Perelman School of Medicine

Type: Organization

Name: Perelman School of Medicine

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Charleston Daily Mail: Short takes, May 25, 2013

IF Ohio ever wants to change its nickname from the Buckeye State, maybe Ohio should try the @#$% State.An online marketing company, Marchex, found Ohioans cuss more than anyone else in the nation, based on more than 600,000 customer phone calls to businesses ... [Published Charleston Gazette - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Sodium, Marchex Inc, Perelman School of Medicine

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Research identifies infection and sepsis-related mortality hotspots across the US

(NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Blood Weekly -- ATLANTA - In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the ... [Published NewsRX - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Infection, Mortality, Perelman School of Medicine, Sepsis

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Sixth annual Oliver Smithies symposium will focus on developmental biology

SIXTH ANNUAL OLIVER SMITHIES SYMPOSIUM WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGYMADISON - When former University of Wisconsin-Madison genetics professor Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, he dedicated a portion of his prize ... [Published UW Madison - May 23 2013]

Entities: Oliver Smithies, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, Drosophila

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Mid-Atlantic a hotspot for sepsis deaths, Penn study finds

Map showing hotspots of sepsis deaths in the United States (Courtesy of Penn Medicine)Travel DealsEmily Babay, Philly.com staffSepsis strikes up to 750,000 Americans a year, and up to 40 percent of those patients die.But those cases aren't evenly distributed ... [Published Philadelphia Daily News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Sepsis, PENN Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Research shows how immune system peacefully co-exists with 'good' bacteria

A histologic section of intestinal tissue isolated from healthy Rag1-deficient mice was stained to visualize innate lymphoid cells (RORgt-eGFP, green), intestinal epithelial cells (EpCAM, red) and nuclei (DAPI, blue). Credit: Lance Peterson, Matthew Hepworth, ... [Published Medical Xpress - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bacteria, Immune System, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, lymphoid

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

University of Pennsylvania

Insomnia and sleep duration interact to increase heart disease risk

medwireNews: Long sleep duration and insomnia increase the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) among postmenopausal women and may interact to almost double the risk, study findings from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) show."This study demonstrated ... [Published MedWire News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Insomnia, Heart Disease, Perelman School of Medicine, Body Mass Index, University of Pennsylvania

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

American Heart Association

Report Questions Reducing Salt Intake Too Dramatically

Americans need to eat less salt, but it may be harmful to cut back too far, says a report out Tuesday. U.S. adults consume an average of 3,400 milligrams of sodium (about 11/2 teaspoons) a day, mostly from processed foods and restaurant fare.Government ... [Published Sci-Tech Today - May 19 2013]

Entities: Sodium, American Heart Association, Hypertension, Elliott Antman

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Study Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients with Cardiac Arrest And Profound Shock

ATLANTA - Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a procedure traditionally used during cardiac surgeries and in the ICU that functions as an artificial replacement for a patient's heart and lungs, has also been used to resuscitate cardiac arrest ... [Published ScienceNewsline - May 17 2013]

Entities: Cardiac Arrest, Patient, Perelman School of Medicine, Oxygenation

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 3 reports

Study finds broader set of concerns for improving quality of life

The majority of cancer doctors, patients, and members of the general public support cutting health care costs by refusing to pay for drugs that don't improve survival or quality of life, according to results of a new study that will be presented by researchers ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 16 2013]

Entities: Patient, Abramson Cancer Center, Cancer, Drugs

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 3 reports

Most Americans Should Eat Less Salt: Report

Font SizeAAA But too little salt may also cause health problems, report authors addWebMD News from HealthDayBy Steven ReinbergHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- Most Americans should consume less salt, but too little salt can also cause ... [Published WebMD - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sodium, guidelines, Public Health, NYU Langone Medical Center, Perelman School of Medicine

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 3 reports

Penn study shows national movement against non-medically indicated deliveries prior to 39 weeks

New Orleans, LA A national movement to eliminate non-medically indicated (NMI) delivery before 39 weeks has prompted nearly two-thirds of all U.S. hospitals handling non-emergency births to adopt specific policies against the practice, according to new ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 06 2013]

Entities: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, guidelines, Admission

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 5 reports

People Living Near Fracking Sites Worried About Health

share this storyPeople living near gas hydraulic fracturing sites are more concerned than had been thought about possible health effects of the drilling, U.S. researchers say.Dr. Poune Saberi of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ... [Published ThirdAge - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, Perelman School of Medicine, Complaints

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...The studies still "support previous findings that reducing sodium from very high intake levels to moderate levels improves health" he said. The debate continues

Charleston Daily Mail: Short takes, May 25, 2013 [Published Charleston Gazette - 18 hours ago]

Curzen N, et al "Does routine pressure wire assessment influence management strategy at coronary angiography for diagnosis of chest pain? the RIPCORD study" EuroPCR 2013

'Flow' Test Aids Chest Pain Dx [Published MedPage Today - May 24 2013]

First author and postdoctoral fellow in the Hua lab Buddha Gurung, PhD, adds "the possibilities of translating these findings into a viable therapeutic option is extremely exciting."

Inherited Endocrine Tumor Syndrome Linked To Much-Studied Cell Pathway [Published Medical News Today - May 24 2013]

-1:30 p.m.: Eric Wieschaus, Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology at Princeton University and 1995 Nobel laureate, will speak on "Gastrulation and the Mechanics of Cell Shape Change in Drosophila."

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