Medicine

David Pegues at the Perelman School of Medicine explains how salmonella is transmitted from an exotic pet to humans and who is most at risk.

According to Penn Medicine, people with asthma may want to carry their inhaler at all times and avoid overheating it.

Sigrid Veasey of the Perelman School of Medicine says that some sleep apnea patients are so desperate for a solution that they sew tennis balls onto their shirts to stop them from sleeping on their backs, which makes snoring worse.

An arm of the charitable Foundation Fighting Blindness helped launch a company, Opus Genetics, to advance gene therapy work by Jean Bennett of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how the changing climate impacts the human body and why some groups are more prone to weather-related complications than others.

A study by Biniyam G. Demissei of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that Black patients were more likely to experience major adverse cardiovascular events after a treatment for prostate cancer.

Lauren Eberly of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine used a proactive telehealth program to improve access to care for Native American communities.

Florence Momplaisir of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine and Perelman’s Ronald Collman write that the recent Philadelphia city budget removing funding for syringe exchange will harm the city’s population.

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study which found that people who go to bed after 1 a.m. were more likely to experience mental health disorders.