• Perelman School of Medicine
• University of Pennsylvania Health System

• December 23 , 2010
• Structure of Key Molecule in Immune System Provides Clues for Designing Drugs, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• December 22 , 2010
• Penn Researchers Identify Potential Target for Breast Cancer Therapy
• Implications for Blocking Metastasis and Improving Responses to Existing Therapies
• • News Release

• December 21 , 2010
• Helen Pettinati Wins Addiction Research Award
• • News Brief

• December 14, 2010
• Penn Medicine Establishes Hand Transplant Program
• • News Release

• December 10 , 2010
• New Report Details Penn Anesthesia Team’s Experience in Responding to Haitian Earthquake
• Report Says Careful Planning and Preparation Allow Academic Medical Centers to Mount Effective Disaster Response Protocols
• • News Brief

• December 8 , 2010
• Weightlifting Slashes Lymphedema Risk After Breast Cancer Treatment
• Penn Study: Slowly Progressive Weight-Training Program Reduces Chances of Increased Arm Swelling By As Much as 70 Percent
• • News Release

• December 6 , 2010
• Personalized Vaccine for Lymphoma Patients Extends Disease-Free Survival by Nearly Two Years
• Penn-Led Research Points to New Ways to Identify Patients Who Are Most Likely to Respond to Cancer Vaccine Treatment
• • News Release

• December 6 , 2010
• Not Only Skin Deep: Penn Study on Skin Formation Suggests Strategies to Fight Skin Cancer
• • News Release

• November 30, 2010
• Science-Fair Switcheroo, Where Kids Judge the Science
• 140 third and fourth graders to decide award-winning science projects in Penn Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair
• • Invitation to Cover

• November 30, 2010
• Philadelphia Flyers Join in Hospice Memorial Tree Lighting Ceremony at Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
• Chestnut Hill Hospital Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Penn Hospice “Light Up a Life” Events
• • Invitation to Cover

• November 29, 2010
• First Blood Test to Determine Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease Developed by Penn Researchers
• Predicting Dementia in Parkinson’s to Accelerate Drug Development for Related Dementia
• • News Release

• November 29, 2010
• Color-Changing “Blast Badge” Detects Exposure to Explosive Shock Waves
• Penn Neurosurgeons, Engineers Developing Inexpensive, Easy Way to Relate Soldiers’ Exposure to Possible Brain Injury
• • News Release

• November 22, 2010
• Disease Process Reveals New Path for Creating Stem Cells
• • News Brief

• November 17, 2010
• Process Leading to Protein Diversity in Cells Important for Proper Neuron Firing
• Implications for brain diseases such as epilepsy, according to Penn study
• • News Release

• November 14, 2010
• Penn Study: Hospital CPR Quality Is Worse At Night
• Findings Reveal Potential Cause of Lower Survival from Nighttime In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
• • News Release

• November 12, 2010
• Penn-Led International Study Finds No Difference in Nonsuicide Mortality Between Two Anti-psychotic Drugs
• Findings indicate two drugs of same class carry no difference in risk of mortality, a help for prescribing physicians
• • News Release

• November 10, 2010
• By Focusing on Reducing Disease Risk, “Desktop Medicine” will Transform the Practice of Medicine
• Patients will Collaborate on Medical Decisions Differently, Penn Report Suggests
• • News Release

• November 9, 2010
• Leading Biomedical Ethics Prize Presented to Penn’s Arthur L. Caplan, Ph.D.
• • News Release

• November 2, 2010
• Breast Cancer Survivors Often Rate Post-Treatment Breast Appearance Only “Fair”
• Penn Study Reveals Patients’ Feelings About Cosmetic Changes After Treatment, Frequency of Complications
• • News Release

• October 27, 2010
• Penn Medicine Celebrates Advances in Women’s Cancer Care
• “Heel to Heal” Event Marks a Decade of Groundbreaking Research and Treatment at the Rena Rowan Breast Center, Looks to Future for Innovative New Cancer Risk-Reduction Program
• • Invitation To Cover

