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"Medical March Madness" as Perelman School of Medicine Students Countdown to...
At the stroke of noon on Friday, March 16, 140 Perelman School of Medicine students (70 women and 70 men) will gather in an emotion-filled ceremony to open their "residency placement" envelopes and...
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Penn Medicine Anesthesiologist Named as President of the Society for Critical...
Clifford S. Deutschman, MD, MS, professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and director of the Sepsis Research Program at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has been...
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Genetic Variation in Human Gut Viruses Could be Raw Material for Inner...
A growing body of evidence underscores the importance of human gut bacteria in modulating human health, metabolism, and disease.
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New Research from Penn Medicine Reveals Mothers of Kids with Autism Earn...
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a lifelong set of developmental disorders that often demand significant resources of time and money from families.
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Receives Renewal of Highest...
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) has been accredited for the second time as a Magnet organization - the highest institutional honor granted for nursing excellence - from the...
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Penn Researchers Find Mentoring Provides Health Benefits for African American...
Intervention by peer mentors has a statistically significant effect on improving glucose control in African American veterans with diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the Perelman School...
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Perelman School of Medicine Experts Identify Inhibitor Causing Male Pattern...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified an abnormal amount a protein called Prostaglandin D2 in the bald scalp of men with male pattern...
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Brain Insulin Resistance Contributes to Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease
Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other known causes of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman...
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Penn Medicine Neurosurgeon Receives Joel A. Gingras, Jr. Award from American...
Steven Brem, MD, professor of Neurosurgery, chief of the division of Neurosurgical Oncology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2012 Joel A. Gingras,...
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Nobel Laureate Peter Agre, MD, to Speak at the Perelman School of Medicine...
Nobel Laureate Peter Agre, MD, professor and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, will deliver the address at the Perelman School of Medicine’s...
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Inner Weapons Against Allergies: Gut Bacteria Control Allergic Diseases,...
When poet Walt Whitman wrote that we contain multitudes, he was speaking metaphorically, but he was correct in the literal sense.
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Penn Study Reveals Safety of Coronary CT Scans for Rapidly Ruling Out Heart...
A highly detailed CT scan of the heart can safely and quickly rule out the possibility of a heart attack among many patients who come to hospital emergency rooms with chest pain, according to the...
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Perelman School of Medicine Researchers Receive $2 Million Grant to Help...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, have received a $2...
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Penn Researchers Call for a Re-Examination of Transplant Waitlist Prioritization
Patients with end-stage liver disease complicated by the most common type of liver cancer – hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – are less likely to die or become too sick for a transplant while waiting for...
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Penn Medicine Researchers Honored with Pasarow Medical Research Award
Virginia M.Y. Lee, PhD, MBA, and John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, both professors of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have been named...
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Three Penn Medicine Hospitals Receive Accreditation from the American College...
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC) has awarded three-year accreditation to all three Penn Medicine hospitals in recognition of their commitment to the highest level of quality...
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Penn Bioethicist Jonathan Moreno Appointed to UNESCO International Bioethics...
The University of Pennsylvania's Jonathan Moreno has been invited to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's International Bioethics Committee.
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Coordinating the Circadian Clock: Perelman School of Medicine Researchers...
The 24-hour internal clock controls many aspects of human behavior and physiology, including sleep, blood pressure, and metabolism.
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Penn Study Cautions Use of Drugs to Block "Niacin Flush" in Heart Patients
Niacin, or vitamin B3, is the one approved drug that elevates good cholesterol (high density lipoprotein, HDL) while depressing bad cholesterol (low density lipoprotein , LDL), and has thereby...
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DNA Sequencing Consortium Finds Patterns of Mutations in Autism, Highlighting...
Researchers have long recognized that autism runs in families, suggesting a genetic component.
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