Discover groundbreaking biomedical discoveries, pioneering health care innovations, and expert perspectives from Penn Medicine.
When cardiac arrest hits outside the hospital, the odds of survival are long. A Penn team aims to save lives with free trainings in Philly and beyond.
Penn Medicine’s eminence today traces back to decades-ago investments in people, places, and uniting in the purpose of academic medicine.
For PennSTAR, Penn Medicine’s critical care transport service, any given day brings a new opportunity to save lives—at high speed and altitude, anywhere they’re needed across the region.
Penn Medicine is leveraging emerging technology to strengthen clinical reasoning skills and patient care among medical students and residents.
An AI-guided platform at Penn Medicine allows clinicians to quickly and easily unearth pertinent information from patients’ electronic health records that otherwise might have been difficult to find.
A new gene therapy may offer pain relief without addiction, targeting only pain signals and leaving the rest of the brain untouched.
The Penn Lung Rescue team kept Bri Iacona alive for four months with the most advanced form of life support before she could have a double lung transplant.
At home and overseas, Florencia Polite, MD, is on a mission to help patients and physicians understand how RSV vaccines protect newborns.
From precision education to AI, two new leaders are exploring innovative ways to train tomorrow’s doctors.
Doylestown Health’s culture of service shines through its volunteer program, a coveted opportunity to give back to the hospital that has touched so many lives.
New clues in pancreas lymph nodes and spleen could stop the disease before insulin is lost forever.
CAR T cell therapy could be a highly effective tool against atherosclerosis, a common condition that leads to heart attacks and stroke.
In a historic medical breakthrough, a child with a rare genetic disorder has been successfully treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy.
The Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program received new Pennsylvania funding to help victims rebuild their lives interrupted by violence.
The Impact Hub is poised to share expertise with community organizations, non-profits, research groups, health professionals, and government entities.
Penn medical students are forging connections with those experiencing homelessness and shining a light on the transformative power of street medicine.
Penn Medicine is building better systems that help patients build health care around their lives instead of their lives around health care.
A Penn-grown program offers low-income patients extra support after a hospital stay—with virtual teams knitting together a safety net to reduce readmissions.
A young mother was diagnosed with a rare, deadly brain disorder. During her month-long coma, Penn Medicine’s bold care saved her life.
At HUP’s Intensive Care Nursery, a small, soft beanie is being tested as a way to shield fragile newborns from the constant hum and beeping of hospital machines. — 6ABC
Michael Miller, MD, a professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, who has researched laughter's effects on the heart, says it can reduce inflammation and improve blood flow. — New York Times
Gene-editing CRISPR therapies, like the one created by a Penn Medicine and CHOP team for infant KJ Muldoon, are now curing genetic diseases. But regulatory approvals are stalling development. — Washington Post
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