Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has disabled 1% to 2% of the population, and one of the most common disabilities among patients is problems with short-term memory. Electrical stimulation has emerged as a viable tool to improve ...
Jul 18, 2023
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As of May 2023, only 39% of children between the ages of five and 11 had received at least one dose of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recommended vaccine against COVID-19. In an article in the journal ...
Jul 13, 2023
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In a significant step forward in neurotechnology, companies that make implantable brain-computer interfacing (BCI) devices, such as Neuralink, have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct ...
Jun 29, 2023
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For decades, LGBTQ+ patients have faced stringent requirements to donate blood—most gay and bisexual men were not allowed to donate at all. Now, however, many more of them will be able to give this selfless gift. The U.S. ...
Jun 28, 2023
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Insulin production has, for the last 50 or so years, come with some risks to the patient. Even so, the medication is lifesaving for the estimated 537 million adults living with diabetes worldwide, with that number expected ...
Jun 14, 2023
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By silencing the molecular pathway that prevents macrophages from attacking our own cells, University of Pennsylvania engineers have manipulated these white blood cells to eliminate solid tumors.
Jun 12, 2023
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The air is thick, a yellowish gray blanketing the mid-Atlantic region. Streets are empty and quiet; commuters and dog walkers hurry by in masks cupped around their noses and mouths. Eyes sting. Breathing becomes labored. ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Collaborating researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and the Adams School of Dentistry and Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina have discovered that ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Language matters, especially in health care. Clinicians rely on patient characteristics to construct a compelling and accurate picture, such as the age, sex, or symptoms in a 25-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain.
May 31, 2023
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In the five years since the FDA's initial approval of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, Penn Medicine has gleaned 20 additional approvals related to drugs and techniques to treat or detect cancer.
May 29, 2023
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