Internal Medicine

Patients are relying on Lyft, Uber to travel far distances to medical care

According to Krisda Chaiyachati of the Perelman School of Medicine, some insurance companies and cancer treatment centers pay for ride-hailing services to reduce missed medical appointments.

DNA molecule helix inside red blood drop.

Single-dose gene therapy is potentially life-changing for adults with hemophilia B

Based on the results of this study, which recorded a 71% reduction in bleeding episodes, the FDA has approved the single-infusion gene therapy.

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How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds

New research from Penn Medicine shows that a certain bug could be used to develop topical or bacterial-based treatments for patients with wounds that do not heal well on their own.

Fox 29 anchor Mike Jerrick diagnosed with prostate cancer, recovering from surgery

Michael Cirigliano of the Perelman School of Medicine made the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer for veteran newscaster Mike Jerrick.

Philadelphia heat: Tips to avoid heat-related illness as dangerous heat lingers

Michael Cirigliano of the Perelman School of Medicine says that heat stroke, which can be fatal, starts as heat exhaustion then leads to more symptoms as the temperature rises.

Better survival rates from hospital-based donor care for lung transplants

A new study by Penn researchers has examined, for the first time, the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care facilities operating in the United States.

What competitive eating does to the body

David Metz of the Perelman School of Medicine explains some of the effects of speed-eating.

Philadelphia Orchestra bassist Duane Rosengard; Peter Noël, director of CT Research at the Perelman School of Medicine; luthier Zachary S. Martin; Leening Liu, a Ph.D. student in Noël’s Laboratory of Advanced Computed Tomography Imaging; and Mark Kindig.

How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT

Radiology experts at Penn Medicine applied imaging technology to centuries-old instruments to better understand how to care for masterworks built between the 17th and 19th centuries, and provide insights into building new ones.

Rare disease’s DNA-damaging mutation could have consequences for more common conditions

In their pursuit to discover the mechanism behind how the deadly rare disease RVCL does its damage, Penn Medicine researchers found some clues to the DNA damage theory of aging.

Two medical professional looking at a screen during a colonoscopy.

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.

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