• October 27, 2010
• Penn Study Shows Two-Sided Immune Cell Could be Harnessed to Shrink Tumors
• • News Release

• October 26, 2010
• Is Sleepiness in Your Genes? New Penn Medicine Study Shows Gene Variant Leaves Carriers More Fatigued, Sleepier
• • News Brief

• October 26, 2010
• Targeted Radiation Therapy Minimizes GI Side Effects for Prostate Cancer Patients, Penn Study Shows
• • News Release

• October 22, 2010
• Penn Study Identifies Molecular Guardian of Cell's RNA
• • News Release

• October 20, 2010
• Penn Study Shows School-Based Program Reduces Risky Sexual Behaviors in South African Teens
• • News Brief

• October 18, 2010
• Is Team Science Productive? Penn Study Measures the Collaborative Nature of Translational Medicine
• • News Release

• October 18, 2010
• Penn Study Gives Hope for New Class of Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs
• • News Release

• October 15, 2010
• Shifting Forms: Penn Study Shows How Variations of Same Protein Affect Immune Response
• Implications for autoimmune and neurological diseases
• • News Release

• October 13, 2010
• Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center Hailed as “Exceptional” by the National Cancer Institute
• • Announcement

• October 11, 2010
• Institute of Medicine Elects Four New Members from Penn
• • News Release

• October 11, 2010
• Charles O’Brien Receives Institute of Medicine's 2010 Sarnat Prize in Mental Health
• • News Release

• October 7, 2010
• Complex Coordination: Three-Way Control of Fetal Heart-Cell Proliferation Could Help Regenerate Cardiac Cells, Penn Team Finds
• • News Release

• October 7, 2010
• Penn Medicine Investigators Receive NIH Grants for Transformative Research
• • Announcement

• October 5, 2010
• NIH Awards Two Penn Researchers 2010 New Innovator’s Award
• • Announcement

• October 5, 2010
• First Clinical Trial Exploring Effects of a New, Immune System-Based Agent in Advanced Melanoma
• • News Release

• October 1, 2010
• Unintended Consequences Using Computerized Drug Ordering Systems by Physicians, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• September 28, 2010
• Following Traumatic Event, Early Intervention Reduces Odds of PTSD in Children by 73 Percent, Penn Study Shows
• First Preventative Approach to Improve Outcomes in Traumatized Children
• • News Release

• September 28, 2010
• Penn Medicine Joins Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) as Official Study Site and Bioanalytics Core Lead
• $40-million, Five-Year Observational Clinical Study, Sponsored by Michael J. Fox Foundation, Seeks Biomarkers of Parkinson’s Disease
• • News Release

• September 24, 2010
• Retired NFL Players Team Up for Lifesaving Heart Health Screenings at Penn Medicine
• Screening Results Part of National Study on NFL Players’ Cardiovascular Health
• • Invitation to Cover

• September 24, 2010
• NIH Awards $8 Million to Penn Medicine’s Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center
• • Announcement

• September 23, 2010
• Beatrice Hahn and George Shaw, Pioneers in HIV Research, to Join Penn Medicine
• • Announcement

• September 22, 2010
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Shows Promise for Patients Too Sick for Conventional Surgery
• Penn Clinical Trial Assesses New Therapeutic Option for Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis
• • News Brief
  • Patient Resources

• September 17, 2010
• Channeling Efforts to Fight Cystic Fibrosis
• Crosstalk between ion channels points to new therapeutic strategy, Penn study finds
• • News Release

• September 16, 2010
• Penn Physician Receives International Award for Mesothelioma Research
• • Announcement

• September 16, 2010
• At the Crossroads of Chromosomes: Penn Study Reveals Structure of Cell Division’s Key Molecule
• • News Release

• September 15, 2010
• Penn Medicine Researcher Receives NARSAD Award for Breakthrough Mental Illness Research
• • News Brief

