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The language people use on Facebook subtly changes before they make a visit to the emergency department (ED), a new study found.

Doctors who want to track their patients’ physical activity might have more luck doing it with smartphones than wearable fitness devices, according to a new Penn Medicine study.

When the electronic health record is programmed to automatically flag and create orders for patients needing cancer screenings, doctors are significantly more likely to order them, a new Penn Medicine study shows.

Penn Medicine study shows patients who use online platforms connected to their health records are more likely to take preventative health measures

As artificial intelligence’s footprint increases in medicine, that ability to check work and follow the path of a decision can become a bit muddied.

About one in three Americans have high blood pressure, called hypertension, but only about half of them have their condition under control.

While using a wearable device alone may not always be enough to motivate more exercise, adding fun and competition can be the catalyst needed to drive real results, according to a new study from researchers at Penn Medicine and Deloitte Consulting LLP.

Having simple text conversations with patients one week before they are scheduled for a colonoscopy dramatically decreased the “no-show” rates, according to a recent study conducted by Penn Medicine researchers.

Analyzing language shows that identifying certain groups of words significantly improves upon predicting some medical conditions in patients