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Last month, fourteen-time Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys introduced EMPOWERED, an ongoing public information campaign to reach women in the U.S. about HIV/AIDS. At the launch event in Washington, D.C. at the Kaiser Family Foundation, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett spoke both personally and professionally about how this disease affects us [...]

Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk

Having a fast-food restaurant nearby might be a convenience, but living within two miles of one may be a little too convenient. According to a new study, black Americans who live near these businesses have a higher body-mass index than those living farther away. Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center found [...]

What’s e-health and what does it mean for you?

One benefit of e-health is that providers will have a better way to coordinate care for patients. © WavebreakmediaMicro – Fotolia.com If you visit a doctor’s office or hospital and you usually see stacks of manila folders with labels on them and loads of paper inside. When a doctor wants to research more about a [...]

Penn Medicine Researchers Identify Four New Genetic Risk Factors for Testicular Cancer

Large, First-of-its-Kind Study Finds Genomic Regions Associated with Higher Risk PHILADELPHIA — A new study looking at the genomes of more than 13,000 men identified four new genetic variants associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer, the most commonly diagnosed type in young men today. The findings from this first-of-its-kind meta-analysis were reported online [...]

Fitness protects you from cancer, even 20 years later

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What it means to give back: Mentorship

Before coming to medical school, I shadowed many physicians in various fields to get a better sense of what it is like to be a doctor. However, as an undergraduate student at a technology school with no accompanying medical school, finding a mentor in the field of medicine was quite challenging. In my senior year [...]

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