Penn Medicine

Eye Surgery Opioid Prescriptions

Eye surgeons prescribed more opioids as procedures became less invasive, study finds

Hepatitis C-infected kidneys are safe for transplants, Penn study finds

Kidneys Penn

Flavored e-cigarettes more likely to turn youth into regular users, study finds

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Emojis let hospitals gauge patient, provider satisfaction

Emoji Hospital Patient Satisfaction

6 tips for coping with social anxiety

Anxiety Scrabble 09042019

Vaping habit caused Delco teen's severe lung illness, family warns

Vaping Lung Failure Delco Teen

Offering more testing options doesn't increase colorectal cancer screenings

Colorectal Cancer 04262019

Penn Medicine, Arkansas hospital partnering to expedite heart surgery research

Stock_Carroll - Penn Medicine

Penn, Yale researchers looking at opioid use disorder under a different light

penn yale opioid use center

Here's how to know whether telemedicine is right for you

Telemedicine guide

U.S. News ranks Penn Medicine's hospitals among the nation's best

Penn Medicine Hospitals rank nation's best

Alternative Medicine

With $12 million grant, Penn cancer center to explore new treatments

Carroll - Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center.

Improved orthopedic care coming to Bucks, Montgomery counties

penn grand view health

Endurance athletes have the heart to compete on the big stage

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One day, cancer patients may get their entire radiation treatment in seconds – with fewer side effects

Proton Treatment Room Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine researchers find way to make some cancers self-destruct

Cancer Research Penn Medicine

Modern Healthcare names four Philly execs among most influential

Modern Healthcare Most Influential Clinical Executives

People are less likely to die of heart disease in states that expanded Medicaid, Penn Medicine study finds

Heart Disease Medicaid Expansion Penn Medicine Study

New Jersey 'Patient Protection Act' sparks battle between Philly and Jersey health systems

Carroll - Ambulance

We have a subconscious negative brain response to disfigured faces, Penn study finds

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Penn Medicine drastically cuts opioid prescriptions for some cancer patients

Carroll - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Americans are OK with adults using Adderall at work – but not athletes or students

Does Adderall help with tests?

The science-backed reason you should always schedule morning doctor's appointments

doctors order cancer screening morning

FBI investigating theft of artwork from Penn Medicine building

Art Tim Barton

Penn Medicine treats two cancer patients with gene-editing tool CRISPR

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Penn Medicine shortens hospital stays for mothers and their newborn babies

Newborn Baby at Hospital

Childhood trauma may lead to depression in adults, Penn study finds

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Penn Medicine nurse gaining fast in bid for Tokyo 2020

Carroll - The Doctor is Out Samantha Roecker

Heart attacks can happen to young and fit women – as South Jersey mother learned

Heart Attack SCAD

Penn's Perelman School of Medicine receives another top 10 ranking

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Penn Medicine just opened an entire center dedicated to spinal care and back pain

penn medicine spine center

Here's why cancer commonly spreads to the liver

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Colon cancer rising among millennials – but doctors aren't sure why

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One dose of skin cancer treatment can send melanoma patients into remission, Penn Medicine study finds

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Days before heading to ER, patients Google symptoms, illnesses

Google_Search_Computer

Tests confirm Philly patient does not have deadly Ebola virus

HUP_Google_Maps

Fitness trackers are great and all, but what do those numbers actually mean?

activity fitness tracker pexels

Suburban Philly organization sets cancer guidelines used by doctors all over the world

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When the flu turns grave, Penn Lung Rescue Team flies into action

Penn_Lung_Rescue_Team

How Penn Medicine is reducing opioid use in some surgical patients

Carroll - Hopspital of the University of Pennsylvania

Penn doctor makes research strides into his own rare disease

Carroll - Dr. David Fajgenbaum

Dermatologists are prescribing fewer antibiotics – but they still outpace other specialties

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As medical misinformation infects the internet, doctors seek a cure

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