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No Racial Disparities Observed in Development of Atrial Fibrillation Among...
Black patients who have been diagnosed with heart failure are no less likely than white patients to get atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia), according to a new study led by...
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Penn Study Examines Patients' Perspectives on Deactivation of Implantable...
A new study led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, which was presented today at the 2014 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association,...
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Physicians Prescribe Less Brand Name Drugs When Electronic Health Record...
Programming electronic health records to make generic drugs the default choice when physicians write prescriptions may offer one way to reduce unnecessary spending and improve health care value in the...
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Penn Study Shows Bed Bugs Can Transmit Parasite that Causes Chagas Disease
The bed bug may be just as dangerous as its sinister cousin, the triatomine, or “kissing” bug. A new study from Penn Medicine researchers in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics...
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Penn Researchers Unwind the Mysteries of the Cellular Clock
In the current issue of the journal Cell, Mitchell Lazar, MD PhD, the Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine and director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism and his team report the...
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Penn's Aaron T. Beck, MD, Receives Honorary Degree from Australia's La Trobe...
Aaron T. Beck, MD, emeritus professor in the department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of Penn's Aaron T. Beck Psychopathology...
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Invitation to Cover: Providing a Place to Give Thanks
Since 1994, the Hall-Mercer Community Behavioral Health Center of Pennsylvania Hospital has hosted a Thanksgiving meal. This free event is open to members of the surrounding community, the homeless,...
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Penn Researchers Identify Protein Elevated in Blood That Predicts...
New Penn Medicine research has found that elevated levels in the blood of the brain-enriched protein calpain-cleaved αII-spectrin N-terminal fragment, known as SNTF, shortly after sports-related...
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Penn Medicine Team Develops Cognitive Test Battery to Assess the Impact of...
Penn Medicine researchers have developed a cognitive test battery, known as Cognition, for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) to measure the impact of typical spaceflight...
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Penn Study Points to New Therapeutic Strategy in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects at least one in four Americans who are older than 60 and can significantly shorten lifespan. Yet the few available drugs for CKD can only modestly delay the...
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Four Penn Faculty Named to 2014 Class of AAAS Fellows
Four faculty members from the University of Pennsylvania have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Three are from the Perelman School of Medicine and...
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Penn Medicine Researchers Named Winners of 2014 Discovery Fast Track Challenge
Three Philadelphia researchers -- Donna George, PhD, and Julia Leu, PhD, both from the Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Maureen Murphy, PhD...
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"Bystander" Chronic Infections Thwart Development of Immune Cell Memory, Penn...
A team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that chronic bystander viral or parasitic infections – which are models for human infections like hepatitis, malaria,...
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Media Toolkit: Penn Medicine at the 2014 American Thoracic Society...
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are on standby to comment on everything from sepsis to COPD and more at the 2014 American Thoracic Society...
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2014 Perelman School of Medicine Graduation: Above and Beyond the Call of Duty
This year, the graduating class of the Perelman School of Medicine has again distinguished itself from many of its peers around the country—with more than half of the 171 students obtaining dual...
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Neutropenia and Sepsis, a Deadly Combination
Sepsis comes with serious consequences. The blood infection, most commonly caused by bacteria, can lead to septic shock, organ failure, loss of limbs, and even death. Patients whose immune systems are...
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Penn Medicine: Home Testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea is Safe and Saves...
Home testing for obstructive sleep apnea reduces costs and preserves good clinical outcomes compared to traditional testing in a sleep lab, according to a new study from researchers from the Perelman...
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Penn Medicine's Innovation Grant Program Announces Second Round Winners
The Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation will fund three new initiatives in the second round of its Innovation Grant Program. The program encourages Penn employees and students to submit...
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Clinical Trials Designed to Block Autophagy in Multiple Cancers Show Promise
In the largest group of results to date, researchers from Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and other institutions have shown in clinical trials that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)...
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Sex-Specific Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow Begin at Puberty, Penn Study Finds
Penn Medicine researchers have discovered that cerebral blood flow (CBF) levels decreased similarly in males and females before puberty, but saw them diverge sharply in puberty, with levels increasing...
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