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What drives people away from medication for opioid use disorder?

Penn LDI experts have investigated the stigma and ideological beliefs surrounding using medications for opioid use disorder.

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A patient-powered registry boosts the study of a rare disease

A registry for Castleman disease lets patients initiate enrollment, increasing enrollment rates as well as the amount of clinical data and samples available to researchers.

Pandemic sleep issues persist as some battle ‘COVID-somnia,’ while others rest more

The Perelman School of Medicine's Jennifer Goldschmied was quoted on the reasons many people are having trouble sleeping during the COVID epidemic.

Public psychiatry’s mission: Providing mental health care to those who need it the most

Rachel Talley on public psychiatry, the impact of COVID-19 on community mental health, and how she went from an internship at the White House to championing public health at Penn’s department of Psychiatry.

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Researchers identify potential nanoparticles for therapeutic mRNA delivery before birth

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that could be used to deliver mRNA as part of fetal therapy.

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Artist Maya Lin’s large-scale installation will be on display in Penn Medicine’s new Pavilion

The new installation from the renowned artist and designer embodies the health system’s goal of creating calming, healing environments for patients.

2021 AL DÍA Top Doctors: A celebration of diversity in medicine unlike any other

Iris Reyes of the Perelman School of Medicine is among 12 Latino doctors honored by AL DÍA for contributions to the profession and the community. Reyes founded the UPHS-CHOP Alliance of Minority Physicians which has expanded diversity in the Health System, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Perelman School of Medicine. “I am proud to work alongside such talented and passionate medical students, trainees and faculty who seek to change the status quo,” said Reyes.

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Philly Police now transport 2 of every 3 gunshot victims to hospital

A new study shows that Philadelphia Police transport two of every three gunshot or stabbing victims to area trauma centers, helping ensure exceptional survival rates.

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Outcomes of critically ill COVID patients improved consistently during the pandemic

A Penn Medicine study finds that mortality rates of critically ill patients have progressively declined from the first surge of the pandemic, suggesting that hospital staff rapidly improved their management even before widespread use of evidence-based treatments.

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Opiate overdoses spike in Black Philadelphians, but drop in white residents since COVID-19

New research into opioid overdoses that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic highlights new disparities along racial lines that are likely fueled by existing inequality.

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