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Three things to know about BRCA mutations in men

Kara Maxwell, director of the Men & BRCA Program at the Basser Center, is bridging the knowledge gap about how BRCA mutations affect men.

Doctors save life of Chester County baseball coach after suffering stroke

Christopher Favilla of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues helped save the life of a Chester County youth basketball coach who suffered a stroke.

Shift work may harm the health of men more than women

Garret FitzGerald of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there are different exposures in shift work depending on job type.

As more hospitals create police forces, critics warn of pitfalls

Elinore Kaufman of the Perelman School of Medicine says that hospital police forces should be a last resort after better health care staffing, a boost in overall training, and teaching de-escalation skills.

Pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in small initial trial

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine is supportive of findings about a pancreatic cancer vaccine, though he says larger studies are needed to determine effectiveness.

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‘Communities for Childbirth’ in action

President Engagement Prize winner and fourth-year Seungwon ‘Lucy’ Lee is creating a coordinated referral system of first responders, emergency dispatchers, and systemized hospital networks to improve emergency maternal health care in Uganda.

Teamsters have ended a 3-week strike at the Philly area’s largest Coca-Cola distributor

A study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine found that a Philadelphia soda tax decreased the purchase of sweetened beverages by 40%.

Limb-lengthening surgery can make you taller, but it isn't an easy cosmetic fix

Samir Mehta of the Perelman School of Medicine says that limb-lengthening surgeries are most often used to correct deformities or length discrepancies that have been present since birth or were caused by trauma or cancer.

The majority of stroke survivors develop this serious complication within a year

Andrea L. Schneider of the Perelman School of Medicine says that many people initially have significant cognitive dysfunction after a stroke.

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Why Penn research powers many FDA-approved treatments

Since 2017, the FDA approved more than two dozen new therapies with roots at Penn Medicine—almost half of which are first-in-class for their indications.

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