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Bribing folks can help them meet weight-loss goals, study finds

Karen Glanz of the Perelman School of Medicine says that financial incentives for weight-loss would only be impactful if people could keep losing weight at the same rates over a longer term.

Four Philadelphia-area health care executives ranked among industry’s 100 most influential people

Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney is recognized for his leadership and impact on the health care industry.

Abortion, consumer choice and teaching hospitals: Experts weigh in on Fairview-Sanford merger

Lawton Robert Burns of the Wharton School says that the distance between two hospitals makes them unlikely to be engaging in anti-competitive conduct, though he questions the difference between the public and private rationale of their system executives.

Tackling the ethical considerations of dementia research

Alzheimer’s research poses tricky questions. Bedside-nurse-turned-bioethicist Emily Largent wants to answer them, and to improve the lives of Alzheimer’s patients.

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Marci Hamilton works to prevent child sex abuse globally

A new initiative from Hamilton’s CHILD USA and a survivor-led nonprofit called the Brave Movement will research statutes of limitations for every country in the world and track their findings in a global dashboard.

Nurse practitioners serving NM’s health care needs

A quoted study by the School of Nursing found that hospitals with nurse practitioners had fewer deaths after common surgeries, as well as shorter hospital stays and decreased Medicare costs for patients.

Contacting an abortion clinic online may put your personal information at risk

A study by Matthew S. McCoy and Ari B. Friedman of the Perelman School of Medicine found that most abortion-provider websites use third-party trackers to distribute personal information.

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Ensuring equitable health care for veterans

Peter Groeneveld, a Penn physician and director of the Veterans Affairs Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, discusses why this work is so crucial right now and how the VA has evolved in the past three decades.

Preterm birth drug Makena ignites argument over health equity

Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there needs to be a truly expedited pathway for withdrawal once a drug is deemed unfit for the market.

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Thinking ‘beyond the hospital’ for Black men recovering from traumatic injury

Research from Penn Nursing and Penn Medicine found that where these patients live and return post-hospitalization affects whether they’ll experience symptoms of depression or PTSD as they heal.

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