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Attitudes about Complementary and Alternative Medicine Predict Use Among...
A cancer patient’s expectations about the benefits of complementary and alternative (CAM) and their perceived access to CAM therapies are likely to guide whether or not they will use those options,...
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ASCO Media Advisory: Research Roundup from Penn's Abramson Cancer Center
Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine will present results from several clinical trials and other key studies during the...
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Edward E. Morrisey Appointed Director of New Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology
Edward E. Morrisey, PhD, a professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, is the inaugural director of the Penn Center for Pulmonary Biology, a new center bridging basic and translational research...
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Invitation to Cover: Balancing Act: Conflict of Interest and Scientific...
How can academic medical centers best manage the emerging issue of conflict of interest among scientists and physicians working to develop the next generation of treatments and cures? How do academic...
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Penn Study Links Better "Good Cholesterol" Function With Lower Risk of Later...
A team led by scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has shown in a large, forward-looking epidemiological study that a person's HDL function—the efficiency...
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Penn Medicine Authors Emphasize Importance of Clinically Actionable Results...
While advances in technology have made multigene testing, or “panel testing,” for genetic mutations that increase the risk of breast or other cancers an option, authors of a review published today in...
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Penn Medicine Study Reveals Novel Use of 3-D Imaging Technique for Precise...
A three-dimensional imaging technique often used in the automotive and aerospace industries for accurate measurement may be useful to measure the efficacy of injectable wrinkle reducers such as Botox...
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Wide Variability in Organ Donation Rates: Midwest Leads Nation in Highest...
More than 123,000 Americans are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants, but 21 patients die each day because there aren't enough organs to go around. New research shows wide variation in...
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Penn Researchers Home in on What's Wearing Out T Cells
Sometimes even cells get tired. When the T cells of your immune system are forced to deal over time with cancer or a chronic infection such as HIV or hepatitis C, they can develop "T cell exhaustion,"...
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High Levels of Moral Reasoning Correspond with Increased Gray Matter in Brain
Individuals with a higher level of moral reasoning skills showed increased gray matter in the areas of the brain implicated in complex social behavior, decision making, and conflict processing as...
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Eating Less During Late Night Hours May Stave off Some Effects of Sleep...
Eating less late at night may help curb the concentration and alertness deficits that accompany sleep deprivation, according to results of a new study from researchers at the Perelman School of...
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Reverberations in Metabolism: Protein Maintains Double Duty as Key Cog in...
In a new study published online ahead of print in Science Express, the Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, and his team describes how one protein regulates the clock in most cells in the body and metabolic genes...
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Yoga, Running, Weight Lifting, and Gardening: Penn Study Maps the Types of...
Physical activities, such as walking, as well as aerobics/calisthenics, biking, gardening, golfing, running, weight-lifting, and yoga/Pilates are associated with better sleep habits, compared to no...
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Certain Donors with High T Cell Counts Make a Better Match for Stem-Cell...
Using a simple blood test to measure the T lymphocyte count in donors for stem cell transplants may help identify the best match for patients in need of an allogeneic stem cell transplant, suggests a...
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Strategies Needed for Community Health Worker Programs to Solve Healthcare...
Community health workers (CHW) are expected to be a growing and vital part of healthcare delivery in the United States as the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented. A slate of steps detailing how...
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Penn Study Shows Nearly 10 Percent of Women Live Too Far from Access to...
More than one-third of counties in the Unites States are located more than 50 miles from the nearest gynecologic oncologist, making access to specialty care for ovarian and other gynecologic cancers...
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Penn Medicine Study Shows First Signs that Drug Used to Treat ADHD May...
According to a new study, women experiencing difficulty with time management, attention, organization, memory, and problem solving – often referred to as executive functions – related to menopause may...
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Frederic D. Bushman, PhD, Named as Chair of the Department of Microbiology at...
Frederic D. Bushman, PhD, a widely recognized leader in the fields of microbiology and gene therapy, has been named the new chair of the department of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at...
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Penn Medicine's Judith Green-McKenzie, MD, MPH, Receives Lifetime Achievement...
Judith Green-McKenzie, MD, MPH, an associate professor of Emergency Medicine and chief of the division of Occupational Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was...
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Penn Researchers Receive $2.9 Million in Awards from the Burroughs Wellcome...
Five early-career researchers from three schools at the University of Pennsylvania have received funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) for their excellence in biomedical research, in topics...
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