Opioid Emergency
Silfen Forum focuses on opioid crisis.
Five Yard Solution
Kickoff rule change cut concussions.
Introduction to Shakespeare
The power of query, in class and in life.
A #MeToo Moment for PTSD
Prolonged exposure therapy can help sexual assault victims.
The Architecture Cure
At Kleinman Center, discussing architecture that heals.
Phantom Concussions
Here’s what may have afflicted US diplomats in Cuba.
Heard on Campus: A Streets Perspective of Philadelphia’s Opioid Epidemic
Heard on Campus: Jose Benitez on the opioid epidemic.
Of Beneficent Buildings and Bedside Manners
Thomas S. Kirkbride M1832 wrote the book—literally—on the housing and treatment of the mentally ill in the 19th century.
New Hope for Sinus Infections
Blocking sweet-taste receptors could clear stuffy sinuses.
Moonshot in Mid-Flight
At Silfen Forum, Biden calls for more cooperation to fight cancer.
House Dentist
From Holocaust survivors, to stroke victims, to the garden-variety centenarian next door, Alisa Kauffman’s patients have one thing in common: an inability to travel to a dentist’s office. So she brings her practice into their living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens.
Pressure and Proof
Alumnus, journalist, and self-described math geek Alan Schwarz saw something rotten in the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD and treated with amphetamines. He responded with a powerful series in The New York Times—and an even more powerful book.
A $2 Genetic Test for Zika
Penn researchers develop a $2 genetic test for Zika virus.
New Center for Personalized Immunotherapies
Unveiled: Penn-Novartis Center for Advanced Cellular Therapeutics.
How To Change Your Mind
“Enlightenment is for anyone.”
Our Labs, Our Health?
In Risky Medicine, History and Sociology of Science Professor Robert Aronowitz argues that today’s fixation on diagnosing and managing risk factors rather than treating diseases leads to anxiety and stress, over-diagnosis of conditions and overuse of drugs, and radical treatments that are unnecessary or harmful.