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Penn Medicine Facts & Figures 2019 Now Available

The 2019 edition of Penn Medicine Facts & Figures is now available. This pocket-size brochure contains a wealth of publicly reported data about our organization, from details about our latest building projects to quick facts about our economic impact, workforce, and student community. The publication also highlights selected research, education, patient care, and community service activities and achievements over the past year.

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Putting the Pieces Together

June 13, 2019

The Abramson Cancer Center is ground zero for the immense progress in the study and manufacture of gene therapies that have the potential to cure some types of cancer. But when the faculty and staff in the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies need a break, they spend time on a collaboration that’s decidedly low-tech: puzzles.
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The Evolution of Physical Therapy: Innovative Approaches for Pain Management

June 11, 2019

Increasingly, non-pharmaceutical approaches, including physical therapy, are being recommended as a “first-line treatment” for pain management.
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Seeing the Once Un-seeable

June 06, 2019

Cryo-EM uses an electron beam to take thousands of snapshots of protein molecules—from, for example, a cell’s outer membrane or deep inside the nucleus—flash frozen in a thin layer of water.
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The Underrecognized Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease

June 04, 2019

Today, CKD – a disease where the kidneys progressively fail over time – affects nearly 33 million Americans and is expected to grow to 36 million over the next 10 years.
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For Transplant House Families, Dinner Just Got a Whole Lot Better!

May 30, 2019

For the past four years, Julia Lavenberg, PhD, RN, has gone to the Clyde Barker Penn Transplant House at 40th and Walnut almost every Thursday evening to provide a little “taste” of home with her homemade baked goods for the pre- and post-transplant patients and their families who stay there.
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How Much Time Should Kids Really Be Spending on Screens?

May 28, 2019

With increasing access to mobile devices and tablets, parents today are facing an increasingly important issue, and decision: when it comes to screen time, how much is too much?
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Penn Medicine In the News

One in Four Children Experience Traumatic Events. Here’s How Philadelphia Parents Can Find Help.
June 13, 2019
Philadelphia Inquirer
Luis Severino’s and Dellin Betances’ Similar Injuries Aren’t Necessarily Red Flags
June 13, 2019
New York Daily News
Local Hospice Nurse Honored
June 12, 2019
6ABC

Two Cases of Tick-borne Powassan Virus Reported in New Jersey
June 12, 2019
FOX 29
When My Visa Was Denied, I Looked to the Stories of Other Immigrant Scientists
June 12, 2019
Philadelphia Inquirer
What is White Coat Hypertension? New Study Links the Condition to Increased Risk of Heart Trouble
June 11, 2019
Health.com via Yahoo! Lifestyle Cardiovascular Business