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Penn Study Suggests Another Avenue for Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have determined that a well-known chemical process called acetylation has a previously unrecognized association with one of the...
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Penn Study: Cardiovascular Patients’ Perspectives On Guilt As A Motivational...
Current research supports the notion that lifestyle choices influence cardiovascular health, but to what extent specific emotions play is undefined. Now, new research from the University of...
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TAVI As Good As Traditional Surgery for High Risk, Operable Patients
Just released data from a clinical trial shows continued promise for a new minimally invasive treatment option for patients with severe aortic stenosis. New research presented at the 2011 American...
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Severe Psoriasis Linked to Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events
Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease, and if severe, has been demonstrated to be a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease. However, the degree to which psoriasis is associated with...
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Penn Study Sheds Light on End of Life Management of Implanted Defibrillators
Each year, more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. undergo implantation of a new implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for heart rhythm abnormalities. This number constitutes a 20-fold increase...
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Modern Targeted Drug Plus Old Malaria Pill Serve a 1-2 Punch in Advanced...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may have found a way to turn an adaptive cellular response into a liability for cancer cells. When normal cells are starved for food,...
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Opioids Now Most Prescribed Class of Medications
Two reports by addiction researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the National Institute on Drug Abuse show a drastic shift in prescribing patterns impacting the magnitude...
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A New Way to Make Reprogrammed Stem Cells
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have devised a totally new and far more efficient way of generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), immature cells that are able...
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Loss of Cell Adhesion Protein Drives Esophageal and Oral Cancers in Mice
Squamous cell cancers of the oral cavity and esophagus are common throughout the world, with over 650,000 cases of oral cancer each year and esophageal cancer representing the sixth most common cause...
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David B. Roth, MD, PhD Named Chair of the Penn Medicine Department of...
David B. Roth, MD, PhD has been appointed chair of Penn Medicine's Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, effective July 1, 2011.
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Ends of Chromosomes Protected by Stacked, Coiled DNA Caps, Penn Study Finds
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are delving into the details of the complex structure at the ends of chromosomes. Recent work describes how these structures, called...
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Preventing Chronic Diseases in People Living with HIV/AIDS
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that interventions to promote healthy behaviors, including eating more fruits and vegetables, increasing physical activity, and participating in...
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Studies of Mutated Protein in Lou Gehrig’s Disease Reveal New Paths for Drug...
Several genes have been linked to ALS, with one of the most recent called FUS. Two new studies examined FUS biology in yeast and found that defects in RNA biology may be central to how FUS contributes...
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National Trial Shows Equal Efficacy of Two Medications Used to Treat...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that damages the retina and can destroy central vision, affects approximately 1.6 million Americans. For the past five years, there has been active...
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Black Patients More Likely to be Admitted to Hospitals With Lowest Survival...
Black cardiac arrest victims are more likely to die when they’re treated in hospitals that care for a large black population than when they’re brought to hospitals with a greater proportion of white...
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Medical Student Will Address Hypertension in African American Men Through...
(Nicholas) Kenji Taylor, a first-year year student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been named one of 15 Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows for 2011-2012. Schweitzer Fellows...
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Penn Study Shows Drop Off in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgeries for Heart Patients
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows a substantial decrease in one type of revascularization procedure, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, while rates of...
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Invitation to Cover: Penn Wissahickon Hospice Teams Up with the Moyer...
According to U.S. Census Reports, nearly 16,000 children in the Philadelphia area have suffered the loss of a parent.
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Raymond and Ruth Perelman Donate $225 Million to the University of...
The University of Pennsylvania has received a $225 million gift - the largest single gift in its history - from philanthropist Raymond G. Perelman and his wife, Ruth, to benefit Penn’s world-renowned...
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Graduates Class...
One hundred and forty seven Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania students will take the Hippocratic Oath for the first time as new doctors this Sunday, as Arthur H. Rubenstein,...
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