COPD Deaths

The difficulties of managing COPD

Surviving the chronic illness depends on more than not smoking

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Urgent Care Emergency Deparment

A legacy mindset can help you stay the course on your health goals — even when you feel like giving in

Legacy Mindset Health

Temple medical school to open branch campus in Atlantic City

Temple Medical School

American spending on prescription drugs to surpass $1 trillion this year

Prescription Drug Spending

For people with Parkinson's disease, tango therapy can help improve their mobility

Tango Therapy Parkinson's

Emergency room visits for tick bites hit highest level in a decade

Deer Ticks

Children's Health

CDC's new hepatitis B vaccine recommendations will cause more infant infections, studies find

Hepatitis B Vaccine

Running the Broad Street Run on Sunday? Here's how to treat the final days before the race

Broad Street Run

A 'barbaric' problem in American hospitals is only getting bigger

Emergency Department Boarding

Know a nurse that exceeds expectations? IBX seeks nominations for its Sunshine Award

IBX Nurse Award

Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows

Intimate Partner Violence

Drug-resistant fungal infections are increasing in Philly health care facilities — just as they are nationwide

C. auris infections

Suicide deaths among young people fell after 988 lifeline debuted

Suicide 988 Lifeline

Alternative Medicine

Medical marijuana reclassified by Trump administration as a less dangerous drug

Medical Marijuana Reclassified

IBX Nurse Award

Know a nurse that exceeds expectations? IBX seeks nominations for its Sunshine Award

Limited - Fox Chase Cancer Center - Dorctor speaking with patient

Why some cancers are being diagnosed more often in younger, otherwise healthy adults

Deer Ticks

Emergency room visits for tick bites hit highest level in a decade

Temple Medical School

Temple medical school to open branch campus in Atlantic City

Suicide 988 Lifeline

Suicide deaths among young people fell after 988 lifeline debuted

Medical Marijuana Reclassified

Medical marijuana reclassified by Trump administration as a less dangerous drug

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