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A team led by Penn Medicine and the University of California San Diego has been awarded a $6.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to prepare a potential disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment for future clinical trials.

The latest product of the partnership between two iconic Philadelphia institutions, a newly refurbished court at Roberto Clemente Park will support healthy behavior in the community.

Bucks County system’s integration into UPHS will expand access to advanced healthcare for patients and families in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

Black Americans experienced nonfatal firearm injuries 10 times more than White Americans in 2019 and 2020, and Black boys and men experienced the highest rate of firearm injuries caused by assault and unintentional injuries, Penn research found.

A large trial of strategies to reduce distracted driving showed that those that were “gamified” yielded a lasting reduction in handheld phone usage while driving.

Neha Vapiwala, MD, has been named president-elect of American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

Partnership with the Million Veteran Program finds that genetic data in non-European population aligns with reporting from underrepresented groups.