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Penn Medicine Co-Leads $12 M NIH Grant to Study Genetics of Mental Illnesses...
A major international consortium co-led by Penn Medicine has received a $12 million National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) grant for a large-scale genetics study investigating why patients with...
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Pennsylvania Hospital Hosts 2013 Intensive Care Nursery Reunion
Pennsylvania Hospital, is hosting its 2013 Intensive Care Nursery reunion with parents and former infant patients. All families were invited to come back to PAH to celebrate life and reconnect with...
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Penn Experts Reveal New Data-Driven Machine Learning Method that Effectively...
A team of experts in neurocritical care, engineering, and informatics, with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have devised a new way to detect which stroke patients may...
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To Save A Life: Penn Medicine's Basser Research Center for BRCA Brings...
This Sunday, the lifesaving efforts of the University of Pennsylvania’s Basser Research Center for BRCA will take root in Congregation Rodeph Shalom at a special event to raise awareness about...
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Three Penn Medicine Scientists Awarded Muscular Dystrophy Association Grants...
The Muscular Dystrophy Association has awarded research grants totaling over $1,000,000 to three Penn Medicine researchers: James Shorter, PhD, associate professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics;...
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Do Cosmetic Procedures Help Patients Feel Better? Penn Study Finds Limited...
According to a systematic literature review by researchers with the Perel man School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published in JAMA Dermatology, limited research does suggest that a...
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When More Medicine Isn't Always Better: Penn Study Reveals High Costs of...
Medical evidence over the past decade has demonstrated that patients with terminal cancer who receive a single session of radiotherapy get just as much pain relief as those who receive multiple...
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Penn Study: Visits to Multiple HIV Clinics Linked to Poorer Outcomes
Patients who received care at multiple HIV clinics—as opposed to only one— were less likely to take their medication and had higher HIV viral loads, a new study published in the journal AIDS and...
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Penn Medicine Names First Leader of Precision Medicine to Speed Delivery of...
D. Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural Vice Dean and Vice President for Precision Medicine, a newly created role to position Penn Medicine as the nation’s top leader in the delivery...
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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Receives Get With The...
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The...
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Severe Psoriasis Doubles Risk of Kidney Disease, Penn Medicine Study Shows
The latest look at connections between psoriasis and other serious medical conditions revealed for the first time that people with more serious cases of psoriasis are at twice the risk of developing...
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Institute of Medicine Elects Seven New Members from Penn Medicine
Seven professors from the Perelman School of Medicine have been elected members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the nation's highest honors in biomedicine.
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Penn Doctors Find Successful Strategy to Improve Patient Participation in...
Clinical trials are key to finding new cancer treatments, but with patient participation hovering around 5 percent, new strategies are needed to boost enrollment, particularly to study the rare cancers...
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Penn Study: Diabetes Drug Metformin with Chemo and Radiation May Improve...
Treating aggressive lung cancer with the diabetes drug metformin along with radiation and chemotherapy may slow tumor growth and recurrence, suggests new preliminary findings from researchers at the...
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Penn Medicine at the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer
Experts from the Penn Mesothelioma and Pleural Disease Program, Penn's Abramson Cancer Center, and the divisions of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology will be presenting data from at least 13...
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Penn Med Student Recognized for 'Bright Idea' in Education
A medical student in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is among the winners of the first ever Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely competition held by the Costs of Care...
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Penn Medicine Receives Award from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research...
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded $1.5 million by The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to launch the Mrs. A and Mr. B Project to...
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Penn Medicine Named Among Recipients of Two Excellence in Economic...
Penn Medicine was recognized with two Gold Excellence awards by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) for its efforts to create positive change in the community.
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International Group Finds 11 New Alzheimer's Genes to Target for Drug...
The largest international Alzheimer's disease genetics collaboration to date has found 11 new genetic areas of interest that contribute to late onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), doubling the number of...
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Cell Nucleus Protein in Brown Fat Cells Governs Daily Control of Body...
The mechanism responsible for coordinating daily body temperature rhythm and adaptability to environmental challenges is unknown. Now, the laboratory of Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD, director of the...
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