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Weaning From Extended Breastfeeding Varies for Every Mom, Penn Research Finds
What are the best practices for weaning a toddler from breastfeeding, and what role can health-care providers play in helping nursing mothers to do so?
Penn Researcher Awarded $2.5 Million to Study Well-being Effects of the Arts and Humanities
What role do the arts and humanities play in human flourishing?
Penn Nursing, Medicine Collaborate to Improve Post-surgical Pain Management in China
Between 60 and 70 percent of patients who undergo a thoracotomy, or a surgical incision into the chest wall, experience some sort of long-term, post-surgical pain.
Penn study weighs instant gratification vs. more prosperous future
Given the choice between receiving $20 immediately or $40 a month from now, which would you pick?
Using video games as tools for learning and education
Ask someone which educational resources could make a sociological impact, and video games likely aren’t the first tools that come to mind.
Penn Scientists Show Prediction Polls Can Outdo Prediction Markets
Ask economists whether prediction markets or prediction polls fare better, and they’ll likely favor the former.
New Coursera from Penn Delivers Positive Psychology to Students Around the Globe
The University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the online education platform Coursera, launched a specialization certificate program, “Foundations of Positive Psychology.”
Penn PIK Professors Barbara Mellers and Philip Tetlock Win 2017 Schelling Awards
Two Penn Integrates Knowledge professors at the University of Pennsylvania, Barbara Mellers and
Aligning Depression Treatment to Patient Need Leads to Efficient Care, Penn Study Shows
Depression looks different in every person, making it a challenge to ensure that each receives the appropriate care. Many patients get treatment too intensive for their condition while others don’t get enough.
Penn scientists help NASA understand radiation risks for future trips to Mars
NASA wants to send humans to Mars by sometime in the 2030s. But with current technologies, the journey to the red planet would take some eight months, not to mention time spent on Mars once astronauts arrive, subjecting them to unhealthy amounts of radiation that the Earth’s magnetic shield protects against.