Health & Medicine

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Would Tort Reform Lower Costs?

August 31, 2009
Tom Baker of the Law School is cited for his book, “The Medical Malpractice Myth,” as he discusses medical-malpractice suits and their effect on health-care costs.
Article Source: New York Times

Supporting Health Care Reform Is the Right Thing to Do

August 30, 2009
Jonathan Moreno of the School of Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences co-authors an op-ed in support of health-care reform.
Article Source: Science Progress

A Penn-Botswana Tie Born of AIDS Crisis

August 30, 2009
President Amy Gutmann; Stephen Gluckman, Harvey Friedman, Robin Canada and student Mosepele Mosepele of the School of Medicine; and Nursing student Don Payette Jr. discuss Penn’s HIV/AIDS-fighting program and other activities in Botswana.
Article Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Radio Coverage: Senior Groups Reject Health Care 'Scare Tactics'

August 30, 2009
Brooks Jackson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Factcheck.org comments on prior health-care-reform debates.
Article Source: “Weekend Edition Sunday” (National Public Radio)

Would Tort Reform Make a Difference in Health Care?

August 29, 2009
Tom Baker of the Law School is cited for his book "The Medical Malpractice Myth.”
Article Source: Kansas City Star

Health-Care Coverage "Unwittingly" Diverted?

August 28, 2009
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication says health-care-reform debate has favored distraction over substance.
Article Source: Washington Post

Don't Know Much Biology: Our Trouble Classifying the Living World

August 26, 2009
Robert Goldberg of the School of Medicine and Sharon Thompson-Schill of the School of Arts and Sciences are cited for their cognitive-learning research.
Article Source: Scientific American

Foreclosures Make for Subprime Mental Health

August 25, 2009
School of Medicine researches are cited for their research on the correlation between finances and mental health.
Article Source: Washington Post
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Media Contact:Jordan Reese | jreese@upenn.edu | 215-573-6604August 14, 2009

Center for Neuroscience and Society Opens at the University of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has launched the Penn Center for Neuroscience and Society, a cross-disciplinary endeavor to increase understanding of the impact of neuroscience on society through research and teaching and to encourage the responsible use of neuroscience for the benefit of humanity.

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Media Contact:Jacquie Posey | jposey@upenn.edu | 215-898-6460August 5, 2009

Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Advances in Development Reverse Fertility Declines, Says Penn Collaborative Study

PHILADELPHIA – A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the Università Bocconi in Milan have released a study that challenges one of the most established and accepted standards in the social sciences: Human fertility levels tend to decline as countries advance towards high levels of social and economic development.