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Greening Vacant Lots Reduces Feelings of Depression in City Dwellers, Penn Study Finds July 20, 2018 Greening vacant urban land significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions show in a new randomized, controlled study published in JAMA Network Open. The findings have implications for cities across the United States, where 15 percent of land is deemed “vacant” and often blighted or filled with trash and overgrown vegetation.
Penn Medicine Emergency Medicine Physician and Digital Health Care Innovator Raina Merchant, MD, Named Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow July 19, 2018 Digital health care innovator and Emergency Medicine physician Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP, has been named an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. The prestigious two-year Fellowship is designed to strengthen the leadership of innovators across the U.S. health care ecosystem and challenge them to create new approaches to improve the health and well-being of all Americans.
Cancer Patients May Experience Delayed Skin Effects of Anti-PD-1 Therapy July 18, 2018 Cancer patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapies who develop lesions, eczema, psoriasis, or other forms of auto-immune diseases affecting the skin may experience those adverse reactions on a delay – sometimes even after treatment has concluded.
Penn Wissahickon Hospice and Caring Way Earn the Circle of Life Award® from American Hospital Association for Innovative Palliative and End-of-Life Care July 16, 2018 Penn Wissahickon Hospice and Caring Way received the Circle of Life® award from the American Hospital Association (AHA) for expanding the reach of innovative palliative and end-of-life care to the community. Penn was among three programs nationwide to receive this honor, along with Arizona Palliative Home Care Program and Palliative Care and Western Connecticut Health.
Penn Medicine Pulmonologist and Medical Educator Jessica Dine MD Named Macy Faculty Scholar July 13, 2018 C. Jessica Dine, MD, an associate professor in the division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, and director for Assessment and Evaluation in the department of Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named a Macy Faculty Scholar by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation.

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