Research

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Penn takes part in study of faster PTSD treatment for military personnel

Eagles Autism Challenge donations to be matched ahead of NFC Championship game

New Penn research could be hopeful discovery for melanoma patients

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How one psychologist created a ‘Likelihood to Sexually Harass’ scale

Drexel study: For college grads, smoking ban in restaurants helps curb the habit

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Study: Most Philly neighborhoods are still recovering from the recession

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Penn Medicine now includes the Princeton HealthCare System

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Penn researchers discover secret to ugly fish's hour-long mating hum

Midshipman fish mating call

Penn study: High costs causing cancer patients to ditch oral treatment

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Thanks to Trump, liberals and conservatives choose different 'most annoying word'

Penn leading $4 million effort to improve brain injury diagnosis, treatment

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Penn study: Minorities are less likely to see a doctor for common skin disease

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Drexel study: People might prefer food made from trash

Canola oil may worsen Alzheimer's disease, Temple researchers say

Pennsylvania plans vast expansion of industrial hemp research in 2018

Study links being spanked as kid and dating violence

Active ingredient in Tylenol could ease the pain of FOMO

Tylenol's main ingredient may dull positive emotions

Ocean City named the most tax-friendly place for New Jersey retirees

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Pharmaceuticals

Jefferson clinical trial shows promise for new migraine therapy

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Dogs are definitely brainier than cats, new study suggests

This common oral hygiene habit could increase risk for diabetes, study says

Penn study spots evidence for higher concussion vulnerability in women

Historically dry Jersey Shore town ranked as N.J.'s 'drunkest city' and people are not pleased

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Can memory loss be cured? Penn researchers' brain map has some answers

Sitting too much can cause serious health problems. So should employers be liable?

Report sheds new light on Philadelphia's youth homelessness problem

New research suggests coffee could cut the risk of heart disease

OCF Coffeehouse Fairmount

Penn Medicine study: Men more likely than women to receive CPR in public

Veterans Affairs

Philly doctor leads study on link between genetic testing and depression care for vets

Penn study: Assaults increase after end of Daylight Saving Time

Penn study concludes that gun violence is not contagious

Penn researchers: Targeting enzyme could slow spreading in deadly cancer

Pancreatic Cancer CT scan

Study: You're officially not supposed to eat your placenta

Affordability of Philly housing scores high in new report

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Here's what new Amazon HQ could do to Philly's rent prices

Penn researchers find skin pigment genes falsify long-held race concepts

Penn surgeons become world's first to test glowing dye for cancerous lymph nodes

Stock_Carroll - Penn Medicine

Drexel doctor 'not familiar with any medical evidence' behind White House push for new abortion limits

Thomas Jefferson University gets $30M contract to develop Ebola vaccine

Happiness and sadness really are contagious, study suggests

Smartphone apps could improve depression symptoms, researchers say

Philly's lingering summer weather could mean higher crime rates, research suggests

Workers exposed to material at experimental research facility in Delaware

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