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By John Shea | October 1, 2012 | Comments
Exhibit A: This year’s incoming class of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania was assigned to read Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All, by Paul A. Offit, MD. Issued by Basic Books in 2011, the book came out this year in paperback. During...
Education | Epidemiology | Experts | Health Care Quality and Safety | In the News | Infectious Disease | Patient Care
By Holly Auer | July 25, 2012 | Comments
This week, HIV advocates, scientists, and patients gathered at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. – the first time in 22 years the meeting was held in the United States. The group’s charge: mapping out a strategy to usher in an AIDS-free generation.
Cancer | Clinical Trials | Complementary and Alternative Medicine | Epidemiology | Obesity, Weight, and Eating Disorders | Research | Women's Health
By Holly Auer | October 13, 2011 | Comments
The nation’s 2.4 million breast cancer survivors already have strength in numbers, and they’re a powerful lobby for research funding and public awareness campaigns about early detection of the disease, but ongoing research at Penn Medicine offers them the chance to gain literal strength.
