Medicine

Excessive heat and air pollution are putting farmworkers’ lives at risk

Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on fatal heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular events linked to high temperatures.

A Penn program helps uninsured patients get surgeries. They just received funding to expand

Nearly 1,000 Penn Medicine patients have undergone surgery that they had put off—from gallbladder removal to hysterectomies to wound treatments—through a program that pairs patients with “navigators” who help them plan and prepare for a surgery.

$2 billion in UPenn health system profits has supported medical research and teaching in last decade

Penn has plowed $2 billion in profits from its health system into medical research and physician support in the last 10 years, money aimed at supporting such breakthrough work as the mRNA vaccine for which its scientists won a 2023 Nobel Prize.

Apple keeps chasing the ultimate health-tracking watch—but it could take years

Jordana Cohen of the Perelman School of Medicine says that smartwatches for health monitoring are not yet ready for prime time or for clinical use.

Only 35% of people eligible for statins use them, study shows. How do you know if you should be on them?

Alexander C. Fanaroff of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how lowering cholesterol with statins can help reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Gut health could play a role in how blood cancer patients respond to therapy

Marco Ruella of the Perelman School of Medicine says that researchers need to tackle the problems with CAR T cell therapy to increase survival rates and improve the quality of life for cancer survivors.

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Research shows how stress activates neurons that disrupt sleep

New research from Penn Medicine shows suppressing these neurons may be a promising target for therapies to treat stress-related sleep disorders, like insomnia and PTSD.

First in-human clinical trial of CAR T cell therapy with new binding mechanism shows promising early responses

The therapy tested in a Phase 1 clinical trial might drastically change the way the T cells work, potentially allowing the new CAR T cell product to work where other products have failed.

This Penn resident is behind an AI app aiming to reduce physician burnout

Penn Medicine resident Nikhil Illa is featured as the cofounder of Pocket Scribe, maker of a cloud-based app that assists physicians by using artificial intelligence to transcribe and sort dictated notes. The app won the Best Pitch Award at Pennovation’s annual accelerator pitch day.

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One in six patients with opioid use disorder leaving the hospital before completing treatment

A new Penn Medicine analysis shows that discharges too early for patients with opioid use disorder increased over 50% between 2016 and 2020.

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