Award to be presented during the society’s 2025 annual meeting January 30, 2025 PHILADELPHIA – Susan M. Domchek, MD, FASCO, has been recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) with one of the society’s highest honors, as the 2025 …
Study of nearly 39,000 health records is the first to examine access to firearms and opioids, and completion of related interventions, among veterans at risk for suicide receiving care at the VA January 29, 2025 PHILADELPHIA—Standardizing an assessment …
PHILADELPHIA— New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) …
PHILADELPHIA— Pari V. Pandharipande, MD, MPH, FACR, a nationally renowned physician-scientist at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, has been named Chair of the department of Radiology at Penn Medicine, effective …
PHILADELPHIA—A new artificial intelligence-powered tool called MISO (Multi-modal Spatial Omics) can detect cell-level characteristics of cancer by looking at data from extremely small pieces of tissue—some as small as 400 square micrometers, equivalent to …
PHILADELPHIA – A new twist on a decades-old anticancer strategy has shown powerful effects against multiple cancer types in a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The experimental approach …
“This is it, this pain is going to force me to stop training,” Katie Florio thought to herself while training for the Philadelphia Marathon—at 16 weeks into her pregnancy. The pelvic floor pain manifested at the worst possible time, threatening her …
PHILADELPHIA – Mothers of color who faced racism or microaggressions during obstetric care had higher blood pressure after delivering their babies compared to people of color who did not report racism during their care, according to new research from the …
PHILADELPHIA— Across the United States, no hospital is the same. Equipment, staffing, technical capabilities, and patient populations can all differ. So, while the profiles developed for people with common conditions may seem universal, the reality is that …
PHILADELPHIA – For over a decade, scientists have studied the microbiome, the environment of microorganisms that live on and in the body, and how it affects health and disease. Much less is known about a part of the microbiome called the virome, the …
PHILADELPHIA—Opioid misuse and specifically opioid use disorder (OUD), continues to represent a significant U.S. public health threat, with more than 6 million Americans aged 12 and older meeting the criteria for OUD in 2022. Efforts to ease the crisis …
By: Nicole Sweeney Etter From left, research coordinator Nicolas Sarmiento, project manager Reenie Martins, research coordinator Lee Dengel, and trial sample coordinator Rutendo Manyeka document and prepare paperwork required for T-cell infusion. For more …
Winter boots ready for donation. Photo: Melissa Kulynych PHILADELPHIA—The foundation of health care is strengthened by those who deliver that care, particularly by those who supplement their work through voluntary action. 37 Penn Medicine staff and medical …
PHILADELPHIA— Fighting cancer can seem like a deadly game of chance. While some patients may respond well to certain treatments, others might not be as fortunate. Doctors and scientists have long struggled to explain why. Now, in new research from the …
Basser Center for BRCA researchers share a new resource for genetic counseling conversations related to cancer risk genes and family planning. “I just wish someone had told me this was a possibility.” Kara Maxwell, MD, PhD, distinctly remembers the …
The startups receiving the latest investments from the Fund for Health seek to address workplace burnout and racial inequity in maternal care December 31, 2024 PHILADELPHIA— Two new companies will each receive a $250,000 investment from the Penn Medicine- …
When Andy Bader tells people he volunteers with hospice patients, they often say two things: that he’s a good person, and that it must be depressing. He is quick to disabuse them of both notions. He considers himself a regular person offering companionship …
Marley, a therapy dog at Pennsylvania Hospital, passed away from sudden health complications earlier this year at nearly two years old. Although he served only one year at the hospital with his owner, volunteer Jen Abdul-Hakeem, he made a tremendous impact …
PHILADELPHIA—Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are launching a $12.5 million study to improve postpartum blood pressure management and long-term cardiovascular health for patients with hypertensive disorders …
PHILADELPHIA – During a shortage of the generic platinum chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin that began in early 2023, there was no difference in mortality rates among patients with advanced cancer compared to the previous year, and prescription …