• September 15, 2010
• Penn Medicine Receives $13 Million in Stimulus Construction Funds for New Translational Research Center
• • News Release

• September 13, 2010
• Penn Epidemiology Program Receives $1 Million From NIH to Study Chronic Diseases in the Developing World
• • News Release

• September 8, 2010
• Using the Structure of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor to Fight Cancer
• • News Release

• September 8, 2010
• Penn Medicine Researcher Named 2010 American Chemical Society Fellow
• • News Release

• September 7, 2010
• Penn Researchers Receive $12 Million NIH Grant to Develop Personalized Approach to Smoking Cessation
• • News Release

• September 2, 2010
• Dr. J. Larry Jameson to Lead Penn Medicine
• J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the next executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s School of Medicine, effective July 1, 2011.
• • News Release

• September 1, 2010
• Violence in Inner City Neighborhoods Contributes to Trouble with Asthma
• Penn Study Links Community Violence with Asthma Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
• • News Release

• August 31, 2010
• Preventive Surgeries Linked to Lower Risk of Cancer for Women with BRCA1/2 Gene Mutations
• • News Brief

• August 30, 2010
• R. Michael Buckley, MD, Named Executive Director of Pennsylvania Hospital
• • Announcement

• August 27, 2010
• Penn Medicine First in Region to Implant Subcutaneous Defibrillator System
• New, Less Invasive Device is Inserted with No Direct Heart Leads
• • News Release

• August 26, 2010
• Targeted Therapy Shrinks Melanoma Tumors in Patients with Mutated BRAF Gene
• • News Brief

• August 26, 2010
• Genome Comparison of Ants Establishes New Model Species for Molecular Research
• Penn study of differences in gene expression has implications for aging, behavior
• • News Release

• August 26, 2010
• Penn Study Sheds Light on How the Brain Transitions Between Sleep and Awake States Under Anesthesia
•  “Neural Inertia” May Explain the Brain’s Resistance to Changes in Consciousness
• • News Release

• August 25, 2010
• Penn-Led Study Identifies New Genetic Risk Factor for Lou Gehrig’s Disease
• • News Release

• August 23, 2010
• Swimming Upstream: Molecular Approaches to Better Understand Male Infertility
• Penn Study Reveals How Changes in Gene Expression Could Lead to Infertility
• • News Release

• August 23, 2010
• Depression, Anxiety and Suicidality Increased in Psoriasis Patients
• • News Brief
  • JAMA/Archives press release

• August 19, 2010
• High Levels of Teflon Chemical in Maternal Blood Are Not Associated With Increased Risk of Birth Defects or Pregnancy Complications, Penn Study of Ohio Drinking Water Finds
• • News Release

• August 12, 2010
• Penn Medicine Students Start Medical Careers with Time Honored Tradition
• Annual White Coat Ceremony an Important Step on the Journey Towards Becoming a Physician
• • Invitation to Cover

• August 9, 2010
• Alzheimer’s Test Can Determine Presence of Disease, Before Dementia Symptoms Appear
• Researchers Suggest Spinal Fluid Test Could Be Used to Confirm or Rule Out Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis
• • News Brief
  • Patient and Family Resources
  • JAMA/Archives News Release

• August 4, 2010
• Gene for Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease Identified through Genome Scan
• Study Represents Important Example of Value of Genome Scanning for Identifying Potential Targets for Drug Development
• • News Release

• July 27, 2010
• Calcium Connections: Penn Researchers Discover Basic Pathway for Maintaining Cell’s Fuel Stores
• Defining of Novel Mechanism Informs Understanding of Cancer, Aging Physiology
• • News Release

• July 16, 2010
• MRI Better Than CT Scans at Diagnosing Stroke
• • News Brief
  • Neurology news Release

