5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Think you might be lactose intolerant? What that means for your future diet
Christopher Schmoyer of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people develop lactose intolerance when their bodies don’t make enough of the enzyme lactase for the amount of dairy they consume.
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Boy born deaf can hear for the first time thanks to a gene therapy procedure
An experimental gene therapy treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has enabled a deaf 11-year-old boy to be able to hear, with remarks from John A. Germiller of CHOP and the Perelman School of Medicine.
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Health systems want tech to make work ‘more human’
Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney says that one of his most exciting challenges in the next year will be integrating technology to streamline care and improve experiences for patients and providers.
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Blood tests can help diagnose Alzheimer’s—if they’re accurate enough. Not all are
Virginia Man-Yee Lee of the Perelman School of Medicine says it’s likely in the future that anyone older than 60 will get an Alzheimer’s test.
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How Lloyd Austin’s prostate cancer surgery led to hospitalization
Ravi Parikh of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a bowel obstruction after a prostate removal procedure can lead to significant complications if left untreated.
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‘Holding our breath’: Philadelphia officials respond to measles outbreak from day care
Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why measles is so much more infectious than flu.
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Struggling to keep your New Year’s resolutions? Here’s how to keep yourself on track
According to a 2012 study conducted by the Perelman School of Medicine, 65% of dieters return to their pre-diet weight within three years and only 5% of people who lose weight on a restrictive diet, such as liquid or no-carb, manage to keep the weight off.
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Anthony Fauci and unlocking the biggest mystery in medicine
In an Op-Ed, Michael J. Stephen of the Perelman School of Medicine shares advice gleaned from Anthony Fauci and studies of long COVID for medically addressing chronic fatigue syndrome.
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AI detects cancers and immunotherapy biomarker
Daiwei Zhang and Mingyao Li of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues have developed an AI tool called iStar that can automatically spot tumors and types of cancer that are difficult for clinicians to see or identify and can predict candidates for immunotherapy.
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A Penn program helps uninsured patients get surgeries. They just received funding to expand
Nearly 1,000 Penn Medicine patients have undergone surgery that they had put off—from gallbladder removal to hysterectomies to wound treatments—through a program that pairs patients with “navigators” who help them plan and prepare for a surgery.