• Perelman School of Medicine
• University of Pennsylvania Health System

• December 26, 2012
• MRI Can Screen Patients for Alzheimer's Disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Using Penn-designed Model
• Non-invasive MRI Screening Method is Cost-Effective, Statistically Powerful
• News Release

• December 26, 2012
• Immune System Changes May Drive Aggressiveness of Recurrent Tumors, Penn Researchers Report
• Mouse studies suggest immune-promoting drugs might control recurrent disease
• News Release

• December 26, 2012
• Penn Team Mimicking a Natural Defense Against Malaria to Develop New Treatments
• News Release

• December 26, 2012
• Penn Team Developing New Class of Malaria Drugs Using Essential Calcium Enzyme
• News Release

• December 26, 2012
• Penn Medicine Immunologist Chosen for Forbes 30 Under 30 List
• Announcement

• December 20, 2012
• Alzheimer's Association Awards Zenith Fellows Award to Penn's Robert Siman for Clever Research into Alzheimer's Drivers
• Announcement

• December 19, 2012
• Alzheimer's Patients with Non-Spousal Caregivers are Less Likely to Participate in Clinical Trials
• News Release

• December 19, 2012
• Protein Kinase Akt Identified as Arbiter of Cancer Stem Cell Fate, According to Penn Study
• News Release

• December 18, 2012
• Microbiologist to Lead Penn Medicine's Institute for Immunology
• Announcement

• December 18, 2012
• Penn Neuroscientist Receives Senior Scholar Award from Ellison Medical Foundation for Aging Research
• Announcement

• December 17, 2012
• Penn Researchers Show Cocaine Addiction Resistance May Be Passed Down from Father to Son
• Animal Model Reveals Paternal Cocaine Use Confers Protection Against Rewarding Effects of Cocaine in Male but Not Female Offspring
• News Release

• December 12, 2012
• Penn Medicine Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery Elected to American College of Surgeons Board of Regents
• Announcement

• December 10, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Carl June, MD, Named Co-Recipient of 2012 Ernest Beutler Lecture and Prize from American Society of Hematology
• Announcement

• December 9, 2012
• Leukemia Patients Remain in Remission More Than Two Years After Receiving Genetically Engineered T Cell Therapy
• News Release

• December 7, 2012
• Penn Presbyterian to Provide Free Total Knee Replacement as Part of Operation Walk USA 2012
• Invitation to Cover

• December 6, 2012
• Penn Medicine Surgeons Perform First Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion Transplantation in the Philadelphia Region
• News Release

• December 5, 2012
• Penn Medicine Performs 1000th Heart Transplant
• Twenty-five year anniversary of Penn program marks milestone in transplantation care in the Philadelphia region
• News Release

• December 4, 2012
• "Resistance" to Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy Extremely Rare, According to Penn Study
• Patients who might benefit may not be getting needed therapy
• News Release

• December 4, 2012
• Protected "Power Naps" Prove Helpful for Doctors in Training to Fight Fatigue During Overnight Shifts, Penn Study Finds
• New Research Provides Possible Alternative to Mandated Shorter Duty Hours for Residents
• News Release

• December 4, 2012
• UPHS Team Awarded for Using Information Technology to Reduce Catheter—Associated Urinary Tract Infections
• Announcement

• November 30, 2012
• Five Penn Professors Named AAAS Fellows
• Announcement

• November 30, 2012
• Penn Study Finds Residents Believe Vacant Land Threatens Community, Physical and Mental Health
• Resident perspectives provide essential insight on how vacant land affects neighborhood health
• News Release

• November 29, 2012
• Penn Team Identifies Molecular Root of "Exhausted" T Cells in Chronic Viral Infection
• News Release

• November 28, 2012
• Penn Scientist Named First Director of New Center for Orphan Disease Research and Therapy
• News Release

• November 26, 2012
• Penn-Temple Team Discovers What Keeps a Cell's Energy Source Going
• News Release

• November 26, 2012
• Penn Medicine Physician Awarded 2012 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Recipient by American Association for Women Radiologists
• News Release

• November 21, 2012
• Pathway Identified in Human Lymphoma Points Way to New Blood Cancer Treatments
• News Release

• November 19, 2012
• Penn's Long Term Relationship with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Laid Groundwork for Transformative Therapies for Cancer Patients
• Announcement

• November 16, 2012
• Yeast Protein Breaks up Amyloid Fibrils and Disordered Protein Clumps In Different Ways
• Heat Shock Protein Hsp104 could be developed to eliminate toxic clumps linked with neurodegenerative diseases
• News Release

• November 15, 2012
• Parkinson's Disease Protein Causes Disease Spread and Neuron Death in Healthy Animals
• Transmission model shows two main hallmarks of Parkinson's disease - death of dopamine neurons and disease protein clumps
• News Release

