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Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes

November 7, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis -- the narrowing of the carotid artery -- is associated

Carnegie Mellon researchers receive grant

November 5, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University's Lucio Soibelman, H. Scott Matthews and Jose M.F.

Penn researchers describe cellular source of most common type of abnormal heart beat

November 4, 2009

PHILDELPHIA - While studying how the heart is formed, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine serendipitously found a novel cellular source of atrial fibrillation (AF), the

Postmenopausal women with higher testosterone levels

November 4, 2009

Chevy Chase, MD -- Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower test

Weight training boosts breast cancer survivors' body image and intimate relationship satisfaction

November 3, 2009

In addition to building muscle, weightlifting is also a prescription for self-esteem among breast cancer survivors, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research.

Initial results show pregnant women mount strong immune response to 1 dose of 2009 H1N1 vaccine

November 2, 2009

Healthy pregnant women mount a robust immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the National I

Spider mite predators serve as biological control

November 2, 2009

The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsy

Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing

November 2, 2009

HOUSTON -- (Nov.

There's a speed limit to the pace of evolution, Penn biologists say

November 2, 2009

PHILADELPHIA ?- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using

Inhibitor of heat shock protein is a potential anticancer drug, Penn study finds

October 29, 2009

PHILADELPHIA - Like yoga for office drones, cells do have coping strategies for stress.

Pitt-led researchers create nanoparticle coating to prevent freezing rain buildup

October 29, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Preventing the havoc wrought when freezing rain collects on roads, power lines, and aircrafts could be only a few nanometers away.

North Carolina sea levels rising 3 times faster than in previous 500 years, Penn study says

October 28, 2009

PHILADELPHIA ?- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating.

High-definition colonoscopy detects more polyps, Mayo Clinic researchers say

October 28, 2009

High-definition (HD) colonoscopy is much more sensitive than standard colonoscopy in finding polyps that could morph into cancer, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.

Fighting sleep, Penn researchers reverse the cognitive impairment caused by sleep deprivation

October 26, 2009

PHILADELPHIA ?- A research collaboration led by biologists and neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania has found a molecular pathway in the brain that is the cause of cognitive impairment

Installed cost of solar photovoltaic systems in the US fell in 2008

October 21, 2009

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) released a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S., showing that the average cost of these systems declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008. Within the last year of this period, costs fell by more than 4 percent.



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