Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality Image: lisanna881 via Getty Images Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality Penn Medicine researchers find that earplugs work better in protecting sleep from traffic noise, challenging the widespread use of ambient sound machines and apps marketed as sleep aids. 2 min. read
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Are you lazy or do you have pathological demand avoidance? Penn In the News New York Magazine Are you lazy or do you have pathological demand avoidance? Edward Brodkin of the Perelman School of Medicine says pathological demand avoidance is something of a catchall term. KC-area agency posted video of a woman in mental crisis, then backtracked. Why? Penn In the News Kansas City Star KC-area agency posted video of a woman in mental crisis, then backtracked. Why? Maria Oquendo from the Perelman School of Medicine comments on being cautious about identifying individual people when releasing health information. How ‘fawning’ is ruining your relationships Penn In the News The New York Times How ‘fawning’ is ruining your relationships Nora Brier of the Perelman School of Medicine says that research on “fawning” is still emerging, although there isn’t enough evidence yet to consider it a nervous system response like fight, flight, or freeze. Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain A penguin watching a vessel at sea.(Image: Michael Beaulieu—French Polar Institute) Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain New research from Penn Medicine shows the negative, yet reversible, impact of spending time in isolated, confined, extreme environments—such as an Antarctic research station. 5 min. read Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is the Ruth Meltzer Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is leading a task force to reimagine the future of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 2 min. read A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy Image: gorodenkoff via Getty Images A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy New research from Penn Medicine finds that ECT sets in motion a brain event that resets its neurons, and has the potential to guide personalized ECT dosing to target specific outcomes in the brain. 2 min. read Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Image: vzmaze via Getty Images Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have uncovered how nitrous oxide, an anesthetic used worldwide since the 19th century, could help lift mood fast in people with depression that resists other treatments. 1 min. read Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, according to new research published in Nature Medicine from a team at the Perelman School of Medicine. 1 min. read Load More
KC-area agency posted video of a woman in mental crisis, then backtracked. Why? Penn In the News Kansas City Star KC-area agency posted video of a woman in mental crisis, then backtracked. Why? Maria Oquendo from the Perelman School of Medicine comments on being cautious about identifying individual people when releasing health information. How ‘fawning’ is ruining your relationships Penn In the News The New York Times How ‘fawning’ is ruining your relationships Nora Brier of the Perelman School of Medicine says that research on “fawning” is still emerging, although there isn’t enough evidence yet to consider it a nervous system response like fight, flight, or freeze. Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain A penguin watching a vessel at sea.(Image: Michael Beaulieu—French Polar Institute) Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain New research from Penn Medicine shows the negative, yet reversible, impact of spending time in isolated, confined, extreme environments—such as an Antarctic research station. 5 min. read Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is the Ruth Meltzer Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is leading a task force to reimagine the future of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 2 min. read A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy Image: gorodenkoff via Getty Images A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy New research from Penn Medicine finds that ECT sets in motion a brain event that resets its neurons, and has the potential to guide personalized ECT dosing to target specific outcomes in the brain. 2 min. read Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Image: vzmaze via Getty Images Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have uncovered how nitrous oxide, an anesthetic used worldwide since the 19th century, could help lift mood fast in people with depression that resists other treatments. 1 min. read Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, according to new research published in Nature Medicine from a team at the Perelman School of Medicine. 1 min. read Load More
How ‘fawning’ is ruining your relationships Penn In the News The New York Times How ‘fawning’ is ruining your relationships Nora Brier of the Perelman School of Medicine says that research on “fawning” is still emerging, although there isn’t enough evidence yet to consider it a nervous system response like fight, flight, or freeze. Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain A penguin watching a vessel at sea.(Image: Michael Beaulieu—French Polar Institute) Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain New research from Penn Medicine shows the negative, yet reversible, impact of spending time in isolated, confined, extreme environments—such as an Antarctic research station. 5 min. read Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is the Ruth Meltzer Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is leading a task force to reimagine the future of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 2 min. read A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy Image: gorodenkoff via Getty Images A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy New research from Penn Medicine finds that ECT sets in motion a brain event that resets its neurons, and has the potential to guide personalized ECT dosing to target specific outcomes in the brain. 2 min. read Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Image: vzmaze via Getty Images Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have uncovered how nitrous oxide, an anesthetic used worldwide since the 19th century, could help lift mood fast in people with depression that resists other treatments. 1 min. read Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, according to new research published in Nature Medicine from a team at the Perelman School of Medicine. 1 min. read
Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain A penguin watching a vessel at sea.(Image: Michael Beaulieu—French Polar Institute) Measuring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on the brain New research from Penn Medicine shows the negative, yet reversible, impact of spending time in isolated, confined, extreme environments—such as an Antarctic research station. 5 min. read
Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is the Ruth Meltzer Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Penn’s Psychiatry chair is helping to reenvision how mental illness is diagnosed Maria Oquendo is leading a task force to reimagine the future of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 2 min. read
A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy Image: gorodenkoff via Getty Images A hard reset on electroconvulsive therapy New research from Penn Medicine finds that ECT sets in motion a brain event that resets its neurons, and has the potential to guide personalized ECT dosing to target specific outcomes in the brain. 2 min. read
Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Image: vzmaze via Getty Images Laughing gas: An old drug’s new trick to fight depression Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine have uncovered how nitrous oxide, an anesthetic used worldwide since the 19th century, could help lift mood fast in people with depression that resists other treatments. 1 min. read
Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins—rather than waiting the currently recommended six months—can more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone, according to new research published in Nature Medicine from a team at the Perelman School of Medicine. 1 min. read