• July 16, 2010
• Couple-Focused Intervention Appears Effective in Reducing HIV Risk Behaviors Among African Americans, Says Penn Study
• • News Brief
  • JAMA/Archives Release

• July 15, 2010
• Penn Researchers Discover New Role for Master Regulator in Cell Metabolism, Response to Stress
• Clinical Implications for Obesity, Diabetes, and Cancer Research
• • News Release
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• July 15, 2010
• Rescuing Fruit Flies from Alzheimer’s Disease
• Penn Researchers Reverse Cognitive Decline in Flies With Alzheimer’s Gene Mutation
• • News Release
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• July 15, 2010
• Penn Medicine Hospitals Recognized for Outstanding Performance in U.S.News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey
• HUP Ranked Among the Nation’s Top 10 for Three Consecutive Years
• • News Release

• July 7, 2010
• Fouls Go Left: Soccer Referees May Be Biased Based on Play’s Direction of Motion
• Left-to-Right Readers More Likely to Call Foul for Right-to-Left Attacks
• • News Release
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• July 6, 2010
• Anticancer Activity from Select Herbal Additives Found in Ancient Alcoholic Beverages
• Penn Museum and Penn Medicine Research Collaboration Yields First Promising Evidence for Efficacy of Medicinal Compounds Once Employed by Our Ancestors
• • News Brief
  • Penn Museum News Release

• July 6, 2010
• Revolutionary Therapy Slows Tumor Growth in Advanced Breast Cancer, Penn Research Reports
• New Strategy Holds Promise for Fewer Patient Side Effects
• • News Release

• July 2, 2010
• Penn Geneticist Named 2010 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
• • Announcement

• June 29, 2010
• Battle of the Bugs Leaves Humans as Collateral Damage
• • News Brief
  • Wellcome Trust Release

• June 16, 2010
• Action of Modern Drug Demonstrates How Two Ancient Human Systems Interact, Penn Study Finds
• • News Release

• June 15, 2010
• HUP Joins Hospitals in a Nation-wide Campaign in Support of National “Time-Out” Day
• • Invitation to Cover

• June 14, 2010
• Penn Epidemiology Professor Awarded Individual Recognition Award by College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• Shiriki Kumanyika was awarded for her leadership role in shaping Healthy People 2020.
• • News Release

• June 11, 2010
• CC Riders Cycle to Raise Funds to Battle Premature Births on 4th Annual Road Trip
• Annual Ride Will Raise Funds & Help Fight the Most Urgent Infant Health Problem in the US Today – Premature Birth
• • Invitation to Cover

• June 10, 2010
• Robotic Surgery: Medicine or Marketing?
• An Ethical and Clinical Exploration of the Pros & Cons of Robotic Surgery
• • Invitation to Cover
  • Video Webcast
  • Media Seminars Archive

• June 9, 2010
• Study Identifies Broader Genetic Targets for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Multiple Genetic Variants Involved
• • News Brief
  • Autism Speaks News Release

• June 8, 2010
• Long-Term Acute Care Hospitalization on the Rise, as Patients Recover from Critical Illness
• • News Brief
  • JAMA News Release

• June 3, 2010
• Penn Medicine Sleep Expert Tracks Astronauts’ Stress and Fatigue During 520-Day Mars Mission Simulation
• • News Brief
  • NSBRI News Release

• June 3, 2010
• Deep Brain Stimulation at Two Different Sites in Brain Improves Motor Function Comparably in Parkinson’s Disease
• • News Brief
  • NINDS News Release

• June 2, 2010
• First Common Genetic Variant Found for Congenital Heart Disease
• • News Brief
  • CHOP News Release

• June 1, 2010
• Jumping Genes Provide Extensive “Raw Material” for Evolution, Penn Study Finds
• • News Release

• May 28, 2010
• Penn Medicine Cancer Research and Experts at ASCO
• Resources for Media Covering the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting June 4-8, 2010
• • Media Toolkit

