Public Health

OncoLink: 25 years—and millions of hits—later

The online source for cancer information turns 25. Last year alone, the website had 4.5 million visits, with half from other countries, and nurses looking for reliable material to educate patients.

Penn Today Staff

Untreated white coat hypertension leads to more death from heart disease

Researchers at Penn Medicine say white coat hypertension, a condition in which a patient’s blood pressure readings are higher when taken at the doctor’s office compared to other settings, underscores the need for increased out-of-office blood pressure monitoring.

Penn Today Staff

Predicting post-injury depression and PTSD risk

Up to half of all acute injury patients experience post-traumatic stress disorder in the months after injury. For urban black men, some of whom have experienced prior trauma, childhood adversity, and neighborhood disadvantage, acute post-injury stress responses are exacerbated.

Penn Today Staff

Can we tax our way into healthier behavior?

Wharton’s Benjamin Lockwood’s research works to determine the optimal rate for so-called sin taxes, like Philadelphia’s tax on soda, and asks at what point does a tax lead to healthier choices?

Penn Today Staff

Eczema’s effect on children differs by race

A Penn study finds racial disparities in school attendance due to common skin condition, with Hispanic and black children more likely to miss school due to eczema than white children.

Penn Today Staff



In the News


The Washington Post

Got canker sores? Try switching your toothpaste

Richard Wender of the Perelman School of Medicine says that canker sores often start with a minor trauma to the mucosal lining, like a sharp edge on a tooth or a pair of prickly braces.

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CPR News

Colorado has the most cases of bird flu among dairy cows in the U.S.

The School of Veterinary Medicine has developed a bird flu vaccine that is to be tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Forbes

FDA Study finds infectious H5N1 bird flu virus in 14% of raw milk samples

Patrick E. Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says it is important that anyone planning to consume raw milk be aware that doing so can make you sick and that pasteurization reduces the risk of milk-borne illnesses.

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The Hill

This Juneteenth, we must invest in our future as well as remember our past

Victor Roy, an incoming assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine, writes that “baby bonds” could help mitigate the worsening racial wealth gap.

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Los Angeles Times

Column: How a blunder by a respected medical journal is fueling an anti-vaccine lie

Jeffrey S. Morris of the Perelman School of Medicine says that even with a 100% effective vaccine, there would have been high levels of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in 2021.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

RFK Jr.’s vaccine misinformation campaign started after he ignored a Philly doctor

Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine and Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing comment on Robert F. Kennedy’s misinformation campaign against vaccines.

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