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Testicular Cancer Survivors Often Report Behaviors That Increase Risk of...
Despite being at risk of cardiovascular problems associated with testicular cancer treatment, survivors of the disease -- the most common type of cancer striking young men -- frequently report...
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Penn Medicine Cardiologist Chairs National Report on Optimal Use of Vascular...
A new report issued today by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and developed in collaboration with 10 other leading professional societies provides detailed criteria to help clinicians maximize...
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Invitation to Cover: Penn Medicine Hosts Premier of "Head Games" Documentary...
On the evening of Thursday, June 7th, Penn Medicine and Penn Athletics will host a Red Carpet premiere of a new film, Head Games, a revealing documentary about the concussion crisis in sports.
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Good Bugs Gone Bad: Microbes that Promote Normal Health Can "Turn Bad" if...
The healthy human intestine is colonized with over 100 trillion beneficial, or commensal, bacteria of many different species. In healthy people, these bacteria are limited to the intestinal tissues and...
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Pancreatic Cancer Can Run but Not Hide from the Immune System, according to...
A study published this week in Cancer Cell from the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania describes how pancreatic cancer cells produce a protein...
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Graphic Warning Labels Improve Smokers' Recall of Warning and Health Risks...
In a first of its kind study in the U.S., researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (www.med.upenn.edu) have shown that the addition of graphic warning labels on...
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University of Pennsylvania Health System Receives Two National Health Care...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that two projects submitted from the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) (www.pennmedicine.org) have been selected among...
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Penn Radiology Professor Receives 2012 Benedict Cassen Prize for Research in...
Abass Alavi, MD, a professor of Radiology and director of research education in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was honored with the Benedict...
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Brothers in Arms: Commensal Bacteria Help Fight Viruses, According to Penn Study
Healthy humans harbor an enormous and diverse group of bacteria and other bugs that live within their intestines.
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Skin Disease Shares Common Inflammatory Pathway with Metabolic Disorder
Psoriasis is an independent risk for Type 2 Diabetes, according to a new study by researchers with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with the greatest risk seen in...
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Two Perelman School of Medicine Faculty Named as Research Team Leaders for...
The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) has enlisted David F. Dinges, PhD, professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and associate director, Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology,...
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Penn Study Describes Molecular Machinery that Pulls Apart Protein Clumps
Amyloid fibers are protein aggregates associated with numerous neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, for which there are no effective treatments.
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Regional Anesthesia Reduces Complications and Death for Hip Fracture...
In a study of more than 18,000 patients having surgery for hip fracture, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that the use of regional anesthesia,...
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Innovative, Automated Strategies to Engage Patients At Home Are Key To...
In a Perspective piece published Online First this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, a group of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania propose a...
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Perelman School of Medicine Cancer Biologist Selected as a 2012 Pew Scholar...
Kathryn E. Wellen, PhD, assistant professor of Cancer Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, is among the 22 researchers named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The...
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Penn Researcher Recognized For Work in Developing Anxiety Disorder Medications
Karl Rickels, MD, Stuart and Emily B.H. Mudd professor of Human Behavior and professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2012 CINP Pioneers...
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Frances E. Jensen, MD, named Chair of the Department of Neurology in the...
Frances E. Jensen, MD, has been named Chair of the Department of Neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Penn Medicine Appoints Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, as Executive Vice Dean for...
Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, has been appointed to the role of Executive Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs, at Penn Medicine.
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Gene Expression Test Identifies Low-Risk Thyroid Nodules
A new test can be used to identify low-risk thyroid nodules, reducing unnecessary surgeries for people with thyroid nodules that have indeterminate results after biopsy.
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Mariell Jessup, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Named President-Elect of the...
Mariell Jessup, MD, associate chief-Clinical Affairs, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and medical director of the Penn Medicine Heart and Vascular Center, has been named president-elect of the...
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