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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Trump-friendly Newsmax bundled into Comcast’s Xfinity service
The Annenberg School for Communication’s Victor Pickard discussed conservative news channel Newsmax and its recent deal with Comcast. If Comcast is “feeling the heat from the right, it will make sense to appease some of those critics,” said Pickard.
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The mystery of the Havana Syndrome
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Douglas Smith offered commentary on the concussion-like symptoms experienced by American diplomats in Havana in the winter of 2017. While some have suggested that their symptoms were psychosomatic, Smith said that “there was not one individual on the team [at Penn] who was not convinced that this was a real thing.”
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Eating more fish or taking omega-3 fish oil supplements can cut heart attack risk, studies find
To lower one’s risk of heart disease, the Perelman School of Medicine’s Helene Glassberg recommended eating more fish over taking fish oil supplements. “Get it in your diet if you can, from omega-3 fatty fish like salmon or sardines,” said Glassberg. “This is the best way to get it and not spend $30 on a bottle of supplements at a health food store.”
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Rate of births to white single moms accelerates, as low-income women wrest ‘beauty’ from hard lives
The Graduate School of Education’s Rebecca Maynard said that middle- and upper-class women are taught that having kids before marriage can derail one’s college and career, which explains why higher-income women use contraception more consistently than lower-income women.
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Black people more likely to die of sudden cardiac arrest, but why?
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine have found that the black people were more than twice as likely as white people to die of sudden cardiac arrest. Lead author Rajat Deo said that “a combination of awareness, education, and resource allocation may help reduce the burden of sudden cardiac death in a city like Philadelphia.”
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Criminal profiling doesn’t work. TV shows should maybe stop celebrating it
PIK Professor Philip Tetlock was cited for his expertise on forecasting future events.
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After a stressful election, experts warn blockchain is not the answer
Matt Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science weighed in on blockchain voting. “The charlatans pushing for blockchain elections and online voting are doing the equivalent of advocating a healthcare policy that assumes we’re about to cure cancer,” Blaze tweeted. “Maybe we will, but best not to bet on it.”
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How the Georgia governor’s race could influence college access there
Studies from both the Graduate School of Education and the Institute for Research on Higher Education were cited in a report on college access in Georgia. “Georgia’s incoming governor will have an immense amount of control over the higher education system in the state, and therefore its workforce and economic future,” said GSE’s Joni Finney, who co-authored the latter report.
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Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer
Reviewing the results of a study exploring the relationship between cell phones and cancer, Kenneth Foster of the School of Engineering and Applied Science remains unconvinced of potential dangers. “Health agencies are saying that if there’s something there, it’s probably so small that there’s not likely to be a large effect on the population,” Foster said.
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Cardiac devices can cost six times more in U.S. than in Europe
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Groeneveld said, in response to news of cheaper cardiac devices abroad, that a patient’s out-of-pocket costs are more a function of one’s insurance plan than one’s choice of hospital. “It’s not clear that U.S. patients can do much with this information … other than move to Europe,” said Groeneveld.