RightCare Solutions, the company co-founded by Penn Nursing professor Kathryn Bowles, was awarded 'Game Changing Healthcare Company of the Year' at the 21st Annual Enterprise Awards presented by PACT, the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies on May 8, 2014.
Kimberly Allison, MD, FCAP, a pathologist and survivor of HER2 breast cancer, shares her story. She also offers patients questions to ask their physicians related to the into the evidence-based guideline for HER2 testing developed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the College of American Pathologists.
What is the secret to aging more slowly and living longer? Not antioxidants, apparently. Many people believe that free radicals, the sometimes-toxic molecules produced by our bodies as we process oxygen, are the culprit behind aging. Yet a number of studies in recent years have produced evidence that the opposite may be true.
The award will help Penn Nursing predoctoral student Darina Petrovsky expand her exploration of the impact of music on language and memory in Alzheimer's patients.
The power of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to detect genetic influences on human disease can be substantially increased using a statistical testing framework reported in the May issue of the journal GENETICS.
A study by McGill University physicists sheds new light on the expected geometry of the magnetic field in neutron stars.
The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the leading medical society for board-certified pathologists, announced today its recognition as one of Becker’s Healthcare “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare.”
St. Louis College of Pharmacy has selected Bruce Canaday, Pharm.D., to serve as the 15th dean of the School of Pharmacy in the College’s 150 year history, effective August 1, 2014.
Increasingly harsh drought conditions may take a serious toll on corn and soybean yields over the next half-century, according to research published in the journal Science. Corn yields could drop by 15 to 30 percent, according to the paper's estimates.
To solve a puzzle, you need to recognize shapes, patterns and a particular kind of order. In much the same way, researchers at McGill University have discovered that the 3D shape of a leukemia cell’s genome holds a key to solving the puzzle of human diseases. The researchers report their findings in the open access journal Genome Biology.
A new study finds that children pay close attention to issues related to money, and that parents should make an effort to talk with their children to ensure that kids don’t develop misconceptions about finance.
An international team of pain researchers led by scientists at McGill University has found that the gender of experimenters has a big impact on the stress levels of rodents used in research.
Researchers from McGill have suggested that there may be an overreporting of attention problems in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), simply because parents and teachers are using a misplaced basis for comparison. They are testing and comparing children with FASD with children of the same physical or chronological age, rather than with children of the same mental age, which is often quite a lot younger.
A novel compound that targets an important brain receptor has a dramatic effect against a host of cocaine addiction behaviors, including relapse behavior, a University at Buffalo animal study has found.
A study published in the April 23 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience found that pain from inflammation greatly reduced sexual motivation in female mice in heat -- but had no such effect on male mice.
New post operative care unit combines the latest innovations with compassionate care and comfort
Edna Adan has been named the inaugural recipient of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women’s Health.
M. Lindsay Bierman, Editor-in-Chief of Southern Living Magazine, is elected by the UNC Board of Governors as the 8th chancellor of the Winston-Salem arts conservatory
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on initiatives to advance the delivery of cytopathology services and improve patient care.
The next nationwide medication disposal day is Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Antibiotics improve growth in children at risk of undernourishment in low and middle income countries, according to researchers at McGill University who have just conducted a research literature review on the subject. Their results, published in the British Medical Journal, suggest that the youngest children from the most vulnerable populations benefit most and show significant improvements toward expected growth for their age and sex, particularly for weight.
In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University, UNC-Chapel Hill and other institutions have taken the first steps toward creating a roadmap that may help scientists narrow down the genetic cause of numerous diseases.
Penn Nursing and partner Zeena Johar, creator of SughaVazhvu Healthcare, use innovation to bridge the primary healthcare gap for rural peoples in India.
An analysis of temperature data since 1500 all but rules out the possibility that global warming in the industrial era is just a natural fluctuation in the earth’s climate, according to a new study by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy.
The public does not realize — in fact, police themselves may not realize — that the dangers police officers are exposed to on a daily basis are far worse than anything on “Law and Order.”
Flu epidemics cause up to half a million deaths worldwide each year, and emerging strains continually threaten to spread to humans and cause even deadlier pandemics. A study by McGill University professor Maziar Divangahi published by Cell Press on April 10 in the journal Immunity reveals that a drug that inhibits a molecule called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) increases survival rates in mice infected with a lethal dose of the H1N1 flu virus. The findings pave the way for an urgently needed therapy that is highly effective against the flu virus and potentially other viral infections.
Building antibiotic compounds at the molecular level requires precision and specialized tools. NC State research may turn an enzyme that acts as a specialized “wrench” in antibiotic assembly into a set of wrenches that will allow for greater customization.
