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Seeing disfigured faces evokes negative behavioral and brain reactions

People with attractive faces are often seen as more trustworthy, socially competent, better adjusted, and more capable in school and work.

30 May 2019

Researchers find new molecular targets for fighting autoimmunity

BRCA--the family of DNA-repair proteins associated with breast, ovarian prostate, and pancreatic cancers--interacts with a multipart, molecular complex that is also responsible for regulating the immune system.

30 May 2019

New case study provides definitive road map to bridge the gap between medicine and public health

Academic medical centers across the country and around the world are rapidly creating and expanding population health departments to bridge the worlds of clinical practice and public health. However, few frameworks exist to guide these efforts.

30 May 2019

Taxes on sugary products and front-of-package labels can help reduce sugar consumption

Taxes on sugary products and labels on the front of packages can help reduce sugar consumption, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.

29 May 2019

Patients reading clinician visit notes report positive effects on use of prescription medications

A new study of patients reading the visit notes their clinicians write, report positive effects on their use of prescription medications.

29 May 2019

Malaria free status for Algeria and Argentina

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Argentina and Algeria malaria-free in a historic announcement for the two nations.

27 May 2019

Newly approved gene therapy for SMA is based on delivery vehicle discovered by Penn expert

James Wilson, MD, PhD, recalls being struck by the devastating toll of rare diseases as a young physician in the 1980s. He set out on a path to correct the genes that cause these conditions, including spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), the most common inherited fatal disease in infants.

25 May 2019

Drug routines of children with type 1 diabetes are disrupted during holidays

Children with type 1 diabetes find it difficult to adhere to their drug routines during school holidays and weekends.

23 May 2019

New pain management program sends 92% cancer surgery patients home with no opioids

A specialized pain management program for patients who underwent robotic surgery for urologic cancers resulted in just eight percent going home with narcotics after discharge, compared to 100 percent who would have received them without this enhanced recovery protocol.

23 May 2019

HIV treatment via community-based clubs can reduce retention of patients in care, study finds

Delivery of antiretroviral HIV treatment via community-based clubs can reduce retention of patients in care, according to a new research study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Colleen Hanrahan of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland and colleagues.

22 May 2019

BMC develops EHR-based screener to address patients' unmet social needs

Boston Medical Center has implemented a social determinants of health screener for primary care patients in order to better identify and address patients' unmet social needs.

18 May 2019

Penn Medicine launches free, 'self-service' AI tool for data analytics

The Penn Medicine Institute for Biomedical Informatics has launched a free, open-source automated machine learning system for data analysis that is designed for anyone to use, from a high school student looking to gain insight on their baseball team's statistics, to trained researchers looking for associations between cancer and environmental factors.

16 May 2019

Sales of sugary drinks drop by 38% after beverage tax in Philadelphia

One year after Philadelphia passed its beverage tax, sales of sugary and artificially sweetened beverages dropped by 38 percent in chain food retailers, according to Penn Medicine researchers who conducted one of the largest studies examining the impacts of a beverage tax.

14 May 2019

Researchers design resource manual to assess physical fitness, detect obesity among pre-school children

A multi-institution project involving ten universities and led by the University of Granada (UGR) has designed a resource manual to measure the physical fitness of pre-school children and the prevalence of obesity—which affects up to 35% of children in this age range—in a bid to correct risk factors.

13 May 2019

General public views use of cognitive enhancers as acceptable practice

The general public largely views the use of cognitive enhancers such as Adderall as an acceptable practice when used by adults in the workplace, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine neurologists, which published this week in AJOB Neuroscience.

13 May 2019

Appendix removal linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease

People who have had their appendix removed may be at an increased risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, according to new research.

10 May 2019

Market muscle: Study uncovers differences between Medicare and private insurers

Private health insurance plans in 2017 paid more than twice what Medicare would have for those same health care services, says a sweeping new study from Rand Corp., a respected research organization.

10 May 2019

14 years of investigations reveal how Nipah virus spreads from person to person

The deadly Nipah virus, which is carried by bats and occasionally infects people, is more likely to be transmitted from person to person when the infected patient is older, male and/or has breathing difficulties, according to a study co-led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 9 May 2019

PSU researcher to identify the behavioral health needs of parents with NICU babies

Thirteen years ago, Susanne Klawetter gave birth to triplets. They required a stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Stays like Klawetter's are relatively common: about 10 percent of all babies born nationwide will require care in a NICU, according to the National Institutes of Health.

8 May 2019

Reading office visit notes offers considerable benefits for patients, study finds

A new study of more than 20,000 adult patients, led by Jan Walker, RN, MBA, co-founder of OpenNotes, found that reading office visit notes offers considerable benefits for patients, particularly those from underserved populations.

7 May 2019

Health Systems News and Research

Seeing disfigured faces evokes negative behavioral and brain reactions

Researchers find new molecular targets for fighting autoimmunity

New case study provides definitive road map to bridge the gap between medicine and public health

Taxes on sugary products and front-of-package labels can help reduce sugar consumption

Patients reading clinician visit notes report positive effects on use of prescription medications

Malaria free status for Algeria and Argentina

Newly approved gene therapy for SMA is based on delivery vehicle discovered by Penn expert

Drug routines of children with type 1 diabetes are disrupted during holidays

New pain management program sends 92% cancer surgery patients home with no opioids

HIV treatment via community-based clubs can reduce retention of patients in care, study finds

BMC develops EHR-based screener to address patients' unmet social needs

Penn Medicine launches free, 'self-service' AI tool for data analytics

Sales of sugary drinks drop by 38% after beverage tax in Philadelphia

Researchers design resource manual to assess physical fitness, detect obesity among pre-school children

General public views use of cognitive enhancers as acceptable practice

Appendix removal linked to increased risk of Parkinson's disease

Market muscle: Study uncovers differences between Medicare and private insurers

14 years of investigations reveal how Nipah virus spreads from person to person

PSU researcher to identify the behavioral health needs of parents with NICU babies

Reading office visit notes offers considerable benefits for patients, study finds

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