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Breaking through the mysteries of predicting coma recovery

Penn Medicine’s David Fischer created the RECOVER (REcovery of COnsciousness Via Evidence-Based Medicine and Research) program to provide specialized, comprehensive, and ongoing care for coma patients in various stages of coma recovery.

Wildfire smoke is probably harming your brain

A study by Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that wildfire smoke exposure can significantly increase the risk of dementia.

How wildfire smoke could cause dementia

A study by Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that wildfire smoke exposure can significantly increase the risk of dementia.

Wildfire smoke increases dementia risk more than other forms of air pollution, landmark study finds

A study by Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that exposure to wildfire smoke increases the odds of being diagnosed with dementia even more than exposure to other forms of air pollution.

Dementia risk rises with wildfire smoke exposure. Here’s how to protect yourself

A study by Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that wildfire smoke exposure can contribute to cognitive decline.

Vijay Balasubramanian writes equations on a whiteboard with a graduate student

Four academic journeys explored

Vijay Balasubramanian and Tukufu Zuberi in the School of Arts & Sciences, Amy Hillier in the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Brittany Watson in the School of Veterinary Medicine share their academic paths toward interdisciplinary work.

A detailed look at children’s brains might show how sex and gender are different, new study says

A study co-authored by Dani S. Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science finds that sex and gender map onto largely distinct parts of the brain.

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.

Who, What, Why

Who, What, Why: Lasya Sreepada on decoding Alzheimer’s disease

The doctoral candidate at the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses her path to brain research and how it set her on a course to demystifying neurological diseases using data science approaches.

A group of rhesus macaques sits amidst the bare, leafless trees of their hurricane-impacted habitat.

Hurricane changed ‘rules of the game’ in monkey society

PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators from the University of Exeter find Hurricane Maria transformed a monkey society by changing the pros and cons of their interpersonal relations.

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