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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.

Fox 29 (Philadelphia)

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.

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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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As a primary care physician, here’s how I hope to partner with AI

In an opinion essay, Jeffrey Millstein of the Perelman School of Medicine says that patients and clinicians should be active participants when incorporating AI into primary care.

A mutation hiding in one unique patient could save others from forming a ‘second skeleton’

One patient led Penn Medicine’s Fred Kaplan to a genetic discovery surrounding the “trigger” for a debilitating skeletal condition.

A sign that reads Welcome to the Navajo Nation.

Intervention in Navajo Nation boosts uptake for heart failure drugs by 53%

LDI senior fellow Lauren Eberly details her latest study on the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico, highlighting the increased uptake of guideline-directed heart failure therapy drugs.

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