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Penn Researchers Call for Obesity Prevention Efforts to Focus on Community-Wide Systems
National data show that currently more than 10 percent of preschoolers in the United States are obese, and an additional 10 percent are overweight.
Penn Researchers Call for Obesity Prevention Efforts to Focus on Community-Wide Systems that Influence Early Life
National data show that currently more than 10 percent of preschoolers in the United States are obese, and an additional 10 percent are overweight.
Penn's Perelman School of Medicine Selected by NIH as Center of Excellence in Pain Education
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and School of Dental Medicine, has been designated a national Center of Excellence in Pain Educa
Penn Medicine Researchers Study Prescription-Drug Monitoring Programs
Individual use of prescription opioids has increased four-fold since the mid-1990s, in part due to increased awareness of pain control for chronic conditions such as low back pain and fibromyalgia and a Joint Commission mandate that hospitals assess patients' pain as a "vital sign" along with their blood pressure and temperature.
RightCare Solutions, a Startup Based on Penn Nursing Research, Wins the Janssen Connected Care Challenge
PHILADELPHIA — Discharge Decision Support System, a tool to improve health-care outcomes based on research conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, is the winner of the Janssen Connected Care Challe
Penn: Photodynamic Therapy Added to Lung-Sparing Surgery Improves Survival for Mesothelioma Patients
Among patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, treatment with lung-sparing surgery in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT) yielded unusually long survival rates, with median survival rates up to two or more years longer than is reported with traditional treatments, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the Univ
Penn to Host G20 Foreign Policy Think Tanks Summit
The Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), one of the leading think tanks in Brazil and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) will co-sponsor a three-day conference at the University of Pennsylvania, the “G20 Fo
State-of-the-art Large Animal Care at Penn Vet’s Moran Critical Care Center
The goal of a hospital it to make patients well, but hospital-acquired infections can result in just the opposite. That’s why infection control has become a top priority in medical facilities — and, increasingly, in veterinary settings as well.
Penn Researchers Recognized for Improving Nanotech Design Principles
PHILADELPHIA — Targeted drug delivery is one of the more enticing applications of nanotechnology; by designing pharmaceuticals on an atomic scale, engineers hope to get them attacking diseases with newfound precision and efficiency.
Penn Graduate Students Kara Cohen, Katie Murphy Selected as Schweitzer Fellows
PHILADELPHIA – Two University of Pennsylvania graduate students are among 16 from around the region selected as Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows for 2012-13.
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Fortune
California declares a state of emergency as a new severe bird flu case was discovered. What it means for the rest of the country
Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine says the latest H5N1 bird flu strain might have a greater potential to adapt and cause severe disease in humans.
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The New York Times
Is protein powder a scam?
Colleen Tewksbury of the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine says that the vast majority of people in the U.S. already get enough protein from the foods they eat and don’t need to take it in supplement form.
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NPR
For kids with rare genetic disorders, customized CRISPR treatments offer hope
Scientists at Penn are trying to develop a template for groups of rare conditions that are similar enough to be affected by a single, easily adaptable gene-editing treatment.
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Today
I’m an orthopedist. Seven things I never do to keep my muscle and bones healthy
Samir Mehta of the Perelman School of Medicine says that older adults playing sports need to understand who their competition is and make sure they’re playing with people who are at the appropriate level.
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Runner’s World
These 10 expert-backed tips will help boost your running recovery
John Vasudevan of the Perelman School of Medicine offers tips to boost recovery from a running workout, such as making sure the breathing rate is increased enough to be properly warmed up.
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