• November 15, 2012
• Penn Study Decodes Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Stem Cell Reprogramming
• News Release

• November 15, 2012
• Penn Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Help Residents of Local Communities Move Forward After Asbestos Exposure
• New program will educate residents, policy-makers and scientists on long-term social, economic and health effects of hazardous industrial sites
• News Release

• November 14, 2012
• Invitation to Cover: Penn Medicine Launches Combat to Care Campaign to Help Our Nation's Veterans
• Invitation to Cover

• November 13, 2012
• Targeting Downstream Proteins in Cancer-Causing Pathway Shows Promise in Cell, Animal Model, Penn Study Finds
• News Release

• November 13, 2012
• NIH Awards Penn Scientists $10 million Over Five Years for Innovative Research on Single Cells
• News Release

• November 11, 2012
• It's Not Just What You Eat, But When You Eat It: Penn Study Shows Link Between Fat Cell and Brain Clock Molecules
• Animal studies show that missing time piece can result in obesity
• News Release

• November 9, 2012
• Invitation to Cover: Health Policy After the 2012 Election
• U.S. Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz and Penn Medicine Health Policy Experts Gather to Discuss Future of U.S. Health Reform
• Invitation to Cover

• November 8, 2012
• Chronically Critically Ill: Penn Physicians Discuss Patients' Regrets About Medical Decisions
• Physicians, Patients Urged to Weigh Potential Long-term Consequences of Medical Choices
• News Brief

• November 8, 2012
• Fat-derived Stem Cells Hold Potential for Regenerative Medicine
• News Brief

• November 4, 2012
• Penn Medicine Contest Maps 1,400 Lifesaving AEDs Via Crowdsourcing Contest Fueled by Smart Phones
• Despite Increased Availability of Devices, Questions Remain on Locations, Accessibility of AEDs and Willingness of Public to Use Them
• News Release

• November 4, 2012
• Penn Medicine Expert to Receive American Heart Association's Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiac Resuscitation Science
• News Release

• November 4, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Daniel J. Rader, MD, Receives American Heart Association's Clinical Research Prize
• Award Honors Outstanding Work in the Field of Cardiovascular Research
• Announcement

• November 2, 2012
• MEDIA TOOLKIT: Penn Medicine at the 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, November 3 - 7, Los Angeles
• News Release

• November 2, 2012
• Penn Medicine Announces New Advanced Care Hospital Pavilion and Trauma Center at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
• News Release

• November 2, 2012
• New Medication Shows Promise as Lipid-Lowering Therapy for Rare Cholesterol Disorder, Penn Study Finds
• International Research Effort Results in First Pharmaceutical Agent Developed for Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
• News Release

• November 1, 2012
• Softening Arteries, Protecting the Heart: Penn Study Shows Underlying Connection Between "Good" Cholesterol and Collagen in Heart Health
• News Release

• October 31, 2012
• Penn Researchers Find Error Reporting Improves Perceptions of Safety and May Reduce Incidents
• Conditions Reporting System Helps Foster Culture of Safety
• News Release

• October 31, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Brian Strom, MD, MPH, Elected to Chair Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee
• Announcement

• October 25, 2012
• Penn Nursing Leader Selected as National Scholar
• Announcement

• October 25, 2012
• New Evidence Suggests Certain Anesthetics Highjack the Brain's Natural Sleep Circuitry
• News Brief

• October 25, 2012
• 

  Penn-Temple Team Discovers Gatekeeper for Maintaining Health of Cell Energy Source

• • News Release

• October 25, 2012
• 

  Two Penn Medicine Physicians Honored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as Young Health Leaders

• • Announcement

• October 23, 2012
• Penn Medicine Researchers Map Strategy for "Choosing Wisely" on Low-Value Health Care Services
• Team Calls for Redesign of Insurance Coverage, Improved Communication about Risks/Benefits of Treatment, and Changes to Financial Incentives to Physicians
• News Release

• October 23, 2012
• University of Pennsylvania's Basser Research Center for BRCA Partners With FORCE, an Advocacy Group for Patients With Risks of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
• Announcement

• October 19, 2012
• 

  Penn Researchers Receive Major Grant to Explore Use of Brain Training To Help People Change Behaviors that Increase Cancer Risk

• Award from NCI's New "Provocative Questions" Grant Program Funds Novel Neuroscience Approach
• • News Release

• October 17, 2012
• New Research from Penn Medicine Identifies Association between Rare Neuromuscular Disorder and Loss of Smell
• News Release

• October 17, 2012
• 

  Penn Receives Gift to Name Smilow Center for Translational Research and Enhance Bioinformatics Efforts

• Largest Capital Gift of the University's $3.5 billion Making History Fundraising Campaign to Date
• • News Release

