Penn Medicine

While future physicians in the United States are extensively trained in how to treat patients and help prevent disease, not all medical students learn the intricacies of palliative care—specialized medical care focused on relieving the…

People with light skin tones are far more likely to develop melanoma skin cancer than people with dark skin tones. This large disparity results from far more than can be explained by the UV protective effects of melanin pigment, and…

In an effort to improve the lives of children and adults with kidney disease, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine are jointly launching the Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center. The first-of-its-kind center will…

A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that region, has shown promise in a pilot clinical trial in two patients with loss-of-control binge eating…

The dream of a drug that can help ameliorate the stress associated with durable traumatic memories, in order to treat disorders such as PTSD, has come a step closer to reality, according to a preclinical study led by researchers at the…

Imagine you’re trying to do a job and all of the information you need to do it is in a few books at the library. Except, those books are randomly arranged along with all the other books on shelves across the whole building. Without that…

Aiming to advance the nation’s telehealth research agenda and improve cancer-related care and outcomes, with support from the White House Cancer Moonshot, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is one of four…

An experimental drug called litifilimab (known as BIIB059) could be a powerful long-term treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), a form of lupus that occurs in the skin and can severely impact quality of life, according to a…

Individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 were more likely to develop venous thromboembolism – a potentially life-threatening condition – than those hospitalized with influenza, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine…

Multiple sclerosis patients who have undergone immune-suppressing treatment will soon get a clear picture of how exactly their bodies’ immune systems responded to the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a new test developed by researchers at the…