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Addressing the psychological impacts of inflammatory bowel disease

In a collaborative study, Psychologist Melissa Hunt and gastroenterologist Chung Sang Tse showed that cognitive behavioral therapy reduced disability for patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis and that psychologists with no prior gastrointestinal experience could learn to deliver IBD-informed CBT effectively.

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Penn Medicine joins national effort to digitally map the human body

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine are joining a national collaboration to launch the Whole Person Physiome Research and Coordination Center, an initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health to create AI-ready models of physiology for research and clinical care.

A doctor taking the blood pressure of a patient

The perils and promise of GLP-1 medications

How Penn Nursing researchers are ahead of the curve.

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Loss of Medicare Part D subsidy linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults

A new Penn Medicine study reveals that losing Medicaid coverage saw mortality rates jump between 4 and 22 percent.

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Nudge boosts statin-prescribing, means fewer pharmacy trips

Statins are lifesaving to those with high cholesterol, but patients don’t always take them. A nudge that increased long-term prescriptions could be key.

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Group pose of Draw Down the Lightning grants winners.

Collaborating toward a better future for all

The 12 winning teams of the inaugural Draw Down the Lightning grants were celebrated by Penn leadership at a reception, bringing to life the vision of In Principle and Practice.

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PCOS with diagnosed depression may signal greater cardiometabolic risk

A study by Anuja Dokras of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds that women with polycystic ovary syndrome and a diagnosis of depression are 56% more likely to develop metabolic syndrome compared to women without depression, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Pope experiences another setback with respiratory crises

Jeffrey Millstein of the Perelman School of Medicine says that bronchial spasms are common in older people who don’t always have the muscular strength to expel accumulations of mucus.

New mRNA therapy could repair damaged lungs

Penn researchers have designed an organ-specific mRNA and lipid nanoparticle therapy which could lead to new targeted treatments for damaged organs.

COVID patient who survived coma reunites with Penn care team

A COVID patient who survived his coma recently reunited with the Penn Medicine care team that helped save his life, including Jennifer Olenik of the Perelman School of Medicine.

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