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Meredith Mann
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Medicine
This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others
This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others
Kenya Pitt, chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, devotes her time to workforce strategies from compensation to talent acquisition to employee retention for the nearly 4,000 employees at PPMC.
Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs
Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs
Penn Medicine’s Dominic Sisti is part of a group of experts including bioethicists, psychiatrists, and Indigenous scholars charting a path toward crafting guidelines for the ethical use of psychedelics.
New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder
New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder
The potential bipolar disorder therapy can be completed in five days of treatment, compared to four-to-six weeks for standard transcranial magnetic simulation treatments.
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
New research from Penn Medicine finds that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving.
Protecting against burnout
Protecting against burnout
Penn GSE’s Kandi Wiens’ latest book aims to help readers build resilience to stress and heal their relationship to work.
Better survival rates from hospital-based donor care for lung transplants
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.
Social media use is associated with more frequent vaccination
Social media use is associated with more frequent vaccination
Researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more social media use actually correlates with more vaccination, but the reasons differ between Democrats and Republicans.
The power of protons
The power of protons
Penn Medicine has treated more than 10,000 cancer patients at three proton therapy centers across the region, including the largest and busiest center in the world—while also leading the way in research to expand the healing potential of these positive particles.
Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster
Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster
The Penn Fertility Care practice is the first and only fertility clinic in Lancaster County that has an embryology lab, allowing patients outside of the Philadelphia metro area equal access to the full range of Penn Fertility services and treatments.
New approach accurately identifies medications most toxic to the liver
New approach accurately identifies medications most toxic to the liver
A Penn Medicine-led study developed a novel approach to using health care data to measure rates of liver injury, as the current method of counting cases is not providing an accurate picture.
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The Hill
Preventive care is under threat: PrEP now or pay later
Jalpa Doshi of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine writes that the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case could invalidate a startling range of free preventive services and lead to a big jump in patients’ payments.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Redefining how we age
Lisa Walke of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses how to rebalance work, education, and family life with today’s longer life expectancies.
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The New York Times
In extreme heat, do you need more electrolytes?
Vishnu Potluri of the Perelman School of Medicine says that eating a nutritious diet and drinking water when thirsty is enough for most people to keep their electrolytes in balance.
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Today
How did Shannen Doherty die? What to know about ‘90210’ star’s cause of death
According to Penn Medicine, there is no known cure for metastatic breast cancer.
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Today
Mama June Shannon shares an update on her weight loss journey
Revisional bariatric surgery can repair or change a previous weight loss surgery, according to Penn Medicine.
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The Conversation
Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit
A study co-authored by Michaela R. Anderson of the Perelman School of Medicine traces how newly introduced gestational restrictions and abortion bans have affected mental health outcomes on a state-by-state basis.
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