Engineers create faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing with pencil lead César de la Fuente, Presidential Assistant Professor Engineers create faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing with pencil lead A new electrochemical COVID-19 test addresses the challenges of cost, time, and accuracy and uses electrodes made from graphite.
Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn Fran Barg spent more than 30 years at Penn, conducting research that fell at the intersection of medicine and anthropology. Though she technically retired in June 2021, she plans to remain connected to Penn, to the mentoring and research that has enriched her career. Medical anthropologist Fran Barg reflects on three decades at Penn She spent her career studying the culture of medicine. Through collaborations with colleagues in medicine and anthropology, she’s pinpointed why it’s so crucial to see serious medical problems from both a scientific perspective and a patient one.
Relief for dry eyes Relief for dry eyes Dry eye is a common condition, affecting nearly half of U.S. adults at some point during their lives, but it is often overlooked as a serious ailment, and the classic symptom of dry eyes isn’t always present.
Scaling the model of care for patients with opioid use disorder Scaling the model of care for patients with opioid use disorder Data show that concurrent with the opioid overdose crisis, there has been an increase in hospitalizations of people with opioid use disorder. One in ten of these hospitalized medical or surgical patients have comorbid opioid-related diagnoses.
Is your long-lasting makeup toxic? Study raises concerns about PFAS in cosmetics Penn In the News The Washington Post Is your long-lasting makeup toxic? Study raises concerns about PFAS in cosmetics Bruce Brod of the Perelman School of Medicine said the dangers of PFAS in cosmetics are unclear. “It’s still an emerging body as far as the toxicology and risks to health,” he said. “I don’t think the evidence exists to make a broad-brush recommendation for consumers to avoid [all] of them.” Minimizing disruption, maximizing sleep in the hospital Minimizing disruption, maximizing sleep in the hospital The Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has embraced the challenge of design for minimizing sleep disruption in hospitals. Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education Penn Libraries is part of a multi-institution-funded project to digitize materials from early medical education. More than 1,000 Penn dissertations are now online, with the earliest dating from 1807. Older adults’ access to primary care during the pandemic Older adults’ access to primary care during the pandemic Older patients who accessed primary care via telemedicine had lower hospitalization rates, but racial disparities in outcomes of in-person primary care persist, with Black older adults more likely to be hospitalized after a telemedicine visit. In rural America, religious attendance reduces compassion regarding opioids In rural America, religious attendance reduces compassion regarding opioids Rural areas—particularly those in Appalachian and Midwestern states—are hard hit by the opioid epidemic. However, many individuals in those same states do not support policies scientifically proven to help, like medically aided treatment and syringe exchanges. Cytokine treatment promotes weight loss by ‘sweating’ fat Penn Medicine researchers discovered that obese mice were able to shed 40% of their body weight by secreting fat through their skin. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Cytokine treatment promotes weight loss by ‘sweating’ fat A seemingly unremarkable observation—greasy hair—showed Penn researchers how the immune system could be targeted to reverse obesity.
Minimizing disruption, maximizing sleep in the hospital Minimizing disruption, maximizing sleep in the hospital The Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has embraced the challenge of design for minimizing sleep disruption in hospitals.
Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education Two centuries old, a handwritten record of medical education Penn Libraries is part of a multi-institution-funded project to digitize materials from early medical education. More than 1,000 Penn dissertations are now online, with the earliest dating from 1807.
Older adults’ access to primary care during the pandemic Older adults’ access to primary care during the pandemic Older patients who accessed primary care via telemedicine had lower hospitalization rates, but racial disparities in outcomes of in-person primary care persist, with Black older adults more likely to be hospitalized after a telemedicine visit.
In rural America, religious attendance reduces compassion regarding opioids In rural America, religious attendance reduces compassion regarding opioids Rural areas—particularly those in Appalachian and Midwestern states—are hard hit by the opioid epidemic. However, many individuals in those same states do not support policies scientifically proven to help, like medically aided treatment and syringe exchanges.
Cytokine treatment promotes weight loss by ‘sweating’ fat Penn Medicine researchers discovered that obese mice were able to shed 40% of their body weight by secreting fat through their skin. (Image: Penn Medicine News) Cytokine treatment promotes weight loss by ‘sweating’ fat A seemingly unremarkable observation—greasy hair—showed Penn researchers how the immune system could be targeted to reverse obesity.