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Penn Medicine Public Art Initiative Aims to Draw Attention to AEDs

Penn Medicine Public Art Initiative Aims to Draw Attention to AEDs

If you saw someone collapse and lose consciousness, you would likely call 911, and if they weren’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse, you might also know to start CPR while you waited for help to arrive. But would you know where to look for an automated external defibrillator (AED)?

Jessica Mikulski

Penn Medicine Study Finds More than A Third of Women Have Hot Flashes 10 Years after Menopause

Penn Medicine Study Finds More than A Third of Women Have Hot Flashes 10 Years after Menopause

A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that moderate to severe hot flashes continue, on average, for nearly 5 years after menopause, and more than a third of women experience moderate/severe hot flashes for 10 years or more after menopause.

Katie Delach

Penn Medicine: Regulatory Protein Serves as a Natural Boost for Immune System's Fight Against Infection, Tumors

Penn Medicine: Regulatory Protein Serves as a Natural Boost for Immune System's Fight Against Infection, Tumors

Substances called adjuvants that enhance the body’s immune response are critical to getting the most out of vaccines. These boosters stimulate the regular production of antibodies -- caused by foreign substances in the body -- toxins, bacteria, foreign blood cells, and the cells of transplanted organs.

Karen Kreeger

Penn Medicine Pediatrician and Bioethicist Honored for Outstanding Care, Compassion and Advancements in Palliative Care

Penn Medicine Pediatrician and Bioethicist Honored for Outstanding Care, Compassion and Advancements in Palliative Care

Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Steven D. Handler Endowed Chair of Medical Ethics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, was recently presented with the 2014 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award in the mid-career category.

Katie Delach

3D Printing for Veterinary Surgeries

3D Printing for Veterinary Surgeries

In PennDesign’s Fabrication Lab, students and faculty use three-dimensional printers to craft geometric forms, architectural models, and other products of the imagination.

Katherine Unger Baillie