In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A team of researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine discovered that suppressing impaired cellular struts, called microtubules, can lessen the stiffness in diseased heart muscle cells, thereby improving their beating strength.
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The professor of systems pharmacology and translational therapeutics at the Perelman School of Medicine is an international leader in cardiovascular disease research, and selected for membership in the Academy’s section on physiology and pharmacology/toxicology.
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In a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, results show that voluntary bundled-payment programs for Medicare spending tend to engage larger non-profit hospitals, whereas some hospitals with lower volumes and fewer resources might only participate under a mandatory program. The results are published in the June issue of the journal Health Affairs.
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In 2018, Medicare implemented a new inpatient-reporting program, which requires hospitals to publicly report 30-day readmission rates. New research from Penn Medicine categorizes the outcomes of patients with GI bleeding, shedding light on the need to redefine the patient population.
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Experts at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics are combining psychology and economics with clinical expertise to understand why individuals make certain health-related decisions. CHIBE will use its findings to advance policy, improve health care, and encourage healthy patient behavior in an effort to curb prescription opioid misuse.
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The “IDEA Gala” tournament gathered submissions from 55 local clinicians for solutions to mental health organizations to better provide mental health services to vulnerable communities in Philadelphia.
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Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine call for more consistent guidelines for prescribing opioids for optimal cancer-related pain management and avoiding misuse, in response to some CDC guideline recommendations that are inconsistent with the long-standing cancer pain guidelines.
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A study conducted at the Abramson Cancer Center showed a significant reduction in tumor growth and side effects in trials for the radiotherapy drug AZEDRA.
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A new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in the first place and ultimately may lead to improved targeted therapies.
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A study out of the Perelman School of Medicine finds a statistically significant relationship between social media content with alcohol use and teen alcohol consumption.
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