More about

Perelman School Of Medicine University Of Pennsylvania

News
November 08, 2021
30 min listen
Save

Town Hall: Booster Shots

In this episode, Joel M. Gelfand, MD, MSCE, and Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, are joined by Carlos del Rio, MD, as they discuss the use of booster shots in the general population and in patients with underlying autoimmunity.

News
November 04, 2021
7 min watch
Save

VIDEO: Weight-loss effects ‘patients have been waiting for’

In this video exclusive, Healio | Endocrine Today Co-editor Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD, talks with Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, about the effects of semaglutide on weight loss and obesity-related comorbidities.

News
November 03, 2021
2 min watch
Save

VIDEO: Prior TKI therapy did not affect response to gilteritinib in AML

In this video, Alexander Edward Perl, MD, MS, spoke with Healio about a study assessing the outcome of patients with acute myeloid leukemia who received gilterintib with prior midostaurin or sorafenib therapy.

News
November 03, 2021
2 min watch
Save

VIDEO: Genetic mutations may affect outcome of AML in favorable-risk disease

In this video, Alexander Edward Perl, MD, MS, discusses a study that showed patients with acute myeloid leukemia with genetic predictors of favorable-risk disease might still have poorer outcomes because of certain genetic mutations.

News
November 03, 2021
2 min watch
Save

VIDEO: Consider close monitoring after ceasing venetoclax-based therapy in AML

In this video, Alexander Edward Perl, MD, MS, spoke with Healio about a study assessing the potential benefit of ceasing venetoclax-based therapy after remission in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

News
November 02, 2021
2 min read
Save

Healio announces Unmasking COVID-19 Town Hall series, podcast

Healio is launching a new virtual town hall series on Friday, November 5, at 11 a.m. EST, with experts across medical specialties discussing ongoing COVID-19-related topics.

News
November 02, 2021
1 min read
Save

Spinal, general anesthesia in hip fracture surgery show similar survival, ambulation rates

Published results showed rate of survival and recovery of ambulation at 60 days did not differ between use of spinal or general anesthesia among patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

News
October 29, 2021
1 min read
Save

Injury prevention program may reduce health care costs among student-athletes

Use of a comprehensive injury surveillance and prevention program may significantly reduce injury-related health care costs in NCAA Division I athletics, according to published results.

News
October 27, 2021
3 min read
Save

’We are failing Black women’: Experts urge action to reduce disparities in breast cancer

Black women have the highest mortality rate of all women with breast cancer in the U.S., with a significant number presenting at an earlier age of diagnosis and with more advanced-stage disease.

News
October 27, 2021
3 min read
Save

New TAVR centers disproportionately surfacing in wealthier metropolitan areas

Although 583 hospitals initiated new transcatheter aortic valve replacement programs from 2012 to 2018, the bulk went to wealthier metropolitan areas that already had existing TAVR programs, researchers reported.

View more