A snapshot of the precision medicine landscape
What needs to happen to facilitate data sharing, ensure access to genome sequencing and promising personalized therapies?
Ostiio wants to improve quality of life for kids with craniofacial defects
Ostiio has developed a distractor device used in distraction osteogenesis to increase bone for children with craniofacial defects.
Understanding EGPA: The Role of Eosinophils and Advancements in Treatment Options
FASENRA® (benralizumab) injection, for subcutaneous use, 30 mg is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). FASENRA provides a treatment option for HCPs to consider when managing this challenging disease.
Can Twitter help with health insurance enrollment?
The use of Twitter in healthcare has already shown beneficial uses in tracking risk for heart disease and for medical research, but a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that tweets are also associated with an increase in state-level enrollment in health insurance marketplaces established under the […]
Penn Medicine, March of Dimes seek better understanding of preterm births
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the March of Dimes Foundation announced the establishment of a new $10 million center to study preterm births led by physicians and researchers from the University’s Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Prematurity Research Center will focus on projects aimed at discovering the causes of preterm […]
University of Pennsylvania to offer free online classes on personalized medicine, genomes
The University of Pennsylvania medical school is participating in an online education venture to provide free university seminars to the public on courses such as personalized medicine, vaccines and genomes. The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will initially offer six courses on Coursera’s network that cover healthcare, medicine and biology and […]
Researchers map out how Parkinson’s disease progresses in brain
A group of researchers has mapped out how Parkinson’s disease develops in animals in a study that could provide clues for drug developers on how it progresses in humans. The researchers, led by Dr. Virginia M.-Y Lee, the director of the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research and professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the […]
Tackling Rising Drug Costs and Growing Popularity of GLP-1’s
See how Quantum Health is providing the steps to help their members tackle the cost of specialty medications and other drugs.
CT angiogram scan could make heart attack detection more efficient
Giving CT angiogram scans to people coming to the emergency room with chest pain could improve the speed of heart attack detection and lower costs, a research study has found. The study by the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania compared coronary CT angiography with traditional testing methods at five medical centers. It […]
PTSD research team gets $3.5 million Defense Department grant
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $3.5 million grant for a research project to more effectively treat post-traumatic stress disorder and ultimately prevent it from occurring. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant awarded to an interdisciplinary team of scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s […]
NIH expands clinical trial network for heart failure to mid-Atlantic region
A clinical trial network to develop heart failure treatments has added a mid-Atlantic institution to its national group of centers to accelerate research for heart failure diagnosis and management. The National Heart Lung Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, added the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, bringing its […]
Regenerative medicine for lung disease focus of $2.5 million Penn grant
A study exploring lung repair and tissue regeneration to fight lung diseases by a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has received a $2.5 million grant. The grant was awarded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Lung Repair and Regeneration Consortium to six institutions, including […]
Changes in Nurse Staffing Answer Clinician Demands
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Sports concussion research funded at University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania has won funding for a study of a concussion treatment for athletes. Dr. Peter LeRoux, associate professor of neurosurgery, won the $250,000, three-year Dana Foundation Clinical Neuroscience grant. Dr. Akiva S. Cohen is an associate professor of neurology, neurosurgery and pediatrics at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. […]
Penn medical school gets $16 million for neuroscience research
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has received a $16.3 million anonymous donation for a neuroscience research initiative, one of the largest donations received by the medical school, according to a press statement. The neuroscience of behavior initiative led by Dr. Brian Strom, the chair and professor of biostatistics […]
10 startups from mHealth 2011: Meddik
Launched by Tim Soo, a student at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Ben Shyong, a developer and entrepreneur at University of Pennsylvania, Meddik is a search engine designed to help users wade though the daunting amount of healthcare information available on the Internet and pare it down to a manageable level that targets the specific areas one user may be interested in reading about.
Perelman School of Medicine gets $7.5M for breast cancer detection research
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received $7.5 million from the National Cancer Institute to establish a breast cancer screening center. The Penn Center for Innovation in Personalized Breast Cancer Screening will look at emerging methods of breast cancer detection. The team, led by Dr. Katrina Armstrong, chief of the […]
How physicians can persuade the public
When Rudy Giuliani and Joe Torre criticized the new guidelines for prostate screening that recommended against routine screening for healthy men, it was a big story. Not only did the guidelines overturn years of proactive, preventive care advice, but here were a couple of celebrities who battled prostate cancer successfully because it was caught in […]