• May 28, 2010
• New Cancer Guidelines: Exercise During and After Treatment is Now Encouraged, Says Penn Medicine-Led Panel
• “Avoid Inactivity” to Boost Quality of Life, Strength and Fitness
• • News Release
  • ASCO 2010 Media Toolkit

• May 27, 2010
• Genetic Differences May Influence the Severity of Joint Pain Among Millions of Women Taking Lifesaving Breast Cancer Drugs, Penn Study Shows
• Penn Studies Reveal Patterns in Reasons Women Struggle to Remain on Lifesaving Therapy, Points to Personalized Strategies to Boost Compliance
• • News Release
  • ASCO 2010 Media Toolkit

• May 27, 2010
• Targeted Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Penn Medicine Studies for Metastatic Breast and Pancreatic Cancers
• New trials harness immune system to improve efficacy of therapeutic vaccine, chemotherapy
• • News Release
  • ASCO 2010 Media Toolkit

• May 25, 2010
• Penn Trauma Center Surgeon Receives Research Grant to Study Vasopressin Use in Resuscitation
• • News Release

• May 24, 2010
• Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse Gets Flyer’d Up
• Philadelphia Flyers’ Wives and Fun Patrol Visits Penn Medicine Rehabilitation and Hospice Patients
• • Invitation To Cover

• May 20, 2010
• Penn Researcher Receives Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Study New Approaches to Fight HIV
• • Announcement

• May 20, 2010
• NIH Awards $8 Million to Penn Medicine’s Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
• • Announcement

• May 17, 2010
• New Study Characterizes Cognitive and Anatomic Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease Gene Carriers
• APOEε4 Gene Carriers with Alzheimer’s Disease Have More Memory Problems; Non-carriers Troubled with Attention, Language and Executive Function
• • News Release

• May 17, 2010
• A Fat Cell Grows Up
• Stages from Early to Mature Cell Offer Clues for Anti-Obesity Drug Development, Penn Researchers Report
• • News Release
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• May 13, 2010
• 100 Campers to Attend Annual Bereavement Camp at Camp Erin - Philadelphia
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 13, 2010
• Penn Medicine Student Travels 7700 Miles from Tanzania to Attend Graduation
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 10, 2010
• Compulsive Behaviors More Common in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Taking Dopamine Agonists
• • News Brief
  • JAMA/Archives News Release

• May 10, 2010
• Rare Disease in Amish Children Sheds Light on Common Neurological Disorders, Penn Study Shows
• • News Release
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• May 7, 2010
• “Celebrating the Faces of Hope – Past, Present and Future”
• New $25 Million Abramson Family Gift Ensures Future of Lifesaving Cancer Research at Penn Medicine
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 6, 2010
• Scary Skin Spots? Free Skin Cancer Screenings by Penn Medicine Dermatologists on May 22
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 5, 2010
• “Unexpected Survivors,” Trauma Professionals & Haiti Relief Team to Gather for Penn Medicine’s Trauma Reflections Ceremony
• Event to Reunite Former Patients With Caregivers Who Saved Their Lives
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 4, 2010
• Your Genetic Profile: How Much Do You Want to Know… and What Good Will It Do You If You Know?
• • Invitation to Cover
  • Video Webcast
  • Media Seminars Archive

• April 29, 2010
• Penn Medicine’s Edna Foa Named One of TIME Magazine’s TIME 100
• Developer of Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD on TIME’s Annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World
• • News Release

• April 26, 2010
• Penn Researcher Given Pharmacia-ASPET Award
• • News Brief
  • ASPET news release

• April 22, 2010
• Genetic Basis of Cancer
• A Symposium in Honor of Penn’s Peter C. Nowell, Recipient of the 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
• • Invitation to Cover

• April 21, 2010
• Low Oxygen Recruits Inflammatory Cells to Tumors, Stimulating Growth, Penn Researchers Find
• • News Release

