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  • Study: Most Advanced Larynx Cancers Don’t Get Best Care
    Philly.com

    Study: Most Advanced Larynx Cancers Don’t Get Best Care

    Alexander Lin of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for studying larynx cancer patients and finding that removing the organ is not a treatment that many patients receive.

    Jul 12, 2015

    Contraceptive Coverage Affects Wallets, and Maybe Choices
    Kaiser Health News

    Contraceptive Coverage Affects Wallets, and Maybe Choices

    Doctoral candidate Nora Becker of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School comments on the money women are saving via contraceptive coverage.

    Jul 12, 2015

    Why Employee Ranking Can Backfire
    The New York Times

    Why Employee Ranking Can Backfire

    Research about employee ranking from Iwan Barankay of the Wharton School is highlighted.

    Jul 11, 2015

    Second Childhood
    The Economist

    Second Childhood

    Steve Arnold of the Perelman School of Medicine reflects on treating a patient suffering from dementia.

    Jul 11, 2015

    Requiring a Red Flag
    Inside Higher Ed

    Requiring a Red Flag

    Last month, New York became the second state to require colleges to note on a transcript if a student was suspended or dismissed for sexual assault. Though the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is sometimes erroneously cited by colleges as preventing them from sharing such details on a college transcript, no laws prevent colleges from doing so. Few colleges are required to, however. That’s starting to change, with growing state and federal interest in the requirement leading to laws like those recently -- and easily -- passed in New York and Virginia.

    Jul 10, 2015