Through
4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
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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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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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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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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Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine explains why measles is so much more infectious than flu.
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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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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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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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Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on fatal heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular events linked to high temperatures.
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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.