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New therapy reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder

July 10, 2024

Potential therapy can be completed in five days of treatment, compared to 4-6 weeks for standard Transcranial Magnetic Simulation treatments.

Psychiatry

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When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops

July 10, 2024

Penn Medicine researchers discovered that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving.

Emergency Medicine

$10M NIH grant investigates link between TBI and dementia

June 28, 2024

A team of researchers led by Penn Medicine will investigate the link between traumatic brain injuries and Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias with a $10 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Neurology and Neurosurgery

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New Approach Accurately Identifies Medications Toxic to the Liver

June 25, 2024

A Penn Medicine-led study developed a novel approach to using health care data to measure rates of liver injury since the current method of counting cases is not providing an accurate picture.

Epidemiology

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Lung transplant outcomes from organ donor care facilities

June 25, 2024

A new study by Penn researchers examined, for the first time, the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care facilities operating in the United States.

Organ Transplantation

Potential new strategy for advanced lung cancer

June 21, 2024

Adding an anti-inflammatory drug to anti-PD1 checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy has shown great promise as a new strategy against advanced lung cancer, based on results from a small clinical trial led by investigators at the Abramson Cancer Center.

Cancer

Rare Bone Marrow Cells Revealed in New, Comprehensive ‘Atlas’

June 18, 2024

A Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia team detailed little-understood cells within bone marrow that contribute to the fight against leukemia and other conditions.

Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal

First study of civilian space crew charts course for research

June 11, 2024

Penn Medicine experts investigated physiological and mental changes in the Inspiration4 crew, the first all-civilian space mission.

Psychiatry

Penn uses AI to uncover antibiotics in microbial dark matter

June 05, 2024

The unprecedented effort yielded nearly one million potential antibiotic compounds, with dozens showing promising activity in initial tests against disease-causing bacteria.

Basic Science

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Stroke risk increases in individuals with multiple head injuries

June 04, 2024

The rate of stroke, in individuals with no history of prior stroke, was 34 percent higher in individuals who experienced at least one head injury than in their peers with no head injury.

Neurology and Neurosurgery

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New therapy reduces treatment time for bipolar disorder

July 10, 2024

When there’s money to lose, phone usage while driving drops

July 10, 2024

$10M NIH grant investigates link between TBI and dementia

June 28, 2024

New Approach Accurately Identifies Medications Toxic to the Liver

June 25, 2024

Lung transplant outcomes from organ donor care facilities

June 25, 2024

Potential new strategy for advanced lung cancer

June 21, 2024

Rare Bone Marrow Cells Revealed in New, Comprehensive ‘Atlas’

June 18, 2024

First study of civilian space crew charts course for research

June 11, 2024

Penn uses AI to uncover antibiotics in microbial dark matter

June 05, 2024

Stroke risk increases in individuals with multiple head injuries

June 04, 2024

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