Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship William Xi.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing News) Dual degree nursing student takes on PennCASE summer internship William Xi’s eight-week CASE Summer Internship with Penn Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System involves data management, artificial intelligence, and social media engagement.
Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster Ashlee Rineer (right) is holding Eleanor who is two years old this month, and her partner Lauren (left) is holding Edie, who was born in February 2024.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Welcoming the first babies from Penn Fertility in Lancaster The Penn Fertility Care practice is the first and only fertility clinic in Lancaster County that has an embryology lab, allowing patients outside of the Philadelphia metro area equal access to the full range of Penn Fertility services and treatments.
How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News How to learn about a world-class double bass? Give it a CT Radiology experts at Penn Medicine applied imaging technology to centuries-old instruments to better understand how to care for masterworks built between the 17th and 19th centuries, and provide insights into building new ones.
New approach accurately identifies medications most toxic to the liver Image: iStock/Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen New approach accurately identifies medications most toxic to the liver A Penn Medicine-led study developed a novel approach to using health care data to measure rates of liver injury, as the current method of counting cases is not providing an accurate picture.
Slowing inflammation may boost immunotherapy’s effectiveness against advanced lung cancer Image: iStock/SciePro Slowing inflammation may boost immunotherapy’s effectiveness against advanced lung cancer Patients with stage 4 lung cancer show high response rates after an anti-inflammatory drug is added temporarily to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing Image: iStock/sudok1 Avoidable deaths during COVID-19 associated with chronic hospital nurse understaffing A new first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows that individuals with COVID-19 were more likely to die in hospitals that were chronically understaffed before the pandemic.
Gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine: A future ‘not in the shadows’ Mattie Chaya Kimberly “Kimi” Klauser (in hat second from right) with her bandmates.(Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine: A future ‘not in the shadows’ The Penn Medicine Program for LGBTQ+ Health and gender-affirming care at Penn Medicine has helped Mattie Chaya Kimberly “Kimi” Klauser and others get the right care in an open, safe, and nurturing environment.
Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds (Image: dusanpetkovic) Text reminders about COVID-19 boosters are as effective as free rides, new study finds In a new megastudy, Katy Milkman of the Wharton School and collaborators at Penn’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative led research on reminders and free rides to and from pharmacies to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Imaging just one week after starting treatment can predict melanoma response to immunotherapy Image: iStock/gorodenkoff Imaging just one week after starting treatment can predict melanoma response to immunotherapy New Penn Medicine research shows that following a single dose of a particular immunotherapy drug, CT scans “lit up” with metabolic changes in tumors that correlated with longer survival.
Penn Medicine nurse wins IRONMAN World Championship Ava Warfel running the IRONMAN race in Kona, Hawaii in 2023. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Medicine News) Penn Medicine nurse wins IRONMAN World Championship Ava Warfel, a nurse supervisor at the Penn Medicine HealthWorks Alvernia University practice, recently won her age group at the championship in Kona, Hawaii.