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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
A study led by Norma Coe of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that the median lost wages for women providing intensive care for their mothers is $24,500 over two years. Rachel M. Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, Wharton School, and Perelman School of Medicine says that the U.S. doesn’t value elders the way that other countries and cultures do.
Penn In the News
Christina A. Roberto of the Perelman School of Medicine says that nutrition researchers generally consider foods ultra-processed if they include ingredients that wouldn’t be found in a home kitchen, such as high-fructose corn syrup and emulsifiers.
Penn In the News
A federal analysis developed in consultation with Norma Coe of the Perelman School of Medicine assessed long-term care needs and finances for people 65 and older.
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A study by postdoc Gulce Nazli Dikecligil in the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that the smells flowing through each nostril are processed as two separate signals in the part of the brain that receives smell inputs.
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Research led by Nirinjini Naidoo of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that a chronic lack of sleep can lead to affected memory molecules and poor performance when learning new tasks.
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Lisa Walke of the Perelman School of Medicine says that artificial intelligence represents a great frontier for developing products to help older adults live independently at home.
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Doctors at Penn Medicine successfully transplanted a kidney between two Air Force veterans.
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Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine says that studies simulating exposure from opening envelopes containing powders showed that very little, if any, of the powder becomes aerosolized to cause toxicity through inhalation.
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The University of Pennsylvania Health System has maintained its positive operating margin in fiscal 2023, with an affirmed ‘AA’ rating by Moody’s and S&P.
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Amita Sehgal of the Perelman School of Medicine says that some people perceive insomnia even when there is not actually a lack of sleep in terms of quantity.