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Research offers new hope to men who received childhood cancer treatment

Researchers have discovered a way to grow human stem cells destined to become mature sperm in an effort to provide fertility options later in life to males who are diagnosed with cancer and undergo chemotherapy and radiation as children.

22 Oct 2018

Will Maine voters decide to make aging in place affordable?

As Election Day draws near, a ballot initiative in Maine to provide universal home care is shining a spotlight on the inadequacies of the nation's long-term care system.

11 Oct 2018

Researchers unravel fresh clues as to how kidney stones form

Kidney stones--solid, pebble-like grit that forms when too much of certain minerals like calcium are in the urine--can strike men, women, and increasingly, children, and the presence and pain of stones afflicts more than 12 percent of the world's population.

11 Oct 2018

'Supercharged' immune cells could help fight cancer

A type of 'supercharged' immune cell could be mass-produced to help fight cancer.

9 Oct 2018

CPEN honors Penn Medicine's OncoLink with 2018 Excellence in Patient Education Award

The Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN) honored the Patient Education Team from Penn Medicine's OncoLink with the 2018 Excellence in Patient Education Award.

8 Oct 2018

Review: Terminally-ill homeless adults face significant barriers in accessing palliative care

Terminally-ill homeless adults and their care providers must surmount many obstacles in the receipt and provision of palliative care, according to a University of Toronto scoping review of the available grey and peer-reviewed literature on this topic, published online this week in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.

5 Oct 2018

Congress targets misuse of hospice drugs

Hospice workers would be allowed to destroy patients’ unneeded opioids, reducing the risk that families misuse them, according to one little-noticed provision in the bipartisan opioids bill headed to President Donald Trump’s desk for his likely signature.

5 Oct 2018

Brightree releases new BrightreeCARE app

Brightree, the leading provider of cloud-based software to help post-acute care companies improve business performance and patient outcomes, announced today the release of its new BrightreeCARE app.

5 Oct 2018

Experts call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics

Penn Medicine experts in nephrology and health policy call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics to better understand what impact these arrangements may have on patient referrals and clinical outcomes.

4 Oct 2018

Genetic variants reveal novel therapeutic targets for chronic kidney disease

The kidney does more than double or even triple duty compared to other organs - it extracts waste, balances body fluids, forms urine, regulates blood pressure, and secretes hormones.

1 Oct 2018

Medicaid expansions unlikely to have contributed to rise in drug overdose deaths

The United States in recent years has increased healthcare access by broadening Medicaid coverage, but some worry that these Medicaid expansions lead to more abuse of prescription painkillers and thus worsen the opioid epidemic.

28 Sep 2018

New Vatican-based white paper describes expert-led effort to improve global palliative care

A new white paper, developed by the Vatican-based Pontifical Academy for Life, describes the broad-based, expert-led effort to develop recommendations for improving global palliative care.

28 Sep 2018

NorthShore and Ambry announce launch of new test to assess prostate cancer risk

NorthShore University HealthSystem's Center for Personalized Medicine and Ambry Genetics Corporation, announced today the launch of AmbryScore for prostate cancer risk.

26 Sep 2018

Researchers analyze response to combination immunotherapy for patients with rare skin cancer

Harnessing the immune system to treat cancer shows great promise in some patients, but for many, the response does not last long-term.

24 Sep 2018

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients who underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a high number experienced severe and moderate cases of prosthesis-patient mismatch--meaning the implanted heart valve is too small for the patient which can lead to inadequate blood flow.

24 Sep 2018

New therapeutic vaccine helps immune cells fight HPV-related head and neck cancer

A therapeutic vaccine can boost antibodies and T cells, helping them infiltrate tumors and fight off human papillomavirus-related head and neck cancer.

24 Sep 2018

'Nudges' may help curb decline in influenza vaccination rates as the day progresses

Primary care clinics experienced a significant decline in influenza vaccinations as the day progressed, researchers from Penn Medicine report in a new study published in JAMA Open Network.

14 Sep 2018

Penn launches formal alliance with Vingroup to improve health care and education in Vietnam

Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing have launched a formal alliance with the Vingroup – an enterprise that encompasses a newly formed private not-for-profit university project, VinUni, as well as the largest and leading private health service provider in Vietnam, Vinmec – in an effort to improve health care and to create new undergraduate and graduate medical training programs in Vietnam.

7 Sep 2018

Mayo Clinic collaborates with seven hospitals to establish not-for-profit generic drug company

Mayo Clinic joins a coalition of seven hospitals in launching Civica Rx, a not-for-profit generic drug company that will help patients by addressing shortages and high prices of lifesaving medications. The company, which is organized as a Delaware nonstock, not-for-profit corporation, will be headquartered in Utah.

7 Sep 2018

Assisted living kicks out the frail 'cause ‘we can’t take care of you any longer’

The phone call came as a shock. Your aunt can't transfer into memory care; we have to discharge her from this facility, a nurse told Jeff Regan. You have 30 days to move her out.

6 Sep 2018

Hospice News and Research

Research offers new hope to men who received childhood cancer treatment

Will Maine voters decide to make aging in place affordable?

Researchers unravel fresh clues as to how kidney stones form

'Supercharged' immune cells could help fight cancer

CPEN honors Penn Medicine's OncoLink with 2018 Excellence in Patient Education Award

Review: Terminally-ill homeless adults face significant barriers in accessing palliative care

Congress targets misuse of hospice drugs

Brightree releases new BrightreeCARE app

Experts call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics

Genetic variants reveal novel therapeutic targets for chronic kidney disease

Medicaid expansions unlikely to have contributed to rise in drug overdose deaths

New Vatican-based white paper describes expert-led effort to improve global palliative care

NorthShore and Ambry announce launch of new test to assess prostate cancer risk

Researchers analyze response to combination immunotherapy for patients with rare skin cancer

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

New therapeutic vaccine helps immune cells fight HPV-related head and neck cancer

'Nudges' may help curb decline in influenza vaccination rates as the day progresses

Penn launches formal alliance with Vingroup to improve health care and education in Vietnam

Mayo Clinic collaborates with seven hospitals to establish not-for-profit generic drug company

Assisted living kicks out the frail 'cause ‘we can’t take care of you any longer’

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Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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