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Dr. Elizabeth Dauer, second from left, during rounds at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. Expecting patients to instantly change their deeply held ideas about female surgeons won't make for the kind of wholesale reform that's needed, said Dauer, a trauma surgeon. She said change needs to come from the top down.

Female surgical residents face discrimination that can mean burnout, suicidal thoughts, study finds

December 24, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

When Ilene Wong was a urology resident at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, she found herself sidelined in favor of her fellow resident — a white man — on at least...

A growing body of research shows that alcohol and drugs can cause genetic changes that may reinforce addiction and affect future generations.

Drinking triggers brain changes that teach you to want more alcohol, researchers find

November 1, 2019 at 4:00 a.m.

Running into a former drinking buddy or passing a once-favorite bar can cause recovering alcoholics to relapse. But the biology behind why those setbacks happen was a mystery to scientists...

A new study from Penn researchers suggests that brains are primed to "learn" alcohol and the environment in which it is consumed, possibly explaining why relapses happen.

Drinking triggers brain changes that teach you to want more alcohol, Penn researchers find

October 28, 2019 at 1:05 p.m.

Running into a former drinking buddy or passing a once-favorite bar can cause recovering alcoholics to relapse. But the biology behind why those setbacks happen was a mystery to scientists...

Ewan Johnson at home in West Philadelphia on October 8, 2019. Johnson uses a mindfulness app called Tide.

Stressed-out college students are sleeping less than ever. Meditation apps claim to help

October 21, 2019 at 11:51 a.m.

Last fall, Ewan Johnson found that getting a good night's sleep was becoming increasingly difficult. Johnson, then a junior studying strategic communications and political science at Temple University, was juggling...

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