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DreamIt Health Philadelphia Gives a Sneak Peek into the Future of Healthtech...
Some of the most promising startup teams in healthtech will pitch their companies to an audience of several hundred investors, industry leaders and potential customers at DreamIt Health Philadelphia...
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Sleep Deficits in Young Fruitflies Affects Mating Later in Life
According to a new study published in Science this week from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, lack of sleep in young fruit flies profoundly diminishes...
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Drug for Rare Blood Disorder Developed at Penn Receives Orphan Drug Status...
A Penn Medicine-developed drug has received orphan status from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), a rare, life-threatening...
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Invite to Cover: Celebrating Women in Science Symposium to be Held at Penn
An all-female panel of luminaries in fields including epigenetics and stem cell biology will come together at a Penn symposium entitled Celebrating Women in Science. The Department of Cell and...
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First Atlas of Body Clock Gene Expression Informs Timing of Drug Delivery
A new effort mapping 24-hr patterns of expression for thousands of genes in 12 different mouse organs – five years in the making – provides important clues about how the role of timing may influence...
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Study Identifies Potential Treatment Target for Cocaine Addiction
A study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has identified a potential target for therapies to treat cocaine...
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Penn Medicine Signs Contract to Provide EMS Services to Haverford Township
Officials from Penn Medicine and Haverford Township today put into action a contract making Penn Medicine the sole provider of ambulance and emergency medical services (EMS) for the township.
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Penn Medicine Studies Show New Evidence that Exercise Therapy, Acupuncture...
Two new studies from the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania offer hope for breast cancer survivors struggling with cancer-related pain and...
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Medicare May Need to Expand Options for Behavioral Weight Loss Counseling in...
An important addition to the “eat less, move more” strategy for weight loss lies in behavioral counseling to achieve these goals. But research on how primary care practitioners can best provide...
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Readmission Rates Above Average for Survivors of Septic Shock, Penn Study Finds
Penn Medicine researchers have now shown that while most patients now survive a hospital stay for septic shock, 23 percent will return to the hospital within 30 days, many with another life-threatening...
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Invitation to Cover: Penn Medicine Teaches Lifesaving Hands-Only CPR at 2014...
A team of physicians, researchers and staff from the Center for Resuscitation Science in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will be onsite at the 2014 Philadelphia Heart...
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Penn Medicine Study: Olaparib Shows Success in Tumor Response Rate for...
Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several advanced cancers associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, according to new...
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Classification of Gene Mutations in a Children's Cancer May Point to Improved...
Oncology researchers studying gene mutations in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are refining their diagnostic tools to predict which patients are more likely to respond to drugs called ALK...
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Penn Medicine Physician Given AAMC National Award for Teaching
Emma Meagher, MD, associate professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, received the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished...
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Growth of Digital Pharmaceutical Marketing Tactics Targeting Physicians...
A new perspective piece in The New England Journal of Medicine, written by health policy researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and Leonard Davis Institute of...
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Penn Medicine Researchers Receive Funding from CDC to Advance Brain Health
Researchers affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania's newly-created Prevention Research Center (PRC), have received two grants totaling over $860,000 from the Center for Disease Control and...
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Penn Medicine Study Finds Increased Risk of Cardiac Events in Those with...
Those experiencing psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis are at higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and cardiovascular death, according to a...
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Media Toolkit: Penn Medicine at the 2014 Scientific Sessions of the American...
Experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will be moderating panels, serving as discussants and presenting research findings on the latest advances in...
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Penn Medicine Stroke Experts Identify Geographic, Gender Disparities Among...
Stroke researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will unveil a map demonstrating geographic hotspots of increased stroke mortality across the United States,...
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New Penn Medicine Study Finds Lay Bystanders in Higher Income Pennsylvania...
Members of the public in counties with higher median household incomes are more likely to step into action to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, when they witness someone have a cardiac...
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