Advances in Medicine | Penn Medicine

Patients with severe neurological injuries have access to comprehensive neurological care at Penn’s award-winning Neuro-Intensive Care Unit (Neuro ICU) at the Hospital of the University of Pe...

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For years, the aggressive and deadly nature of lung cancer has hampered cancer researchers from finding an effective way of screening for lung cancer. The introduction of multidetector helical co...

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Year after year, heart and vascular disease maintains its rank as the number one killer of Americans. Doctors at Penn Medicine are battling the epidemic through comprehensive and personalized ma...

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There has never been a definitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. Doctors usually know if someone has dementia, and based on symptoms and testing they can predict whether the dementia...

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Penn Medicine’s excellent diagnostics and expert physicians provide patients with the best chance of a successful outcome.  Effective medical treatment is based on an accurate diagnosis of ea...

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As one of the premier patient care, teaching and research ophthalmology departments in the country, Scheie is a world leader in research and consistently ranks among the top five programs in the ...

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At Scheie Eye Institute and the F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology , scientists investigate the causes of important eye conditions including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopa...

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The symptoms can be vague. Headaches, weight loss or gain, fatigue, and cold intolerance: Symptoms that might be dismissed as menopause or stress. But these symptoms can sometimes mask pituitar...

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It might look like every other intensive care unit (ICU) in a hospital, but Penn Medicine’s Neuro ICU is a highly specialized unit with experts trained to monitor, treat and rehabilitate patie...

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Patients throughout the region are realizing they don’t have to travel to Philadelphia to see a Penn Medicine physician. In many suburban communities, Penn Medicine is right around the corner. ...

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Knee pain is a common complaint and it has many causes. At Penn Medicine, teams from orthopaedics, sports medicine, radiology, and physical therapy and rehabilitation work together to help pati...

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Penn Fertility Care has helped thousands of couples become families. Last year alone, fertility specialists at Penn performed more than 400 in vitro fertilization procedures. Fertility treatm...

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According to the American Cancer Society, more than 2 million men in the U.S. count themselves as prostate cancer survivors. Men worried about developing prostate cancer, making decisions about...

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Adolescence can be a challenging time. Many teenage girls experience irregular or absent menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, excessive hair growth and ovary cysts. These symptoms may be the sign o...

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Penn Medicine has a long history of pioneering advanced surgical techniques. Bloodless cardiac surgery is just one of those surgical advances. The Bloodless Cardiac Surgery Program at Pennsylvani...

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Most people don’t like going to the doctor and patients diagnosed with a heart condition are no exception. But getting a second opinion from an experienced physician at a high-volume center lik...

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In August, electrophysiologists from Penn Medicine implanted the region’s first subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for sudden cardiac arrest, a potentially fatal electric...

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For more than a decade, the clinical specialists of Penn Medicine's heart valve disease program have led the way in the development of new techniques and devices for valve disease. Today, this cl...

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Penn’s cardiac arrhythmia program is a regional and national referral center for heart rhythm disorders. For patients at risk for recurrent, sustained ventricular tachycardia or fibrillatio...

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Patients with aortic disease often find themselves facing complex surgery. At Penn Medicine, the cardiovascular and vascular surgical teams have more experience with these technically demandi...

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Joint replacement surgery is undoubtedly one of the greatest medical advances for improving patients’ quality of life. Over the past 40 years, hip and knee replacements have been performed for...

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It happens to everyone at some time in their lives: They overdo it on the golf course, join the kids for some touch football, or forget they are no longer 17-year-old student athletes. From the w...

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It wasn’t that long ago that cancer in the bone or soft tissue was a serious diagnosis that usually meant amputation of the affected limb. The orthopaedic oncology program at Penn Medicine has ...

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When David I. Lee, MD , joined Penn Medicine in 2005, he was one of the first urologists in the region performing robotic-assisted prostatectomy. Now, the procedure has become the standard of car...

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In December 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for the treatment of tumors of the mouth and throat in adults. TORS, a minimall...

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