There is now concrete evidence that, repeatedly over the last 200 years, nations have moved toward democracy not for the reasons assumed for years but because of strong networks between non-democratic states and their democratic neighbors.
The College of American Pathologists was awarded more than $1.25 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve adoption of evidence-based, laboratory testing guidelines and biomarker cancer reporting.
When you throw a wild pitch or sing a flat note, it could be that your basal ganglia made you do it. This area in the middle of the brain is involved in motor control and learning. And one reason for that errant toss or off-key note may be that your brain prompted you to vary your behavior to help you learn, from trial-and-error, to perform better. But how does the brain do this, how does it cause you to vary your behavior?
Technical objections to the idea that Neandertals interbred with the ancestors of Eurasians have been overcome, thanks to a genome analysis method described in the April 2014 issue of the journal GENETICS (http://www.genetics.org). The technique can more confidently detect the genetic signatures of interbreeding than previous approaches and will be useful for evolutionary studies of other ancient or rare DNA samples.
New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on, rather than edge-on, relative to the acceptor.
Women should talk to their health care providers before taking low dose aspirin or any other medication while attempting to get pregnant or during pregnancy. But based on this trial, general use of low-dose aspirin is not recommended
Researchers have devised a method of using a computer program to uncover pain malingering — fabricating or exaggerating the symptoms of pain for a variety of motives — that also could be used to detect deceptive actions in the realms of security, psychopathology, job screening, medicine and law.
Learn about global aging and vital signs from health experts at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Enroll now in Growing Old Around the Globe and Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body is Telling Us, two free courses which commence on May 19.
On April 6, 2,000 University at Buffalo students will join Caesar and other historical figures for an authentic ancient Roman feast of cinnamon lamb soup, Cato the Elder’s cheesecake and more. The themed dinner, “Eat Like a Roman,” is inspired by a one-credit course of the same name.
Prima ballerina Gillian Murphy, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, returns to her alma mater, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, to speak at high school commencement on May 17.
An analysis led by the Santa Fe Institute's Marcus Hamilton paints a grim picture of the experiences of indigenous societies following contact with Western Europeans, but also offers hope to those seeking to preserve Brazil’s remaining indigenous societies.
Hollywood film producer Jordan Kerner (SMURFS, CHARLOTTE'S WEB, FRIED GREEN TOMATOES) will speak at the 48th annual commencement ceremony of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts on May 10 in Winston-Salem.
Pharmacist Clark Kebodeaux, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy shares some practical tips for patients choosing an allergy medication.
Dr. Afaf I. Meleis, PhD, DrPS(hon), FAAN, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Claire M. Fagin Distinguished Researcher Award. The Fagin Award will be presented on April 10, 2014 and will feature a lecture by Dr. Meleis titled “Revisiting a Career in Scholarship: On Uncovering and Empowering Voices.” This annual award is given to a University of Pennsylvania nursing faculty member or a graduate from the School's doctoral program who has made a distinguished contribution to nursing scholarship.
April 7th marks the beginning of National Public Health Week. This event, held by the American Public Health Association (APHA), will take a close look at a few key areas of public health via daily themes, starting with child health. Because good nutrition is so essential to child development and the prevention of childhood obesity, the APHA has recommended that public health professionals take the opportunity to encourage parents and childcare providers to engage children in healthy eating behaviors. The Monday Campaigns’ Kids Cook Monday, founded on the concept that healthy eating behaviors start with learning basic nutrition knowledge and cooking skills in the home, is lending support by offering a new resource, the Family Dinner Date newsletter to teach children about healthy eating through cooking nutritious foods together at home.
To speed up reproduction, there’s no substitute for the tender touch of a live roach. That’s the takeaway from a study examining whether artificial antennae can mimic a cockroach antenna’s capacity to hasten reproduction in cockroach females.
Study signals that young men may be more vulnerable to becoming sedentary later on than women are if they are depressed at a young age.
K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital will host its Superhero Soiree event at the Oyster Point Hotel in Red Bank, NJ on Friday, April 4 from 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Local singing sensation Jacquie Lee, from NBC’s television program The Voice, will receive K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital’s inaugural “Hometown Hero Award” – a fitting accolade for the 16 year old pop star from Colts Neck, NJ who motivates kids everywhere to follow their dreams.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies of the effect of child obesity intervention programs on blood pressure has found that whether such programs prevented obesity or not, many of them reduced blood pressure in children.
New research finds that online social behavior isn’t replacing offline social behavior in the gaming community. Instead, online gaming is expanding players’ social lives.
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