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Penn Presbyterian's Nisenbaum Named President-elect of WFUMB

Penn Presbyterian's Nisenbaum Named President-elect of WFUMB

Harvey L. Nisenbaum, MD, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU, chairman, Department of Medical Imaging at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center was named President-Elect (2013-2015) of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology at the WFUMB World Congress 2013 Meeting, May 2-5, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Katie Delach

Penn Study Shows Vascular Link in Alzheimer's Disease with Cognition

Penn Study Shows Vascular Link in Alzheimer's Disease with Cognition

Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that, across a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, cerebrovascular disease affecting circulation of blood in the brain was significantly associated with dementia.

Kim Menard

Penn Medicine Study Sheds Light on Why Low-Income Patients Prefer Hospital Care to a Doctor's Office

Penn Medicine Study Sheds Light on Why Low-Income Patients Prefer Hospital Care to a Doctor's Office

Patients with low socioeconomic status use emergency and hospital care more often than primary care because they believe hospital care is more affordable and convenient, and of better quality than care provided by primary care physicians, according to the results of a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylv

Katie Delach

Mariell Jessup, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Becomes President of the American Heart Association

Mariell Jessup, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Becomes President of the American Heart Association

Mariell Jessup, MD, professor of Medicine, associate chief, Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and medical director of the Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center, has become the president of the American Heart Association (AHA). Her term begins July 1, 2013.

Jessica Mikulski

Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Link Between Fear and Sound Perception

Penn Medicine Researchers Discover Link Between Fear and Sound Perception

Anyone who’s ever heard a Beethoven sonata or a Beatles song knows how powerfully sound can affect our emotions.  But it can work the other way as well – our emotions can actually affect how we hear and process sound.  When certain types of sounds become associated in our brains with strong emotions, hearing similar sounds can evoke those same feelings, even far removed from their or

Jessica Mikulski

Penn: Potentially Life-Saving Cooling Treatment Rarely Used for Cardiac Arrests

Penn: Potentially Life-Saving Cooling Treatment Rarely Used for Cardiac Arrests

The brain-preserving cooling treatment known as therapeutic hypothermia is rarely being used in patients who suffer cardiac arrest while in the hospital, despite its proven potential to improve survival and neurological function, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in the June issue of Critical Care Medicine. 

Steve Graff

Penn Study: Staging System in ALS Shows Potential Tracks of Disease Progression

Penn Study: Staging System in ALS Shows Potential Tracks of Disease Progression

The motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern which can be classified into four distinct stages, report pathologists with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Annals of Neurology.

Kim Menard

Penn Student Investigates Risks of Asbestos Exposure in Former Factory Town

Penn Student Investigates Risks of Asbestos Exposure in Former Factory Town

Understanding the full consequences of environmental exposure to asbestos has proved a demanding venture, and for the past two summers University of Pennsylvania senior Shabnam Elahi has worked on just that: Mapping this risk in Ambler, Pa.

Madeleine Kruhly