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Health Sciences
Fighting the opioid epidemic
Fighting the opioid epidemic
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For this high school student, the trauma operating room is the classroom
For this high school student, the trauma operating room is the classroom
Grayson Graham, a student at Germantown Friends School, recently completed an internship in a level 1 trauma center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
Research identifies changes in neural circuits underlying self-control, decision-making during adolescent brain development
Research identifies changes in neural circuits underlying self-control, decision-making during adolescent brain development
A Penn study shows developing brain networks support cognition in youth, from decision-making and self-control to complex thought.
AI tool helps find life-saving medicine for rare disease
AI tool helps find life-saving medicine for rare disease
Set to enter hospice care, a patient with idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease is now in remission after treatment with a medication predicated as the top treatment by an AI-guided analysis.
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Travel tips for breastfeeding mothers
Travel tips for breastfeeding mothers
As the traveling season gets underway, experts Diane Spatz and Elizabeth Froh offer advice for breastfeeding and pumping on trains, planes, and automobiles.
Genetic variant largely found in patients of African descent increases risk for heart failure
Genetic variant largely found in patients of African descent increases risk for heart failure
A new study, led by Penn Medicine, reveals that this genetic cause of heart failure, which is now treatable, is significantly underdiagnosed.
What’s the future of blood pressure monitoring?
What’s the future of blood pressure monitoring?
Blood pressure monitoring is evolving for more convenience, comfort and accessibility, and may feature innovative methods, like customized “smart” sneakers, or by taking a two-minute video selfie.
In the News
NPR
Greater attention to men’s health could bridge life expectancy gap, researchers say
PIK Professor Derek Griffith says that women’s equality, equity, and opportunities can be promoted while actually focusing on the health and well-being of men.
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Self
Life got you down? Experts suggest ‘lemonading’
Nora Brier of the Perelman School of Medicine recommends acting opposite to emotions of sadness when those feelings have been present for a long time.
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The Atlantic
RFK Jr. won. Now what?
Allison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing says that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disavowing his vaccine antagonism would likely do more to turn some of his most ardent supporters against him than to change their views.
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USA Today
Health companies return $2.6 trillion to shareholders over time amid rising medical costs
A study led by Victor Roy of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that consumers and employers ultimately contributed to corporate health profits by paying for insurance premiums, out-of-pocket medical bills, and taxes.
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New Scientist
CAR T-cell therapy could help prevent clogged arteries
Robert Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine says that, if statins worked perfectly, cardiovascular disease wouldn’t remain the leading cause of death worldwide.
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