Health & Medicine

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Fewer Hours for Doctors in Training Leading to More Mistakes

March 26, 2013

Zachary Meisel of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for research about shorter shifts for physicians in training.

Article Source: Time

Balding in African-American Men May Be Sign of Prostate Cancer Risk

March 27, 2013

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.

Article Source: CBS News
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Media Contact:Kim Menard | Kim.Menard@uphs.upenn.edu | 215-662-6183March 26, 2013

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

March 25, 2013

Eileen Lake of the School of Nursing is highlighted for her study on nurse staffing and low-birthweight babies.

Article Source: Philly.com

A Plan to Fix Cancer Care

March 23, 2013

Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School pens an op-ed about improving cancer treatment and care.

Article Source: New York Times
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Media Contact:Katie Delach | Katie.Delach@uphs.upenn.edu | 215-349-5964March 22, 2013

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

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Media Contact:Katie Delach | Katie.Delach@uphs.upenn.edu | 215-349-5964March 22, 2013

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.

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Media Contact:Katie Delach | Katie.Delach@uphs.upenn.edu | 215-349-5964March 22, 2013

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

March 19, 2013

Noam Cohen of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for co-authoring a study about taste.

Article Source: Wall Street Journal

Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Acute Type of Leukemia

March 20, 2013

Penn Medicine researchers, including Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine, are cited for studying gene therapy against leukemia.

Article Source: New York Times