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Vaping causes more inflammation in lungs than regular cigarettes
FOX 5 New York

Vaping causes more inflammation in lungs than regular cigarettes

A study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found significantly more inflammation in the lungs of people who used e-cigarettes than regular smokers and non-smokers.

Healthcare organizations are finding novel uses for virtual health technology
Forbes

Healthcare organizations are finding novel uses for virtual health technology

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Care Connect program is spearheading the use of virtual urgent care services and substance abuse professionals to provide treatment to patients, with a quote from Margaret Lowenstein.

Promising efforts to mitigate the opioid crisis
Opioid bottle with pills.

Promising efforts to mitigate the opioid crisis

Margaret Lowenstein, an LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the increase in opioid and drug overdoses since the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Penn LDI

Could these common medications help curb addiction?
Philadelphia Inquirer

Could these common medications help curb addiction?

In a Q&A, Anna Rose Childress of the Perelman School of Medicine speaks on the cycle of opioid addiction and her current clinical trials on the benefits of “add-on” medications with Kyle Kampman of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children
A put-out cigarette standing on its end, next to half of another crumpled cigarette. In the background are two whole cigarettes.
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    • Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children

    In research done using rats, Penn Nursing’s Heath Schmidt and colleagues found that males that engaged in voluntary nicotine use had offspring more likely to do so, too. Some offspring also developed impaired memory and anxiety-like behavior.

    Michele W. Berger