Zachary Meisel of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for research about shorter shifts for physicians in training.
Health & Medicine
Balding in African-American Men May Be Sign of Prostate Cancer Risk
Charnita Zeigler-Johnson of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on studying how baldness may be a sign of prostate cancer risk in African-American men.
Penn Medicine: Acute Stroke Therapy Used Three Times More at Certified Primary Stroke Centers
Certified Primary Stroke Centers are three times more likely to administer clot-busting treatment for strokes than non-certified centers, reports a new study by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Check Up: Understaffing of NICUs
Eileen Lake of the School of Nursing is highlighted for her study on nurse staffing and low-birthweight babies.
A Plan to Fix Cancer Care
Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School pens an op-ed about improving cancer treatment and care.
Penn Medicine: Pre-Op Triage of Total Hip Replacement Patients Improves Outcomes
According to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, pre-operatively identifying patients with certain comorbid risk factors that may increase their chance of being admitted to the ICU following total hip replacement surgery results in fewer deaths, post-surgery complications, and unplann
Penn Study Finds Smoking Prolongs Fracture Healing and Increases Risk of Infection
Research has long shown the negative effects cigarette smoking has on cardiovascular health.
Penn Study Questions Efficacy and Unintentional Affects of Patient/Physician Shared Decision-Making
Shared decision-making between patients and physicians about health care decisions has previously been presented as superior to an approach that emphasizes physicians taking a leading role in directing key aspects of a patient’s care.
People Who Taste Too Much
Noam Cohen of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for co-authoring a study about taste.
Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Acute Type of Leukemia
Penn Medicine researchers, including Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine, are cited for studying gene therapy against leukemia.














