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Weight Loss Drug Helps Curb Cocaine Addictions, Penn Study Finds

Weight Loss Drug Helps Curb Cocaine Addictions, Penn Study Finds

The drug topiramate, typically used to treat epilepsy and more recently weight loss, may also help people addicted to both cocaine and alcohol use less cocaine, particularly heavy users, researchers in the department of Psychiatry at Penn Medicine report in a new study published in Drug and

Steve Graff

Nano-Noses at Penn Science Cafe

Nano-Noses at Penn Science Cafe

Physicist Charlie Johnson connects the biological to the digital, using graphene and carbon nanotubes to turn chemical interactions into electrical signals. Johnson will explain how attaching biological structures, such as antibodies, to these flat or rolled-up lattices of carbon atoms has enabled him and his colleagues to build new kinds of sensors, detecting things like Lyme disease bacteria.

Evan Lerner

Penn: Path of Plaque Buildup in Brain Shows Promise as Early Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease

Penn: Path of Plaque Buildup in Brain Shows Promise as Early Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease

The trajectory of amyloid plaque buildup—clumps of abnormal proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease—may serve as a more powerful biomarker for early detection of cognitive decline rather than using the total amount to gauge risk, researchers from Penn Medicine’s Department of Radiology suggest in a new study published online July 1

Steve Graff

Penn Study Reveals Promise of 'Human Computing Power'

Penn Study Reveals Promise of 'Human Computing Power'

“Human computing power” harnessed from ordinary citizens across the world has the potential to accelerate the pace of health care research of all kinds, a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, writes in a new review published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. 

Jessica Mikulski

Penn Presbyterian's Nisenbaum Named President-elect of WFUMB

Penn Presbyterian's Nisenbaum Named President-elect of WFUMB

Harvey L. Nisenbaum, MD, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU, chairman, Department of Medical Imaging at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center was named President-Elect (2013-2015) of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology at the WFUMB World Congress 2013 Meeting, May 2-5, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Katie Delach

Penn Study Shows Vascular Link in Alzheimer's Disease with Cognition

Penn Study Shows Vascular Link in Alzheimer's Disease with Cognition

Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that, across a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, cerebrovascular disease affecting circulation of blood in the brain was significantly associated with dementia.

Kim Menard

Penn Medicine Study Sheds Light on Why Low-Income Patients Prefer Hospital Care to a Doctor's Office

Penn Medicine Study Sheds Light on Why Low-Income Patients Prefer Hospital Care to a Doctor's Office

Patients with low socioeconomic status use emergency and hospital care more often than primary care because they believe hospital care is more affordable and convenient, and of better quality than care provided by primary care physicians, according to the results of a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylv

Katie Delach

Mariell Jessup, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Becomes President of the American Heart Association

Mariell Jessup, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Becomes President of the American Heart Association

Mariell Jessup, MD, professor of Medicine, associate chief, Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, and medical director of the Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center, has become the president of the American Heart Association (AHA). Her term begins July 1, 2013.

Jessica Mikulski