• April 20, 2010
• HER-2-Targeted T Cells May Have a Role in Ovarian Cancer Treatment, Penn Researchers Find
• • News Release

• April 20, 2010
• Extended Nicotine Patch Use Helps Some Smokers Quit, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• April 20, 2010
• A Brain-Recording Device that Melts into Place
• • News Brief
  • NINDS News Release

• April 20, 2010
• Science-Fair Switcheroo, Where Kids Judge the Science
• 140 third and fourth graders to decide award-winning science projects in Penn Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair
• • Invitation to Cover

• April 18, 2010
• Cross Talk Between Oncogenes Suggests Treatment Combination in Esophageal Cancer, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• April 15, 2010
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Nurses Organize Grassroots Community Health Fair
• April 17 Event Provides Free Dental, Medical, Pharmaceutical Screenings to West Philadelphia Residents
• • Invitation to Cover

• April 15, 2010
• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Ranked #2 in Nation by U.S.News & World Report
• Penn Also Stands among the Top Five Nationally for Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Internal Medicine and Drug/Alcohol Abuse
• • News Release

• April 14, 2010
• Two Penn Medicine Students Named 2010-11 Greater Philadelphia Schweitzer Fellows
• Community Service Project to Focus on Gestational Diabetes Prevention in West Philadelphia
• • News Brief

• April 5, 2010
• Greater Success When Depression and Alcohol Dependence Treated Together
• • News Brief

• April 5, 2010
• Roll-Out of Proven HIV/STD Risk-Reduction Intervention with Teens by Community Groups Successful, Penn Study Finds
• • News Release

• April 5, 2010
• Patricia Sullivan, PhD, Named University of Pennsylvania Health System Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety
• • Announcement

• April 1, 2010
• A Rapid Blood Test to Quickly Rule Out Appendicitis?
• Penn Hospitals Among Sites Studying Test To Eliminate Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Diagnostic Scans, Send Patients Home Faster
• • News Release

• March 25, 2010
• Sayre Health Center in West Philadelphia to Be Named In Honor of Late Penn Physician Bernett L. Johnson Jr.
• • News Brief
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• March 24, 2010
• Penn Medicine Hosts GI Conference for Patients, Families and Caregivers
• Gayle Jackson, mother of Philadelphia Eagles’ DeSean Jackson, to Give Inspirational Keynote Address
• • News Release

• March 24, 2010
• New Tissue-Hugging Implant Maps Heart Electrical Activity in Unprecedented Detail
• Next-Generation Devices Pave Way for Applications in Cardiology, Neurology
• • News Release
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• March 18, 2010
• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and AstraZeneca Working Together to Find New Therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease
• • News Release

• March 17, 2010
• Penn Researchers Clarify Cause of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• • News Brief
  • HHMI News Summary

• March 16, 2010
• Penn Match Day Fever – Future Physicians Prepare for Jobs Lottery
• Countdown to Match Day as Medical Students Await Residency Matches on March 18
• • Invitation to Cover

• March 16, 2010
• Concerns about Paying Persons for Living Kidney Donation Not Corroborated by Empirical Evidence, Penn Study Finds
• Payments Not Found to Alter Perception of Risk, Preferentially Influence Poor Persons, or Deter Donations for Altruistic Reasons
• • News Release

• March 16, 2010
• Cancer News is Potentially Misleading, Penn Researchers Find
• Stories Rarely Look at Palliative or End-Of-Life Care
• • News Release

• March 12, 2010
• Low-Fat Diets Outlast Low-Carb Diets
• • News Brief
  • Annals of Internal Medicine News Announcement

• March 11, 2010
• Penn Orthopaedic Researcher, Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD, Wins the 2010 AAOS Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughan Award
• • News Release

• March 3, 2010
• Second Dose of Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Proves Safe in Animal Studies
• Results Bode Well for Treating People with the Disease
• • News Release
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• March 2, 2010
• Saving Lives With Cell Phones
• Penn Medicine Research Reveals Audio Instruction Via Cell Phone Helps Lay Rescuers Perform Proper CPR
• • News Release

