Internal Medicine

Penn Medicine’s 1,500th lung transplant

The milestone transplant helped give new life to Garcia Bolton, a father, truck driver, poet, and lifelong Philadelphian.

This stamp-sized ultrasound patch can image internal organs

Chandra Sehgal of the Perelman School of Medicine speaks on the potential reliability and user-friendliness of a smaller ultrasound patch.

Police officer dies after medical emergency in Louisiana heat

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the number of deaths due to heat-related illnesses that could be underreported because many death certificates do not list heat as a cause of death.

The increasing death toll in the U.S. from extreme heat

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about why, as a cardiologist, he is so concerned about heat.

Head injury: Higher risk of epilepsy later in life

Andrea Schneider of the Perelman School of Medicine says that one head injury is associated with about 1.2 times increased risk but having more than one head injury is associated with more than two times increased risk.

X-ray rendered in bright colors highlighting the kidneys.

New research maps possible molecular origins of kidney disease

Penn scientists have identified more than 500 genes associated with kidney disease that could be therapeutic targets.

Replica of a torso with a brain embedded in place of the digestive system.

Helping the brain to heal the gut

In the second edition of her book on irritable bowel syndrome, Penn psychologist Melissa Hunt explores advances made in the past decade. Her aim is to offer accessible, effective, self-help psychological treatment for those who suffer from the disorder.

African American person at a renal clinic with a blanket on their lap and an IV in their hand.

Exploring racism’s health impact in a VA renal clinic

A new study by Penn LDI’s Kevin Jenkins provides new insights into how structural racism impacts Black patients’ lives and treatment experience for chronic kidney disease.

Can a night owl become an early bird?

“Your circadian rhythm tendencies are genetic and can’t really be changed,” said Ilene M. Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine, referring to the body’s innate 24-hour circadian cycles that govern when we wake up and fall asleep. “But the good news is that we can give our clocks some cues that influence it a little bit.”

graphic of a person with both gum inflammation and arthritis in an elbow, showing the cells involved in the relationship between the two conditions

How one inflammatory disorder exacerbates another

Researchers from the School of Dental Medicine and colleagues from Dresden, Germany demonstrate that an association between conditions such as severe gum disease and arthritis is traceable to the bone marrow.

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