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In extreme heat, do you need more electrolytes?
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.

When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops
A person texting while driving.

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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.

Frank Otto

Abortion restrictions harm mental health, with low-income women hardest hit
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.

Protecting against burnout
Kandi Wiens.

Kandi Wiens is the co-director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education program.

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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
lungs suspended in a block of ice.

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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.

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There’s a right way—and a wrong way—to snack
The Wall Street Journal

There’s a right way—and a wrong way—to snack

Christina A. Roberto of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that, if you do snack at night, decide what to eat ahead of time.

Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging
The Washington Post

Watching Biden, many see the heartbreaking indignities of aging

Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine says that a debate inherently tests an individual’s cognitive abilities of attention, concentration, multitasking, working memory, and language.