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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How to know whether to go to your doctor, or visit urgent care
Ari Friedman of the Perelman School of Medicine explains when it’s better to go to a primary care doctor or the emergency department than to an urgent care clinic.
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Facing financial ruin as costs soar for elder care
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.
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Controversial PragerU videos are catching on in a handful of states
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that PragerU videos are highly inaccurate and shouldn’t be incorporated into schools’ curricula or embraced by school districts.
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American Education Week: Philly schools highlight initiatives to motivate, inspire students
Faculty from Penn recently taught students at Henry C. Lea Elementary School in West Philadelphia for the second year in a row.
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The brain may interpret smells from each nostril differently
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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Call Kurtis: Elderly mom's caregiver keeps no-showing, experts expect problem to get worse
Research from Penn found a 12% drop between 2013 and 2019 in the number of available workers for medical patients who need home care.
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Torn Apart: Terror
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts describes the horrors that the child welfare system inflicts by invading homes, targeting low-income families, and threatening to separate parents and children.
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This woman roams the city, handing out compliments to strangers
Erica Boothby of the Wharton School says that compliments help people feel appreciated and valued, whether they’re the compliment giver or the receiver.
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Home prices could come down. What it would take
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that affordable homeownership has long been considered an achievable cornerstone of the American dream, but now that role is increasingly in question.
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Neuroscientists discover new link in sleep disruption and memory
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.