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Penn Medicine CAREs Grant Helps Patients Share Their Own Health Care Story

The funds will be used to help train volunteer medical students, who will then be paired with patients referred from palliative care, oncology, family medicine, and social work.
3-Apr-2025 7:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Laughing Gas: An Old Drug鈥檚 New Trick to Fight Depression

Nitrous oxide鈥攂etter known as "laughing gas"鈥攃an potentially transform treatment for tough-to-beat depression. This centuries-old anesthetic gas targeted specific brain cells in mice and quickly reduced symptoms, according to new research from...
3-Apr-2025 10:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Doylestown Health joins University of Pennsylvania Health System

Doylestown Health (DH) officially joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) today, strengthening the two organizations鈥� shared commitment to delivering the most advanced, convenient and compassionate care to patients and families...
1-Apr-2025 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Meniscus Injuries May Soon Be Treated by Customizable Hydrogel

A new 3D printed customizable hydrogel performed well in preclinical trials with several different types of meniscal tears
28-Mar-2025 7:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Technology Is Poised to Bring Gene Therapy to Common Chronic Diseases

A breakthrough in safely delivering therapeutic DNA to cells could transform treatment for millions suffering from common chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
25-Mar-2025 6:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Anti-obesity medication boosts weight loss when behavioral therapy falls short

Adding an anti-obesity medication just one month after behavioral therapy begins鈥攔ather than waiting the currently recommended six months鈥攃an more than double weight loss for patients who struggle initially with lifestyle changes alone,...
18-Mar-2025 5:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Small Incentives Drive Lasting Seatbelt Habits, Cut Unbuckled Trips by a Third

We鈥檝e all heard 鈥淐lick It, or Ticket鈥� as a reminder to buckle up in the car, but 鈥淐lick It and Win It!鈥� appears to be an effective approach for sustaining consistent seatbelt use among drivers. When drivers were promised a share of $125...
14-Mar-2025 9:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Immunotherapy May Boost KRAS-Targeted Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer

Adding immunotherapy to new KRAS inhibitors boosted responses in preclinical models, setting the stage for future trials of the combination strategy. The study was published in Cancer Discovery by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at...
14-Mar-2025 8:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Expert available: FDA approval of Alzheimer's disease drug, donanemab

2-Jul-2024 3:05 PM EDT

New Year鈥檚 Resolution to Stop Smoking: Penn Medicine Expert Available to Discuss Smoking/ Vaping Cessation Tips

28-Dec-2021 10:20 AM EST

National Recovery Month: Penn Medicine Expert Available to Discuss Naloxone, Opioid Addiction Prevention/Treatment

1-Sep-2021 12:05 PM EDT

Bioethics and Policy Researchers: States Should Authorize Minors to Consent to COVID-19 Vaccination Without Parental Permission

8-Jul-2021 7:00 PM EDT

Safety board members describe stringent oversight of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials

24-May-2021 5:10 PM EDT

Tangling with the Science of Suicide

Maria A. Oquendo, MD, PhD, is probing the human mind and brain to prevent more lives from being lost to the tenth leading cause of death in the United States.
9-Jan-2019 4:40 PM EST

Seven Ways You Are Hurting Your Sleep This Summer

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Penn Medicine Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Experts Available For Comment on Alan Alda Diagnosis

1-Aug-2018 8:05 AM EDT

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