Blog Topic: Global Medicine

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  Robots – Hi-Tech Help or Freaky Fiction?

  August 10, 2014

  Robots cause a polarizing effect in the minds of people. We only have to look to Hollywood to illustrate this. They’re either portrayed as endearing characters like Star Wars’ C-3PO and R2D2 and the adorably-animated WALL-E – or they’re killing machines as seen in Terminator and iRobot. The fact is...

  Aging Brain and Behavior Global Medicine Orthopaedics Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Research Stroke
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  Penn Medicine Remembers Victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight: A Loss to the HIV/AIDS Community

  July 25, 2014

  WHYY’s Radio Times’ show last Friday focused on much of the progress that’s been made in the world of HIV/AIDS research and care, but there was one terrible set back that had to be addressed. Earlier that morning, news broke that the Malaysia Airlines plane struck down over the Ukraine...

  Basic Science Clinical Trials Global Medicine Infectious Disease

• Medical Missions: Now and Then

  July 24, 2014

  Having been an editor of Penn Medicine publications for, um, several years, I’ve been privileged to learn about some of the many medical missions abroad that the institution’s physicians, nurses, and alumni have taken part in. Occasionally, our magazines have covered such initiatives. In the most recent issue of Penn...

  Global Medicine Infectious Disease International Education Orthopaedics Patient Care Penn Medicine Magazine Trauma
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  Could Statins be Used to Fight a Deadly Viral Infection?

  February 06, 2014

  Two Perelman School of Medicine microbiologists may have found a way to use statins, the well-known blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drugs, to fight the hantavirus, a mysterious and lethal microorganism that appeared suddenly in the US southwest over 20 years ago

  Basic Science Epidemiology Global Medicine Heart Heart Month Research Translational Research
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  Penn Neurologist Inspires India to Screen 230 Million Children for Neurodevelopmental Disorders

  December 27, 2013

  Based on the research of Neurology professor emeritus Donald Silberberg, the Government of India has initiated a nation-wide study to identify children with neurodevelopmental disorders and secure treatment and rehabilitation for them. Investing over allocated $400 million U.S. dollars to the program, the program hopes to screen an estimated 230 million children in 630 centers that are being established across the country.

  Brain and Behavior Global Medicine Professor Emeritus