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Weight Loss Critical in Reducing Risk Factors in Obese Patients with...
New research from a multidisciplinary team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania now reveals that the single most important factor for improving cardiovascular health in...
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New Models for Testing Parkinson's Disease Immune-based Drugs
Using powerful, newly developed cell culture and mouse models of sporadic Parkinson’s disease (PD), a team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has...
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Penn Anesthesiologists Identify Top Five Practices that Could be Avoided
A team of researchers led by Penn Medicine anesthesiologists have pinpointed the “top five” most common perioperative procedures that are supported by the least amount of clinical evidence, in an...
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Penn Medicine Study Shows "Clot-Busting" Drugs Reduce Deaths from Pulmonary...
Bringing clarity to a decades-long debate, a national team of researchers led by experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that adding clot-busting...
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Genomic "Dark Matter" of Embryonic Lungs Controls Proper Development of Airways
Research led by Ed Morrisey, PhD, professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and scientific director of the Penn Institute...
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Penn Study Reveals a Common Genetic Link in Fatal Autoimmune Skin Disease
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania recently found a shared genetic link in the autoimmune response among pemphius vulgaris (PV) patients that provides...
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Diabetes Susceptibility Gene Regulates Health of Cell's Powerhouse, Penn...
A team led by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that a susceptibility gene for type 1 diabetes regulates self-destruction of the cell’s energy...
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Penn Medicine Researchers Show Regional Anesthesia Reduces Length of Hospital...
Patients who received regional anesthesia during hip fracture surgery had moderately lower mortality and a significantly lower length of stay than those who received general anesthesia, according to...
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Study of Over 450,000 Women Finds 3D Mammography Detects More Invasive...
Reporting in the June 25 issue of JAMA, researchers from Penn Medicine and other institutions found that 3D mammography—known as digital breast tomosynthesis— found significantly more invasive, or...
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Penn Experts Urge Focus on Reducing Preventable Hospital Readmissions,...
Experts from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University suggest that the reporting of hospital readmission rates should be based exclusively on...
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Penn Study Shows Changing Roles of Physicians with MBAs
According to a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, physician graduates from the MBA program in heath care management...
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Penn Immunologist to Co-direct 12 Million Dollar Grant to Study Hepatitis
John Wherry, PhD, an associate professor of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are co-directing...
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HIV-infected People with Early-Stage Cancers are up to Four Times More Likely...
HIV-infected people diagnosed with cancer are two to four times more likely to go untreated for their cancer compared to uninfected cancer patients, according to a new, large retrospective study from...
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Penn Medicine Nurses Selected to American Academy of Nursing's Fellows
Six Penn nurses have been selected as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN).
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Penn Study: Computer-Automated, Time-Lapse Embryo Photography May Increase...
Using computer-automated, time-lapse photography of embryos in the laboratory during in-vitro fertilization may improve embryo selection, potentially increasing the chances of pregnancy among women...
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Major Gaps in Hepatitis C Care Identified As New Drugs and Screening Efforts...
A new meta-analysis published online in PLOS ONE by infectious disease and epidemiology specialists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania highlights significant gaps in...
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Penn Medicine Researchers and Collaborators Receive 12.6 Million Dollar NIH...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a 12.6 million dollar, four-year grant from the National...
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University of Pennsylvania's Personalized Cellular Therapy for Leukemia...
A University of Pennsylvania-developed personalized immunotherapy has been awarded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Breakthrough Therapy designation for the treatment of relapsed and refractory...
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Penn Study Finds Living Kidney Donation Does Not Increase Risk of Death or...
Previous studies linking older age with kidney and heart disease have raised concerns about the safety of living kidney donation among older adults. However, in the first study to look closely at this...
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Penn Mesothelioma Program Receives 8 Million Dollar NCI Grant to Study...
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the Roswell Park Cancer Institute have received an 8 million dollar grant from the National Cancer...
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