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Medical research

Why new cancer treatment discoveries are proliferating

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.

Health

Why climate change might be affecting your headaches

Recurring headaches are one of the most common nervous system disorders, with an estimated 45 million, or one in six, Americans complaining of headaches each year. People who experience headaches or migraines regularly are ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate

For her senior honors thesis, recent graduate Tiffany Tieu chose to look close to home to study anti-Asian racism in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Surgery

What drives transplant waitlisting disparities?

All potential transplant candidates undergo medical and psychosocial evaluations, which are crucial in determining whether they can get a transplant. The latter are meant to ensure that a patient has adequate social support ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Birth complications tied to death risk decades later

Complications from pregnancy and child birth have led to high death rates among people who have given birth in the United States, and a new study using long-range, racially-inclusive data shows that these complications can ...

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