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Health-Related Google Searches Doubled in the Week Before Patients’ Emergency Department Visits
February 20, 2019
Temperatures Rising: Patients Taking Diuretics May See More Benefit by Upping Potassium Intake During Warmer Weather
February 18, 2019

Penn Medicine and CHOP Study Finds that Fetal Signaling Pathways May Offer Future Targets for Treating Lung Injury
February 18, 2019
Penn Medicine’s Mitchell Lazar Receives Karolinska Institute’s 2019 Rolf Luft Award
February 15, 2019

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Mended Hearts: Supporting Patients through Their Time of Healing

February 19, 2019

After heart surgery, it’s not uncommon to experience feelings of anxiety about the recovery process; in fact, up to 25 percent of people experience depression after having a cardiac episode.
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Immune Profiling: A New Opportunity for Drug Development

February 14, 2019

The immune system is involved in almost every disease, at one level or another. Special cells, proteins, tissues, and organs that defend people against germs and other perceived invaders are its sum.
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In Defense of Millennials, the Global Generation

February 12, 2019

Studies show that the number medical students studying overseas has increased significantly over the decades. In fact, the number jumped from 6.4 percent in the mid-1980s to over 27 percent in 2017.
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The Loss of a Baby: How Penn Medicine Helps Families Heal

February 07, 2019

Last January Ha Lyons lost her baby in the third trimester of her pregnancy, leaving both her and her husband, Bill, devastated. In the following months, they turned to helping others to ease their pain, and became a force for fundraising to prevent others from suffering the same sad fate.
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What Does a Dolphin Have in Common with a Fruit Fly?

February 05, 2019

Fruit flies do it. Dolphins do it. Even round worms do it. Yes, you guessed it, I’m talking about sleep.
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Piecing Together the Puzzle of Human Behavior - #WomenofPenn

January 31, 2019

For Judith Margolin, the question of what career path to follow was answered at a very young age.
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February 07, 2019
AP
Not a morning person? These genes may be to blame.
February 06, 2019
Philadelphia Inquirer
How realistic is an 'off-the-shelf' CAR-T drug?
January 30, 2019
STAT

Penn Medicine Students Working To Get Homeless Out Of Bitter Cold
January 30, 2019
CBS Philly
Pushing the immune system to eat cancer
January 23, 2019
Drug Target Review Endpoints
This physician thinks ‘Dr. Google’ should have a place in the doctor-patient relationship
January 23, 2019
Philadelphia Inquirer

Mended Hearts: Supporting Patients through Their Time of Healing

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