to learn more about what role environmental factors play in preterm birth, poor pregnancy outcomes, and social and emotional development.

Michele W. Berger ・

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Ultrasound medical education puts insight in hand

An integrated four-year ultrasound curriculum helps Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine students build competence and confidence in the classroom and the clinic.

Karen L. Brooks for Penn Medicine Magazine ・

A doctor checks a person’s arm for melanoma with a hand-held scanning device.

Potential new therapeutic targets to treat melanoma

Penn Medicine research shows that a relative lack of DOPA, and not simply susceptibility to sun damage, helps explain why melanoma is much more common in people with light skin tones.

Alex Gardner ・

Three African American medical professionals stand looking at a chart in a hospital setting.

How health systems can help build Black wealth

In a new commentary, Eugenia South and authors suggest that health systems are uniquely positioned in several ways to help Black patients, staff members, and neighborhoods in building wealth.

Kelsey Geesler



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Philadelphia Inquirer

Mayor Parker’s plan to ‘remove the presence of drug users’ from Kensington raises new questions

Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing and Ashish Thakrar of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on the lack of specificity in Philadelphia’s plan to remove drug users from Kensington and on the current state of drug treatment in the city.

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WHYY (Philadelphia)

Homeward bound: When a Penn Medicine nurse was diagnosed with uterine cancer, she turned to the service dogs she helped to train

A profile highlights Maria Wright of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, from her volunteer work connecting people with service dogs to her cancer diagnosis and her own journey applying for a service dog.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

How many patients would recommend their Philly-area hospital to family and friends? Check your local hospital

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has been named one of the most recommended acute-care facilities by patients in the Philadelphia area.

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The New York Times

Is apple cider vinegar really a cure-all?

Nitin K. Ahuja of the Perelman School of Medicine says there’s no supportive data that adding acid to the stomach will somehow help control acid reflux.

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USA Today

Many parents give their children melatonin at night. Here’s why you may not want to

Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine supports practicing proven-bedtime-routine behaviors and avoiding bright lights and electronics in the bedroom to encourage the body’s natural production of melatonin.

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CNN

There’s still no standard test to detect pancreatic cancer early. Scientists are working to change that

A 2020 study from the Perelman School of Medicine found that a blood test to screen for certain biomarkers associated with pancreatic cancer was 92% accurate in its ability to detect disease.

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