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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Meet the women who pioneered the development of IVF
Wanda Ronner of the Perelman School of Medicine explores the history of the women scientists who played a crucial role in the development of IVF.
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Why do I pee so much at night? What nocturia means about your health
Jennifer Lloyd-Harris of the Perelman School of Medicine says that nocturia, or nighttime urination, is one of the most common things that brings men and women to the urologist.
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Is Windex actually a cure-all? The ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ joke, explained
Brian Capell of the Perelman School of Medicine says there’s no evidence that topical applications of Windex work on any skin condition.
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Elon Musk blames school for rift with daughter: ‘She doesn’t want to spend time with me’
A 2022 study by Sandra González-Bailón of the Annenberg School for Communication found that Twitter, now X, gives more visibility to those with conservative ideologies than those who tend to express more progressive views.
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She was told she could never have kids. After a rare uterus transplant, she just had her second son
Kathleen O’Neill of the Perelman School of Medicine describes the journey of patient Chelsea Jovanovich, who just had her second baby thanks to a rare uterus transplant at Penn Medicine in 2021.
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Melatonin use keeps rising, sparking concern about potential health risks
Philip Richard Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine said most clinical trials have failed to prove that melatonin is more effective than a placebo as a sleep aid. “If it has any effect as a sleeping pill, they are very modest,” he said.
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Olympians face 'overwhelming' mental pressure—especially this year
Jeremy Tyler of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the pressure faced by Olympic athletes. “Imagine going into the most important moment of your present lifetime, the world watching, having the knowledge that everyone expects you to live up to your reputation of being the best … and you’ve got go into it completely alone, without any social or emotional support,” he said. “I can’t think of a higher pressure or more daunting task to go through.”
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Uterus transplant enables woman to have a baby after doctors said she couldn’t
Kathleen O’Neill of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about a Penn Medicine uterus transplant trial. “These women have ovaries, they have eggs, they just don’t have the uterus to gestate the pregnancy,” said O’Neill. “So once we are able to give them that uterus, the vast majority get pregnant and have babies.”
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What to know about mammograms if you have a tattoo
Susan Summerton of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about how tattoos can affect breast cancer screenings. “It could be 20 to 30 years later after a tattoo that you can see changes in the lymph nodes,” she said. “I’m a breast imager so I care most about it because I see the tattoo pigment in lymph nodes in the armpit. But people are seeing it in other lymph nodes that are also tricking them into thinking that there’s a tumor, like they are a melanoma.”
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Meet the woman who helped make Pfizer and Moderna vaccines possible
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about their work developing mRNA-based vaccines.