Health

Tough Love for Junk Food Families

01 Jul 2006

My Big Fat Reality Show: Penn nutritionist uses TV to fight obesity

Creating a Culture of Safety for Women

02 Jul 2005

Conference highlights global threats to women

As he heads West for a teaching position in the other Washington, Paul Steven Miller C’83 looks back on a decade defending the rights of people with disabilities as an EEOC Commissioner—and a lifetime battling for his own.

The E-Nose Knows Infections

02 Sep 2004

Electronic nose sniffs out disease.

Don’t Forget Your Meds, Humanoid

02 Sep 2004

Martha Pollack’s Pearl puts artificial intelligence to work.

Sending Help with AYUDA

01 Nov 2003

AYUDA fights diabetes abroad

Keeping the Flu At Bay—For Life

01 Sep 2003

Nasal spray may replace annual flu shot.

Something in the Armpits

01 Jul 2003

Men, looking for a reason not to shower?

Bittersweet Vindication for Atkins Diet

01 Jul 2003

Studies offer qualified support for Atkins Diet approach.

Cutting Through the Smoke

01 Jan 2003

Caryn Lerman and her colleagues at the Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center are hot on the trail of biological, psychological, and social means to counter tobacco’s addictive power.

More Patients + Fewer Nurses = More Deaths

01 Jan 2003

Fewer nurses means more patient deaths

When Food Is the Enemy

01 Sep 2002

There’s a very thin line between eating disorders and disordered eating.

Virus Fighter

01 Sep 2002

Dr. Sidney Pestka M’61

“Boy, Did I Show Them”

01 Mar 2002

John Palko W’76

Medical School Gets Sweet Diabetes Grant

01 Mar 2002

$15.5 million to medical school to study juvenile diabetes FDA rejects

For Good Measure …

01 Jan 2002

The mismeasure of children

Life-Saving Reminders

01 Sep 2001

Seth Forman C’94

Resistance Fighter

02 Sep 2000

Medical School alumnus and bacteria researcher Dr. Stuart Levy warns against the overuse of antibiotics, a potential public health nightmare for the 21st century.