• February 25, 2010
• Cells of Aggressive Leukemia Hijack Normal Protein to Grow, According to Penn Study
• • News Release
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• February 24, 2010
• Health Care Volunteers and Disasters: First, Be Prepared
• Penn Physician Offers Lessons From the Medical Response Following Devastating Haiti Earthquake
• • News Release

• February 24, 2010
• Half of Americans Live More Than an Hour Away From Lifesaving Stroke Care
• Penn Study Shows 135 Million Americans in Danger, Points to Medical Helicopters to Transport More Victims to Primary Stroke Centers Faster
• • News Release

• February 22, 2010
• Short on Specialized Intensive Care Physicians, Team-based Approach Improves ICU Outcomes, Penn Study Shows
• Complementary Approach Reduces Risk of Death in Lieu of Specially-Trained Doctors
• • News Release

• February 22, 2010
• The Role of Sleep in Brain Development
• • News Release

• February 22, 2010
• The Geography of Violence
• • News Release

• February 19, 2010
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Not So Mild After All
• • News Release

• February 18, 2010
• Penn Researchers Present Phase II HIV Gene Therapy Trial Data at CROI 2010
• Reduced Viral Load set points in subjects treated with Lexgenleucel-T (VRX496TM) following HAART interruption
• • News Release

• February 18, 2010
• Visualizing the Unseen in Nature: Penn’s LabStudio Installation "Branching Morphogenesis" Wins 2010 AAAS/NSF International Visualization Challenge Award
• • News Release
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• February 18, 2010
• Penn Researchers Find Genetic Link to Leukemias with an Unknown Origin
• Findings Provide Clues for Treating Thousands of Patients Diagnosed Each Year
• • News Release
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• February 15, 2010
• Penn Researchers Find New Risk Factor for Second-Most-Common Form of Early-Onset Dementia
• • News Release
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• February 12, 2010
• Roybal Center Established for Translational Research in Aging
• PENN CMU Roybal Center Receives Funding from National Institute on Aging for Research into Health Care Behavior and Delivery
• • Penn Medicine Announcement
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• February 2, 2010
• Three Brain Diseases Linked by Toxic Form of Same Neural Protein, According to Penn Study
• The protein, called Elk-1, was found in clumps of misshaped proteins that are the hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and Huntington’s disease.
• • News Release
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• February 1, 2010
• Not Even a Puff: More Smokers Kick the Habit With Extended Nicotine Patch Therapy, Penn Research Shows
• Longer Use of Nicotine Patch Improves Abstinence from Cigarettes, Helps Smokers Quit Again After Relapse
• • News Release

• February 1, 2010
• Onset of Sexual Activity in Tweens Delayed By Theory-based Abstinence-only Program
• Penn Study Shows Early Intervention Important to Decrease STDs, HIV, Pregnancy
• • News Release

• January 28, 2010
• Sniffing Out Lung Cancer at Early Stages
• • News Brief
  • Monell News Release

• January 26, 2010
• Penn Medicine Team One Heads to Haiti
• • Featured Reports
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• January 26, 2010
• “Good” Bacteria Keep Immune System Primed to Fight Future Infections, According to Penn Study
• • News Release
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• January 25, 2010
• Penn Medicine Experts Available for Vancouver Olympics Coverage
• Medical Experts Provide Insight into Doping, H1N1, Brain Injury Issues
• • Media Advisory

• January 22, 2010
• Trauma Patients Safe from Mortality Risks, Complications Associated With So-Called “Weekend Effect,” Penn Study Shows
• Findings Contrast With Studies Showing That Other Critically Ill Patients Fare Worse in Hospitals on Weekends and At Night
• • News Release

• January 21, 2010
• Penn Scientist Given National Postdoctoral Association 2010 Distinguished Service Award
• • Award Announcement

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