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The second-year student in the School of Dental Medicine is working to raise awareness of a gangrenous infection called noma and map where cases happen.
The largest-ever study of palliative care shows “default orders” in electronic medical records nearly triples palliative care consultation rates for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, or kidney failure.
A pair of proteins, YAP and TAZ, could contribute to the development of healthy, strong bones by directing early cell movement and blood vessel generation.
A health record analysis shows that the risk of infection and severe illness is significantly lower for those who are vaccinated, and cardiac conditions do not increase.
Elinore Kaufman, LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, focuses on helping patients and communities with firearm violence.
A Penn Medicine study finds that even modest increases in out-of-pocket costs for HIV prevention drugs could double the rate at which prescriptions go unfilled.
Whitney Zachritz, an intensive care nursery clinical practice leader at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, spends part of her week in the 38-bed neonatal intensive care unit curating books for parents to read to their newborns.
Researchers at Penn Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence tool to quickly analyze gene activities in medical images and provide single-cell insight into diseases in tissues and tissue microenvironments.
Vaccines are just the beginning of the potential for messenger RNA, the Nobel Prize-winning technology.
In a Q&A with Penn Today, Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine and Edward Steager of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discuss the emerging trend of microrobots in healthcare.
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine says that work and traveling are the major sleep killers, with the majority of traveling being commuting to and from work.
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Dean Mark Wolff of the School of Dental Medicine says there aren’t enough robust, large-scale clinical studies or trials demonstrating the supposed benefits of oil pulling.
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Michael Cirigliano of the Perelman School of Medicine says that marijuana deserves to be removed from the same category as LSD, heroin, and fentanyl.
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Marion Leary of the School of Nursing is co-leading a national coalition seeking to convince federal agencies to recognize the field of nursing as a STEM profession.
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Louise Moncla of the Veterinary School of Medicine says that the bird flu virus is clearly being transmitted to cows in some way.
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