Ear, Nose, and Throat | Research | Surgery
By Jessica Mikulski | April 30, 2013 | Comments
Can sleeping actually make you MORE tired? For many patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), they awake each morning thinking they had a full night’s rest, only to feel exhausted and unfocused day after day. This counterintuitive situation occurs because OSA sufferers may wake up dozens of times an hour...
Brain and Behavior | Ear, Nose, and Throat | Heart | Heart Month | Heart Month 2013 | Nutrition | Research
By Sally Sapega | February 21, 2013 | Comments
To celebrate February as American Heart Month, the News Blog is highlighting some of the latest heart-centric news and stories from all areas of Penn Medicine. The mortality rate from both heart disease and stroke have decreased significantly in the past decade, but they still remain the #1 and #4...
Ear, Nose, and Throat | Experts | Patient Care | Research | Surgery
By Jessica Mikulski | March 12, 2012 | Comments
New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania indicates that modern techniques used in rhinoplasty are showing excellent improvements in patients’ quality of life and function as compared to older techniques used for the procedure.
Aging | Basic Science | Brain and Behavior | Ear, Nose, and Throat | Patient Care | Research
By Jessica Mikulski | January 19, 2012 | Comments
The holiday party season is over. But for Maria Neimark Geffen, PhD, assistant professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, the party must go on. The focus of Dr. Geffen’s research is on understanding how the brain processes sound information in the natural world....
