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The coming crisis in dementia care and why PA is woefully unprepared

Joel Streim and Alison Lynn of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on how and why Pennsylvania is in a perilous position with dementia care.

Researchers discover test to predict which patients with rare blood disease will respond to only FDA-approved treatment, and identify alternative therapy

David Fajgenbaum and Sheila Pierson of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss their latest research and findings in the treatment of Castleman disease.

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A new approach to determining post-acute care for older adults with dementia

Two new studies measure the outcomes of home health care versus a skilled nursing facility for patients with dementia after being discharged in hospitals, and find that the mental status at the time of discharge is more relevant than a dementia diagnosis.

The growing opioid epidemic

Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed about the pandemic’s impact on the opioid crisis.

Do you really need a COVID-19 booster shot? Experts disagree

Aaron Richterman of the Perelman School of Medicine says it is not clear that boosters would prevent mild breakthrough infections unless they were modified to target the delta variant.

Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick

Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on how vaccine skepticism and defiance of public health mandates in talk radio may have started in the early 1990s.

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New program inspires underrepresented young women to cancer research

The Abramson Cancer Center’s Summer Health Experience, or SHE, program introduces young women to careers in cancer research. Statistics show that Black and Latinx women are severely underrepresented in the health sciences.

Looking to improve your mood and sleep better? Experts say to take more baths

Veena Graff of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how baths have been proven to relieve stress by increasing body temperature, calming the nervous system, and releasing endorphins such as dopamine and serotonin.

Biden’s top-down booster plan sparks anger at FDA

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Paul Offit notes that the administration’s booster plan wasn’t the FDA’s booster plan.

Restoring ‘chaperone’ protein may prevent plaque buildup in Alzheimer’s

Penn Medicine researchers show how restoring levels of the protein DAXX and a large group of similar proteins prevents the misfolding of the rogue proteins known to drive Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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