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Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts
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Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering

Using AI to surface unreported GLP-1 side effects in Reddit posts

Researchers at Penn Engineering have identified patient-reported symptoms associated with GLP-1s in 400,000 posts from 70,000 user sand highlighted two main classes of symptoms that warrant further study.

Ian Scheffler

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Improving science and care for early pregnancy loss

Improving science and care for early pregnancy loss

Penn Medicine’s Courtney Schreiber has challenged the status quo of care through research and found peace for the unseen women undergoing first-trimester miscarriage.

From Penn Medicine News

2 min. read

Pet first aid training comes to the rescue
Penn Vet student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona.

Penn Vet student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona, taking a break from play at a local park.

(Image: Mo Icasiano)

Pet first aid training comes to the rescue

For Penn Vet Class of 2026 student Alison Kowalski and her Lab mix, Kona, first aid training helped Kowalski stay cool during Kona’s heat emergency.

From Penn Vet

2 min. read

Voting is linked to living longer
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Voting is linked to living longer

A new study co-authored by SP2’s Femida Handy shows that voting is associated with reduced mortality risk in older adults.

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How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives
A doctor working on a manikin in a clinic.

CHOP physician Madiha Raees and colleagues are in the process of analyzing data from a study in Botswana that utilized Annenberg Hotkeys to help medical providers retain information from an in-person training simulation on pediatric resuscitation. For the study, they filmed videos using mannikins in CHOP's simulation lab.

(Image: Courtesy of Shannon Wolf/CHOP)

How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children’s lives

A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in nonmedical uses.

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Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum
A latex-gloved hand hoding a petri dish of medical chewing gum.

A bioengineered bean gum from the lab of Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell is found to reduce the levels of three microbes associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer to almost zero, without affecting the beneficial bacteria normally found in the mouth.

(Image: Kevin Monko/Penn Dental Medicine)

Fighting oral cancer with bioengineered chewing gum

Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell shows that antiviral and antibacterial chewing gums reduce the levels of three microbes linked to worse outcomes in oral cancers, paving the way for more effective and affordable therapies.

2 min. read

Are your staffing metrics enough? New research on patient falls says maybe not

Are your staffing metrics enough? New research on patient falls says maybe not

A new study from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research finds that nurses’ assessments of their staffing adequacy is a more accurate predictor of patient safety on medical surgical units than traditional administrative data, and highlights a critical distinction in how staffing should be measured and managed.

Penn Medicine, CHOP team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness
Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire

Physician-scientists Jean Bennett and Al Maguire (right and left, respectively, pictured in their home), and Katherine High received the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their trailblazing work on the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited condition, which dramatically improves sight in people with a form of blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis.

(Image: Peggy Peterson)

Penn Medicine, CHOP team awarded Breakthrough Prize for developing gene therapy for inherited blindness

Jean Bennett, Albert Maguire, and Katherine High have been honored for their trailblazing work on the first FDA-approved gene therapy for an inherited condition.

From Penn Medicine News , Frank Otto

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