Penn Medicine

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Penn leading $4 million effort to improve brain injury diagnosis, treatment

Penn study: Minorities are less likely to see a doctor for common skin disease

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Penn study spots evidence for higher concussion vulnerability in women

Can memory loss be cured? Penn researchers' brain map has some answers

Penn Medicine study: Men more likely than women to receive CPR in public

Penn Medicine launches Northeast's first clinical trial for womb transplant

Penn study pinpoints why last year's flu shot was a dud

Penn experiments discover brain region key to driving behavioral change

Cancer Treatment

Unneeded scans, therapy, surgery only add to patients’ ills and bills

Penn researchers find skin pigment genes falsify long-held race concepts

Penn surgeons become world's first to test glowing dye for cancerous lymph nodes

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Study: Do ride-share apps help cut drunk driving accidents?

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Cancer Treatment

Penn becomes world's first hospital to treat cancer patient with new radiation technology

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Penn study confirms anti-depressant effects of sleep deprivation

Penn Medicine researcher highlights health dangers of ending DACA

CHOP, Penn Medicine join forces in national study of kidney stones

Penn-CHOP study: Art courses could help medical students become better doctors

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Penn neurosurgeon becomes first in Pennsylvania to perform back-saving procedure

Study links daily check-ins to weight loss, but does the scale tell the whole story?

Penn to launch genetic research program on Asperger syndrome

Penn Medicine: Mental dangers of sleep loss can be as harmful as the physical

Watch: Penn Medicine sets record for largest pour of concrete in Philly history

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Penn medical school alum confronts what 'no one wants to talk about' in new podcast

Penn tests new app designed for nurses, mothers of ICU newborns

Penn Medicine lands in Forbes' top 10 places to work in United States

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How fentanyl is complicating the opioid crisis

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Low on donations, Penn tests infected organs for transplants

Penn Medicine holding free event for mammograms, cervical cancer screenings

Riley Hancey, who received lung transplant in Philly after being denied in Utah, dies at 20

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Penn hospital employees find 'rare' 19th century medical notebook

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Denied lung transplant in Utah for smoking pot, man gets one in Philly

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Penn Medicine study explores yoga as part of prostate cancer treatment plan

Singing in the O.R.: Brain cancer survivor releases song

Brain cancer survivor

Study: Doctors, patients more likely to approve flu vaccine when given electronic prompts

Penn study finds potential earlier warning of organ transplant rejection through blood test

Penn researcher granted $16.3 million toward HIV vaccine development

Penn trauma surgeons: Racial disparity 'profound' in Philly gun violence

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Penn surgeon develops procedure to help address physical, emotional scars of female genital mutilation

Podcasts gaining ground as force in medical education, Penn doctor says

Children's Health

Study: 'No meaningful improvement' since U.S. restaurants pledged to make kids' meals healthier

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