Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health Image: iStock/Chainarong Prasertthai Text reminders help connect health care workers to care and improve their mental health Nationwide, health care workers are facing strains to mental health, but Penn Medicine’s regular reminders about its mental health platform lead to significant improvements of symptoms.
Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males Image: iStock/DedMityay Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males New Penn Medicine research finds that axons in brains of female mammals may be more vulnerable to damage.
Trust and equity in emergency departments Image: iStock/Dragos Condrea Trust and equity in emergency departments Penn Medicine is working to improve the emergency department experience for all patients, including those with distrust of the medical system at large.
A new $250M approach to addressing health care patients’ food insecurities Image: Hoag Levins A new $250M approach to addressing health care patients’ food insecurities Penn plays a major scientific role in new initiative backed by the American Heart Association- and Rockefeller Foundation-led consortium.
B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Image: iStock/Nathan Devery B cells drive responses of other immune cells, can be modified to prevent multiple sclerosis symptoms Penn Medicine research finds that abnormally active B cell metabolism causes an inflammatory immune response in individuals with MS.
Experimental mRNA avian flu vaccine Image: iStock/ktsimage Experimental mRNA avian flu vaccine Promising preclinical results from a new Penn Medicine study suggest an mRNA vaccine platform could limit the impact of avian flu pandemics.
The case for omega-3 supplementation to lower aggression Image: iStock/Dmitrii Ivanov The case for omega-3 supplementation to lower aggression A new meta-analysis by neurocriminologist Adrian Raine shows that omega-3 supplementation can reduce aggressive behavior across age and gender.
Offering both colonoscopy and at-home tests doubled colorectal cancer screening Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News Offering both colonoscopy and at-home tests doubled colorectal cancer screening In a Penn Medicine trial analyzing how messages were framed in an underserved population, offering colorectal cancer screening options resulted in the highest screening rate.
Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced nocred Fourth cohort of Projects for Progress recipients announced The initiative, run out of the Office of Social Equity and Community, provides University funding up to $100,000 each to Penn teams taking on big social justice issues in the city.
More than two hearts beat as one Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Michael Platt holds appointments in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, the Department of Neuroscience in the Perelman School of Medicine, and the Marketing Department in the Wharton School. More than two hearts beat as one PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators studied how physiologic measures like cardiac synchrony can guide decision making in groups. Their study found that heart rate synchrony was a much better predictor than standard questionnaire-based surveys.