• October 15, 2012
• Pennsylvania Hospital Recognized for Charitable Care of Underserved Women and Children
• News Release

• October 15, 2012
• Institute of Medicine Elects Four New Members from Penn Medicine
• News Release

• October 10, 2012
• Penn Translational Medicine Institute to Hold 7th Annual Symposium
• Invitation to Cover

• October 8, 2012
• Bitter Taste Receptors Regulate the Upper Respiratory Defense System, Penn Medicine Study Reveals
• New Findings Could Help Uncover Novel Diagnostic Tools and Treatments for Patients with Chronic Sinus Conditions
• News Release

• October 4, 2012
• Penn Researchers Create a Universal Map of Vision in the Human Brain
• New Technology Confirms "Timeless" Diagram Drafted by WW1 Neurologist
• News Release

• October 3, 2012
• Penn-developed Mouse Model of Debilitating Lung Disease Suggests Potential Treatment Regimen
• News Release

• October 3, 2012
• U.S. Department of Defense Awards Penn Researchers Funding to Investigate New Anti-Infection Drug
• Phase 2 human trial set to examine effectiveness of topical gel in treating post-surgical orthopedic infections
• News Release

• October 1, 2012
• New Insights on Control of Pituitary Hormone Outside of Brain has Implications for Breast Cancer, Penn Study Finds
• News Release

• October 1, 2012
• Penn Translational Medicine Researcher Named 2012 Louis and Arthur Lucian Award Recipient
• Announcement

• October 1, 2012
• Chyke Doubeni Appointed Presidential Term Professor at Penn
• Announcement

• September 28, 2012
• Penn Immunologist Among 14 Early-career Scientists Given 2012 NIH Director's Awards
• Announcement

• September 26, 2012
• Penn Medicine Receives NIH Grant to Launch New Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health
• Announcement

• September 25, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Julia Lavenberg Receives Top Honor at National Conference
• Announcement

• September 25, 2012
• Groundbreaking Celebration for Penn Center for Specialty Care at 3737 Market Street
• Invitation to Cover

• September 25, 2012
• Penn Medicine Receives $7.7 Million Grant from Department of Defense to Help Determine Most Effective Strategies for Training Clinicians to Treat PTSD
• Announcement

• September 20, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Stephanie Abbuhl, MD, Receives 2012 AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Development Award
• Announcement

• September 20, 2012
• Penn Study Documents Women's Experiences with Chromosome Abnormalities Found in New Prenatal Test
• News Release

• September 19, 2012
• Penn Medicine Researcher Receives New Innovator Award from National Institutes of Health
• Announcement

• September 18, 2012
• Penn Medicine Partners with ECRI to Win Evidence-Based Practice Center Designation from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Announcement

• September 14, 2012
• In-Hospital Identification of Newborn Congenital Ear Deformities Allows For Swift, Non-Surgical Correction, Penn Medicine Study Finds
• News Release

• September 13, 2012
• Mitchell D. Schnall Named Chair of Penn Medicine Department of Radiology
• Announcement

• September 13, 2012
• Surgery Has a More Profound Effect than Anesthesia on Brain Pathology and Cognition in Alzheimer's Animal Model, Finds Penn Study
• News Release

• September 13, 2012
• Penn Medicine Research Team Honored with John Scott Award from the Board of Directors of City Trusts
• Announcement

• September 7, 2012
• Alzheimer's Experts from Penn Summit Provide Strategic Roadmap to Tackle the Disease
• News Release

• September 6, 2012
• Thickening of the Heart's Right Ventricle Could Foreshadow Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Death in Otherwise Heart-Healthy Patients, Penn Study Shows
• News Release

• September 5, 2012
• Tension on Gut Muscles Induces Cell Invasion in Zebrafish Intestine, Mimicking Cancer Metastasis, Penn Study Finds
• News Release

• September 5, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Stanley Goldfarb, MD, Named President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• Announcement

• September 4, 2012
• Twelve Penn Medicine Clinical Care Practices Earn National Recognition for Patient-Centered Care from the National Committee for Quality Assurance
• Announcement

• August 30, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Granted $11.9 Million Renewal of NINDS Support for Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Center of Excellence
• News Release

• August 28, 2012
• Penn Medicine Physician Offers Model for Teaching Future Physicians Value-based Care
• VALUE Framework Urged for Medical and Surgical Residents
  • News Release

• August 22, 2012
• Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Penn Medicine's Aaron Beck, MD, Receives International Award for Contributions to Medicine
• News Release

• August 21, 2012
• Penn Medicine Receives $12 Million to Tackle Prostate Cancer Disparities
• Announcement

• August 21, 2012
• Jeff and Anne Keefer Give $1 Million to Penn's Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Center
• Announcement

• August 21, 2012
• The Joint Commission Certifies Pennsylvania Hospital and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center as Primary Stroke Centers
• Penn Medicine Becomes First Health System in Philadelphia with all Hospitals Certified to Optimally Treat Stroke
  • News Release

• August 20, 2012
• Biomarkers in Blood May Detect Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
• News Brief

• August 14, 2012
• Penn Orthopaedics at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Receives Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission
• Certification Awarded for Superior Compliance in Hip and Knee Replacement Programs
  • News Release

• August 13, 2012
• Diabetes Drugs Prescribed to More than 15 Million Americans Raises Risk of Bladder Cancer, Penn Medicine Study Shows
• • News Release

• August 13, 2012
• $4.6 Million Renewal from NIH to Penn Program that Aims to Diversify Biomedical Education
• • Announcement

• August 10, 2012
• Incoming Perelman School of Medicine Students Start Medical Careers with a Short White Coat AND an iPad
• • Invitation to Cover

• August 7, 2012
• Penn Medicine's Rita K. Adeniran Receives Highly Competitive National Nurse Fellowship
• Three-Year Nurse Fellows Program Provides Leadership, Professional Development
• • Announcement

• August 7, 2012
• Composite Nanofibers Developed by Penn Scientists Next Chapter in Orthopaedic Biomaterials
• • News Release

• August 7, 2012
• Penn Study Finds with Vacant Lots Greened, Residents Feel Safer
• New Evidence Supports Earlier Studies Suggesting Greening Vacant Lots May Reduce Violent Crime
• • News Release

• August 7, 2012
• Penn Medicine Professor Selected for Emerging Leaders Fund Grant from the Claneil Foundation to Support Puentes de Salud
• • Announcement

• August 6, 2012
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Selected to Lead U.S. Nurse-Training Initiative
• • News Brief

• August 6, 2012
• University of Pennsylvania and Novartis Form Alliance to Expand Use of Personalized T Cell Therapy for Cancer Patients
• Industry-Academic Partnership Will Establish New Research Center to Expedite Study and Development of Gene Transfer Approach
• • News Release

• August 6, 2012
• NIH Awards $18.5 Million to Personalized Therapeutics Consortium Led by Penn Translational Medicine Researcher Garret FitzGerald
• • Announcement

• August 2, 2012
• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Goes to Penn Medicine Researcher
• • Announcement

• August 1, 2012
• New FDA Program Adds to Tools to Curb Opioid Abuse in United States
• Penn Researcher Calls for Additional Strategies to Properly Weigh Benefits, Risks of Prescribing Painkillers
• • News Release

• August 1, 2012
• Penn Medicine Professor Named to IOM Committee on Graduate Medical Education Financing
• • Announcement

• July 27, 2012
• Two Penn Researchers Share McKnight Technology Award
• • Announcement

• July 24, 2012
• Pennsylvania Hospital Selected for Unprecedented National Effort to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in US Hospitals
• Exclusive Group of Hospitals Transforming Maternity Care Services in States with Low Breastfeeding Rates
• • News Release

• July 23, 2012
• Benefits of HIV Drugs Rise -- But Less Than Previously Believed, Penn Study Shows
• HIV Patients Whose Infections Are Tightly Controlled Increased By 60 Percent Over Past Decade
• • News Release

• July 20, 2012
• Penn Medicine's David Sarwer, PhD, Honored with Circle of Excellence Award from the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Achievement Marks the First Time a Mental Health Professional Has Received the Honor
• • Announcement

• July 19, 2012
• Anti-Tau Drug Improves Cognition, Decreases Tau Tangles in Alzheimer's Disease Models, Penn Researchers Report
• Drugmaker Begins Phase I Clinical Trial to Test Microtubule Stabilizing-Drug in Mild Alzheimer's Cases
• • News Release

• July 18, 2012
• Penn Medicine Hospitals Recognized for Outstanding Performance by U.S. News & World Report
• • Announcement

• July 17, 2012
• Popular Herbal Remedy Used by Patients to Treat Hepatitis C-Related Liver Disease Proves Ineffective, Penn Study Finds
• New findings show conflicting evidence on the benefits of using Silymarin to treat chronic liver disease
• • News Release

• July 17, 2012
• Penn Expert Addresses Ethical Implications of Testing for Alzheimer's Disease Risk
• Early Diagnosis without Treatment Options Creates Individual, Societal Conundrum
• • News Release

• July 11, 2012
• HIV Drug Reduces Graft-versus-Host Disease in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Penn Study Shows
• New Approach Redirects New Immune Cells From Harming Vital Organs, Without Dangers of Immunosuppression
• • News Release

• July 9, 2012
• Penn Neurologist First American to Receive Highest Ecuadorean Scientific Prize
• • Announcement

• July 9, 2012
• Nehal Mehta, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Named First NIH-Lasker Clinical Research Scholar
• • Announcement

• July 6, 2012
• For Cardiac Stenting Procedures, Wrist Access Offers Cost Saving Benefits Over Groin Access, Penn Study Shows
• New Research Also Confirms Reduced Adverse Events with Wrist Access Approach
• • News Release

• July 2, 2012
• Douglas Wallace to Receive Gruber Foundation 2012 Genetics Prize
• • Announcement

• July 2, 2012
• Chief Resident in Urology Recognized for Work for Women with Pelvic Floor Disorders
• • Announcement

• June 28, 2012
• Penn Medicine Emergency Physician Appointed to Federal Council For Emergency Medical Services on Nation's Roadways
• • Announcement

• June 28, 2012
• Penn Health Policy Experts Gather to Discuss Historic Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care Reform
• • Invitation to Cover

• June 26, 2012
• Mariell Jessup, MD, Penn Medicine Cardiologist, Named President-Elect of the American Heart Association
• • Announcement

• June 25, 2012
• Gene Expression Test Identifies Low-Risk Thyroid Nodules
• Penn Medicine Editorial Suggests 25,000 Unnecessary Surgeries Can Be Avoided
• • News Release

• June 21, 2012
• Penn Researcher Recognized For Work in Developing Anxiety Disorder Medications
• • Announcement

• June 20, 2012
• Innovative, Automated Strategies to Engage Patients At Home Are Key To Improving Health Outcomes in 21st Century, Penn Researchers Say
• "Automated Hovering" Must Combine Technology, Behavioral Economics, and New Payment Strategies
• • News Release

• June 20, 2012
• Regional Anesthesia Reduces Complications and Death for Hip Fracture Patients, Penn Medicine Study Finds
• New Findings Could Impact the Perioperative Care of Millions of Aging Patients Who Experience Common, Fall-Related Injuries
• • News Release

• June 19, 2012
• Penn Study Describes Molecular Machinery that Pulls Apart Protein Clumps
• • News Release

• June 19, 2012
• Two Perelman School of Medicine Faculty Named as Research Team Leaders for Space Biomedical Institute
• • Announcement

• June 18, 2012
• Psoriasis Increases Risk of Diabetes, Penn Study Shows
• Skin Disease Shares Common Inflammatory Pathway with Metabolic Disorder
• • News Release

• June 18, 2012
• Brothers in Arms: Commensal Bacteria Help Fight Viruses, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• June 18, 2012
• Penn Radiology Professor Receives 2012 Benedict Cassen Prize for Research in Nuclear Medicine
• • Announcement

• June 18, 2012
• University of Pennsylvania Health System Receives Two National Health Care Innovation Awards
• • Announcement

• June 15, 2012
• Graphic Warning Labels Improve Smokers' Recall of Warning and Health Risks Related to Smoking, Penn Medicine Study Shows
• • News Release

• June 14, 2012
• Frances E. Jensen, MD, named Chair of the Department of Neurology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
• • News Release

• June 14, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Cancer Biologist Selected as a 2012 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
• • Announcement

• June 12, 2012
• Pancreatic Cancer Can Run but Not Hide from the Immune System, according to Penn Study
• • News Release

• June 11, 2012
• Penn Medicine Cardiologist Chairs National Report on Optimal Use of Vascular Laboratory Tests for Patients with Known or Suspected Arterial Disease
• New Criteria Provides Guidance for Clinicians on Appropriate Use of Vascular Imaging and Testing
• • News Brief

• June 6, 2012
• Good Bugs Gone Bad: Microbes that Promote Normal Health Can "Turn Bad" if Found Outside the Intestine
• Gut Immune Cells Keep Beneficial Microbes in Their Place, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• June 6, 2012
• Penn Medicine Hosts Premier of "Head Games" Documentary on Sports Concussions
• Brain Injury Survivors and Experts on Hand to Discuss Need for Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 31, 2012
• Testicular Cancer Survivors Often Report Behaviors That Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Problems, Penn Study Shows
• • News Release

• May 31, 2012
• Penn Study Finds Delayed Side Effects of Head and Neck Cancer Treatments Go Unreported
• Results Reinforce Need for Improved "Survivorship Care" to Encourage Patients to Seek Help for Their Symptoms
• • News Release

• May 31, 2012
• Penn Medicine Cancer Research and Experts at ASCO
• Resources for Media Covering the American Society of Clinical Oncology Meeting June 1-5, 2012
• • Media Toolkit

• May 31, 2012
• Researchers Call for Obesity Prevention Efforts to Focus on Community-Wide Systems that Influence Early Life
• New Community Approach is Necessary to Lower Increasing Rates of Childhood Obesity
• • News Release

• May 30, 2012
• Prescription-Drug Monitoring Programs Needed to Curtail Dangers Associated with "Pharmaceuticalization" of 21st Century
• Penn Medicine Researcher Calls for Expansion of Programs to Identify Potential Drug Abusers and Protect Pain Patients
• • News Release

• May 30, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Selected by National Institutes of Health as a Center of Excellence in Pain Education
• Collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and School of Dental Medicine will Help Create National Training Protocols in Pain Management
• • News Release

• May 29, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Student Named Albert Schweitzer Fellow
• • Announcement

• May 29, 2012
• Photodynamic Therapy Added to Lung-Sparing Surgery Improves Survival for Mesothelioma Patients
• • News Brief

• May 24, 2012
• Two Penn Medicine Innovation Tournament Winners Selected for Interactive Improvements to Patient Scheduling and Navigation
• First "Your Big Idea" Tournament Collected over 1,700 Ideas and 66,000 Ratings and Comments from Penn Medicine Faculty and Staff
• • News Release

• May 16, 2012
• New Research from Penn Medicine Challenges Established Concept that Raising HDL Helps Counter Heart Attack Risk
• • News Brief

• May 16, 2012
• FDA-approved Drug Makes Established Cancer Vaccine Work Better, Penn Study Finds
• • News Release

• May 14, 2012
• Sundown Syndrome-like Symptoms in Fruit Flies May be Due to High Dopamine Levels
• Changes in Flies Parallel Human Disorder
• • News Release

• May 11, 2012
• Black Cardiac Arrest Victims Less Apt to Receive CPR and Shocks to the Heart from Bystanders, Penn Study Shows
• Findings Reveal Racial Disparities in Pre-Hospital Care for Nation's Leading Killer
• • News Release

• May 11, 2012
• Lifesaving Devices Missing Near the Scene of Three Quarters of Cardiac Arrests, Penn Study Reveals
• Automated External Defibrillators Rarely Close to Locations of Public Cardiac Arrests
• • News Release

• May 11, 2012
• Graduation and Mother's Day Combined: Perelman School of Medicine Students and Mothers Celebrate Major Milestones Together
• • Invitation to Cover

• May 11, 2012
• Penn-Developed Electronic Medical Record Tool Cuts Down on Unnecessary CT Scans in Emergency Room Patients with Abdominal Pain
• Tool Helps Physicians Rethink Potential Risks, Benefits for Test Given to 14 Percent of All U.S. ER Patients
• • News Release

• May 9, 2012
• Penn Medicine-Led Cardiovascular Health Screening Technology Receives Innovative Development Funding from American Heart Association
• • Announcement

• May 8, 2012
• Block Its Recycling System, and Cancer Kicks the Can, According to New Penn Study
• Potent new drug kills tumor cells in mice by clogging up their recycling system
• • News Release

• May 8, 2012
• Penn Receives $25 Million Gift to Create Basser Research Center for Inherited Cancers
• • News Release

• May 7, 2012
• Liver Fat Gets a Wake-Up Call That Maintains Blood Sugar Levels, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• May 3, 2012
• Two Winners Take Grand Prize in Penn Medicine's MyHeartMap Challenge
• $9,000 Goes to Each Top Participant in Crowdsourcing Contest Aimed at Saving Lives from Cardiac Arrest
• • News Release

• May 3, 2012
• Three Penn Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
• • Announcement

• May 2, 2012
• Genetically Modified T Cell Therapy Shown to be Safe, Lasting in Decade-Long Penn Medicine Study of HIV Patients
• Results Open Up Field of T Cell Gene Therapy for Use in Other Diseases
• • News Release

• May 2, 2012
• NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk Explained, According to Studies from the Perelman School of Medicine
• • News Release

• May 2, 2012
• Penn Medicine Physician Receives National Honor for Advancing Field of Urology
• • Announcement

• May 1, 2012
• Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Former Perelman School of Medicine Dean, Receives Prestigious Medal for Medical Service
• • News Release

• April 30, 2012
• New Penn Study Confirms Two Treatments for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Provide Equal Improvements in Vision
• Year two results corroborate initial findings that two medications provide strikingly similar results
• • News Release

• April 27, 2012
• Newer, More Expensive Psoriasis Drugs Only Slightly More Effective Than Older Therapies Under Real World Conditions
• • News Brief

• April 24, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Researchers Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• • Announcement

• April 24, 2012
• Gatekeeper of Brain Steroid Signals Boosts Emotional Resilience to Stress
• • News Release

• April 23, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Professor Elected to the Royal Society
• • Announcement

• April 20, 2012
• Penn Medicine Study Calls for Range of Diagnostic Spinal Fluid Tests to Help Clinicians Differentiate Concurrent Neurodegenerative Diseases
• • News Release

• April 20, 2012
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Receives Prominent Magnet® Recognition for Superior Patient Care
• American Nurses Credentialing Center unanimously grants highest nursing credential to nursing staff
• • News Release

• April 20, 2012
• ALS Patients Differ on Treatment Choices in Later Phases of Disease, Penn Medicine Study Shows
• Delaying Treatment Increases Mortality, Reduces Quality of Life
• • News Release

• April 20, 2012
• Early Treatment Improves Outcomes in Rare, Often Undiagnosed Form of Encephalitis, Penn Researchers Find
• First Treatment Guidelines Created for Newly Defined Disease that Frequently Evades Detection
• • News Release

• April 19, 2012
• Penn Receives $3.8 Million to Study Psoriasis Treatment and Cardiovascular Disease
• • Announcement

• April 18, 2012
• Penn Medicine Cancer Team's "Serial Killer" T Cell Leukemia Treatment Named Among Nation's Top Clinical Research Achievements
• Clinical Research Foundation Awards Celebrate Groundbreaking Research that Aims To Improve Health and Alleviate Suffering
• • Announcement

• April 17, 2012
• Parkinson's Protein Causes Disease Spread in Animal Model, Suggesting Way Disorder Progresses Over Time in Humans
• • News Release

• April 17, 2012
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Ranked Among 100 Top Hospitals in the Nation, According to Thomson Reuters
• Annual study recognizes superior patient care and organizational excellence
• • News Release

• April 16, 2012
• Penn Medicine's CAREs Foundation Funds Community Health and Education Programs
• Foundation Contributed More than $18,000 to Community Programs since its Inception Earlier this Year
• • News Release

• April 9, 2012
• Breast Cancer Patients Suffer Treatment-Related Side Effects Long After Completing Care, Penn Study Shows
• Expert Panel Recommends Model for Monitoring Survivors to Prevent and Treat Physical Complications
• • News Release

• April 6, 2012
• Penn Study Cautions Use of Drugs to Block "Niacin Flush" in Heart Patients
• • News Release

• April 5, 2012
• DNA Sequencing Consortium Finds Patterns of Mutations in Autism, Highlighting Potential Risk Factors
• • News Brief

• April 4, 2012
• Coordinating the Circadian Clock: Perelman School of Medicine Researchers Find that Molecular Pair Controls Time-Keeping and Fat Metabolism
• • News Brief

• April 3, 2012
• Penn Bioethicist Jonathan Moreno Appointed to UNESCO International Bioethics Committee
• • Announcement

• April 3, 2012
• Three Penn Medicine Hospitals Receive Accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
• • Announcement

• April 2, 2012
• Penn Medicine Researchers Honored with Pasarow Medical Research Award
• • Announcement

• March 29, 2012
• Duality of Longevity Drug Explained by Perelman School of Medicine Researchers
• Rapamycin-induced longevity in mice can be uncoupled from diabetes-inducing side effects
• • News Release

• March 29, 2012
• Penn Medicine Cardiovascular Researcher Honored by American Medical Association for Promising Work in Congenital Heart Disease
• • Announcement

• March 28, 2012
• Penn Researchers Call for a Re-Examination of Transplant Waitlist Prioritization
• New study shows liver cancer patients are less likely to die on wait list than candidates without cancer
• • News Release

• March 26, 2012
• Benjamin Garcia Appointed Presidential Term Professor at Penn
• • Announcement

• March 26, 2012
• Penn Study Reveals Safety of Coronary CT Scans for Rapidly Ruling Out Heart Attacks Among Emergency Room Patients With Chest Pain
• • News Release

• March 26, 2012
• Inner Weapons Against Allergies: Gut Bacteria Control Allergic Diseases, Perelman School of Medicine Study Finds
• • News Release

• March 23, 2012
• Nobel Laureate Peter Agre, MD, to Speak at the Perelman School of Medicine Commencement
• • Announcement

• March 23, 2012
• Penn Medicine Neurosurgeon Receives Joel A. Gingras, Jr. Award from American Brain Tumor Association
• • Announcement

• March 23, 2012
• Brain Insulin Resistance Contributes to Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease
• • News Release

• March 21, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine Experts Identify Inhibitor Causing Male Pattern Baldness and Target for Hair Loss Treatments
• • News Release

• March 19, 2012
• Penn Researchers Find Mentoring Provides Health Benefits for African American Veterans with Diabetes
• Findings indicate incentives and support may offer economic and health benefits
• • News Release

• March 19, 2012
• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Receives Renewal of Highest Nursing Credential with Prestigious Magnet® Recognition
• Magnet status recognizes nursing staff's dedication to providing superior patient care
• • News Release

• March 19, 2012
• New Research from Penn Medicine Reveals Mothers of Kids with Autism Earn Significantly Less
• Autism Care Has Major Economic Impact on Families, Not Just Health Care Systems
• • News Release

• March 16, 2012
• Penn Medicine Anesthesiologist Named as President of the Society for Critical Care Medicine
• • Announcement

• March 16, 2012
• "Medical March Madness" as Perelman School of Medicine Students Countdown to Match Day
• Annual Ceremony Marks Transition into Graduate Medical Training
• • Invitation to Cover

• March 15, 2012
• Genetic Variation in Human Gut Viruses Could be Raw Material for Inner Evolution, Perelman School of Medicine Study Finds
• • News Release

• March 14, 2012
• Penn-Developed Online Cancer Resource Launches Redesign, New Features to Guide Patients, Caregivers
• User search habits drive OncoLink's new site design, providing instant access to personalized information on cancer risk and care
• • News Release

• March 13, 2012
• Potential Alzheimer's Disease Drug Slows Damage and Symptoms in Animal Model, According to Perelman School of Medicine Study
• • News Release

• March 13, 2012
• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Ranked #2 Medical School in the Nation, According to U.S. News and World Report
• • Announcement

• March 6, 2012
• Expensive yet Cost-Effective: Aggressive Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improves Outcomes, Reduces Long-Term Costs, Penn Study Shows
• Regardless of Age, Younger and Older Severe TBI Patients Benefit from Aggressive Care
• • News Release

• March 5, 2012
• New Universal Platform for Cancer Immunotherapy Developed by Penn-led Team
• • News Release

• March 5, 2012
• One in Four U.S. HIV Patients Don't Stay in Care, Penn Study Shows
• More Than Half of Patients Found to Have Long Gaps in Between Appointments
• • News Release

• March 1, 2012
• Final Statement from the Perelman School of Medicine
• • Statement

• March 1, 2012
• Defying Expectations: Penn Medicine Study Reveals Americans Report Improved Sleep with Age
• Survey of 150,000 Adults Shows Fewest Complaints Come from People in Their 80s
• • News Release

• February 27, 2012
• Four Penn Researchers Awarded Sloan Fellowships
• • Announcement

• February 27, 2012
• Penn Medicine Appoints Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, as Executive Vice Dean for Institutional Affairs
• • News Release

• February 23, 2012
• Sleepless in the South: Penn Medicine Study Discovers State and Regional Prevalence of Sleep Issues in the United States
• First National Sleep Maps Reveal Southern States Hit Hardest by Sleep Disturbances
• • News Release

• February 23, 2012
• Penn Radiology Researchers Receive $2.5 Million NIH Grant for Breast Cancer Virtual Clinical Trials
• • Announcement

• February 22, 2012
• New Member of the Breast-Cancer Gene Network Found by Penn-led Team
• • News Release

• February 22, 2012
• Revising the "Textbook" on Liver Metabolism Offers New Targets for Diabetes Drugs, According to Penn Study
• • News Release

• February 20, 2012
• New Combo of Chemo and Well-Known Malaria Drug Delivers Double Punch to Tumors
• Penn oncologist presents results of new approach to fighting cancer at annual AAAS meeting
• • News Release

• February 16, 2012
• Study Provides Roadmap for Improved Care of Epilepsy Emergencies by Paramedics
• Autoinjection Pen Offers Faster, Safer Treatment of Prolonged Seizures
• • News Release

• February 8, 2012
• Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Succeeds in Patients' Other Eye
• In 3 Adults, Repeat Dose Safely Improves Vision
• • News Release

• February 8, 2012
• Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Succeeds in Patients' Other Eye
• In 3 Adults, Repeat Dose Safely Improves Vision
• • News Release

• February 6, 2012
• Molecular Path from Internal Clock to Cells Controlling Rest and Activity Revealed in Penn Study
• • News Release

• January 30, 2012
• Four-Week Vaccination Regimen Knocks Out Early Breast Cancer Tumors, Penn Researchers Report
• Majority of Patients Treated Develop Strong, Lasting Immune Responses
• • News Release

• January 27, 2012
• New Report Examines Autism Needs for Patients and Families in Pennsylvania
• State-Wide Survey Led by the Penn Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research
• • News Release

• January 19, 2012
• Sleep Problems Increase Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Obesity, Penn Study Shows
• Poor Sleep Three Nights Per Week or More May Play a Major Role in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders
• • News Release

• January 19, 2012
• Gender Differences in Liver Cancer Risk Explained by Small Changes in Genome, Penn Study Finds
• • News Release

• January 19, 2012
• Cell Tracking Allows Penn Researchers to See Metastasis of Pancreatic Cancer in Action
• • News Release

• January 18, 2012
• Penn Lung Biologists to Receive $2.5 Million to Study Repair and Regeneration
• • News Release

• January 12, 2012
• Cancer Cells Feed on Sugar-Free Diet
• • News Brief

• January 12, 2012
• Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Improves Motion and Mood, Reduces Medications
• • News Brief

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