Penn Scientists Develop Novel Treatment for Serious Illness

Penn scientists develop novel treatment for serious illness

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University of Pennsylvania scientists have turned a castoff drug into a novel treatment for a rare, fatal genetic disorder in which ultra-high cholesterol causes heart disease in early childhood. The journal Lancet on Friday published a small but …
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Major Health Insurance Plans Provide too Little Help for Substance Abuse

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Facilities across Pennsylvania, and around the country, have reported that insurance providers are limiting entrance to residential treatment centers by using very strict eligibility criteria. In 2011 more than 800,000 people sought but could not …
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