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Shaping policy to measure and improve equity in health care systems
Shaping policy to measure and improve equity in health care systems
Small changes in health care processes can make profound shifts in equity and inclusion. Those steps matter not just for gender and LGBTQ equity and inclusion, but in equity for patients of all racial and cultural backgrounds.
Penn Medicine‘s Match Day 2023
Penn Medicine‘s Match Day 2023
Throngs of family and friends cheered on Perelman School of Medicine’s graduating students as they learned where they matched for residency.
More cancers may be treated with drugs than previously believed
More cancers may be treated with drugs than previously believed
Using a Penn-designed neural network called PocketMiner, a Penn Medicine research team has identified hidden protein pockets that can provide new opportunities for cancer drugs to bind to.
Pregnancy complications tied to higher risk of death as long as 50 years later
Pregnancy complications tied to higher risk of death as long as 50 years later
Even decades after delivering pre-term or with conditions like gestational diabetes or high blood pressure, those with complications in pregnancy or birth have a higher risk of death.
How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?
How have women in the workforce fared, three years into the pandemic?
Despite hopeful signs that this demographic is returning to work, certain female-dominated sectors, like the care economy, still haven’t recovered, signaling there’s more to learn about COVID-19’s full effect.
A potential strategy to improve T cell therapy in solid tumors
A potential strategy to improve T cell therapy in solid tumors
A new Penn Medicine preclinical study finds that a new simultaneous “knockout” of two inflammatory regulators boosted T cell expansion to attach solid tumors.
With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
With frank text and bold illustrations, graphic novel tackles puberty head on
The new book, for 9- to 14-year-olds and written by two Penn undergrads and an alum, details what physically happens in the body as girls experience puberty, plus the internal emotions and external social forces that accompany it.
What drives transplant waitlisting disparities?
What drives transplant waitlisting disparities?
For transplant patients, psychosocial evaluations, like other measures in the transplant process, can lead to people of color facing worse outcomes.
The immune system does battle in the intestines to keep bacteria in check
The immune system does battle in the intestines to keep bacteria in check
New research from Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine demonstrates that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a relative of the bacterial pathogen that causes plague, triggers the body’s immune system to form lesions in the intestines called granulomas.
States with high COVID-19 death rates also saw high mortality from other causes
States with high COVID-19 death rates also saw high mortality from other causes
Research from Penn, Boston University, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows that between March 2020 and February 2021 non-COVID deaths accounted for some 20% of excess mortality.
In the News
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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The Washington Post
Dogs may be able to communicate by pressing buttons, research suggests
Postdoc Amritha Mallikarjun of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that dogs use buttons as a trained behavior to try and get the things they want.
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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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