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How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds

New research from Penn Medicine shows that a certain bug could be used to develop topical or bacterial-based treatments for patients with wounds that do not heal well on their own.

The New York Times

A blood test accurately diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the time, study finds

Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study which found that a blood test could correctly identify patients with Alzheimer’s.

PhillyVoice

Double mastectomies do not improve breast cancer survival likelihood for most women, study finds

Angela DeMichele of the Perelman School of Medicine says that chemotherapy and hormonal therapies are important for combating breast cancer because they’re designed to kill spreading cells.

The New York Times

Breast cancer survival not boosted by double mastectomy, study says

Angela DeMichele of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study which found that breast cancer survival is not boosted by a double mastectomy.

The New York Times

A disease that makes children age rapidly gets closer to a cure

Kiran Musunuru of the Perelman School of Medicine says there’s no guarantee that gene editing which worked well in mice will also work with human patients.

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.

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.

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.

A gloved hand dripping a substance from a pipette onto pills.

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.

A transcranial magnetic stimulation tool hovering over a human brain model.

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.

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How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds

A blood test accurately diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the time, study finds

Double mastectomies do not improve breast cancer survival likelihood for most women, study finds

Breast cancer survival not boosted by double mastectomy, study says

A disease that makes children age rapidly gets closer to a cure

Preventive care is under threat: PrEP now or pay later

This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others

Redefining how we age

Charting a new frontier with psychedelic drugs

New form of repetitive magnetic brain stimulation reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder