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  • State appointment for Hodgson

    Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has appointed Penn Nursing’s Nancy Hodgson, the Anthony Buividas Endowed Term Chair in Gerontology, to his 35-member Long-Term Care Council.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • David Asch wins AAMC-RWJF David E. Rogers Award

    E xecutive Director of the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation and LDI Senior Fellow has been named the 2018 recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's David E. Rogers Award for his work elevating the standard of health care delivery in America, and advancing the education of future physicians.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • The academic sabbatical: Not just time off

      For Garret FitzGerald, director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at Penn, multiple sabbaticals at various health tech companies and other learning institutions exposed him to the different medical disciplines, from molecular biology to the power and language of bioinformatics, and on understanding the biology of senescence.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Diabetes drugs act as powerful curb for immune cells in controlling disease-causing inflammation

    In a study published online in Genes and Development  Mitchell Lazar and his team found that reducing macrophage activity, the immune system's inflammatory response to tissue damage, can inhibit obesity and diabetes, diseases associated with prolonged inflammation. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Nudging doctors to prescribe cholesterol lowering statins triples prescription rates

    A study finds that encouraging doctors to prescribe preventative cholesterol-lowering medication helps prevent long-term strokes and heart attacks, and electronic “nudges” embedded in patient's health dashboards can work to increase preventative prescription rates. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • IADR recognizes Dr. Michel Koo with Dental Caries Research Award

    Penn Dental Medicine’s Hyun (Michel) Koo, an international leader in the field of cariology, has been recognized for his research by the International Association for Dental Research as the 2018 recipient of the William H. Bowen Research in Dental Caries Award.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • The surprising uses of Botox

    The popular anti-aging treatment has surprising applications for medical ailments, from correcting crossed eyes to remedying intestinal distress. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Learning your Alzheimer’s risk: Implications for long-term care insurance

    In the Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, Penn Medicine's Jalayne Arias, Jason Karlawish, and colleagues analyze whether, under current state laws, insurers could use Alzheimer's predictive biomarkers to deny coverage, and Penn Law's Allison Hoffman examines the lack long-term care insurance.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • Alzheimer’s disease risk impacted by the liver and diet

    According to new research presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, lower values of plasmalogens, a class of lipids created in the liver, were associated with a higher likelihood of Alzheimer’s disease. The research highlights a potential relationship between conditions such as obesity and diabetes and Alzheimer’s, as the liver has to work harder to break down fatty acids over time.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Chester County Hospital maximizes safety for infants

    Infant Safety Bundle, a multidisciplinary program started by the Mother Baby Unit at Chester County Hospital outlines infant safety procedures for new parents to avoid the risk of infant injury due to falls.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →