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Penn Medicine’s Piano Man

Whether it’s through Reiki therapy or music, Penn Medicine’s piano man is most interested in helping patients in whatever they are going through.

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Treatment Doctor Tested On Himself Can Put Others into Remission
August 13, 2019
Could NFL Players’ Performance After A Concussion Mask The Dangers?
August 12, 2019

Balance of “Stop” and “Go” Signaling Could Be Key to Cancer Immunotherapy Response
August 08, 2019
Measuring the Brain’s Amyloid Buildup Less Effective in Identifying Severity, Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease Compared to Other Imaging Methods
August 06, 2019

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Penn Medicine’s Piano Man

August 15, 2019

Whether it’s through Reiki therapy or music, Penn Medicine’s piano man is most interested in helping patients in whatever they are going through.
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Veterans Indulge in the Wonders of Nature

August 13, 2019

Every other Saturday morning for the past couple of years, Wise, Vice President of Finance at Chester County Hospital, has spent two or three hours with the veterans who occupy the hospice at the medical center. Much of the time, he just listens.
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#WomenofPenn: Time for the Circadian Field

August 08, 2019

When Amita Sehgal, PhD, says that time flies, she really means it. Her work, which centers on the 24-hour rhythms that drive animal behavior, is mainly done in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and aims to provide a better understanding of how and why we sleep.
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The Legacy of PARS

August 06, 2019

PARS is an all-female workshop led by clinicians, scientists, and medical students for high school students interested in exploring the world of health care and medicine, particularly reproductive science.
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Predicting Alzheimer’s with Algorithms

August 01, 2019

Sophisticated, computational algorithms may soon be helping physicians determine when and which patients will advance to Alzheimer’s with greater accuracy—and in a much faster timeframe than before.
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Dancin’ to the Music: More than Just Exercise

July 30, 2019

Activities learned early in life — including listening to music — remain engrained in our brain. “Familiar tunes and lyrics can be recognized across all stages of Alzheimer’s Disease,” noted a Practical Neurology article. “Listening to familiar music can elicit pleasurable responses such as smiling or moving/dancing even when communication is lost.”
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Penn Medicine In the News

Music May Work as Well as Meds to Reduce Anesthesia-Related Anxiety
July 31, 2019
Reuters Health via National Post
Mysteries and Controversies of the Placenta
July 31, 2019
The Scientist
Penn Medicine’s Hospitals Rank Among the Nation’s Best
July 30, 2019
Philadelphia Business Journal PhillyVoice

What is a Hypnic Jerk? Why Some People Twitch Awake Before Falling Asleep
July 30, 2019
TODAY
EHR Snooping: Best Efforts to Bust, Punish, and Prevent It
July 30, 2019
Becker’s Health IT & CIO Report
Philadelphia’s Five-Year Effort to Increase Use of CBT for Youth
July 28, 2019
Open Minds