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How DNA from an ancestry website led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania rape suspect 26 years later

College students tend to underestimate the alcohol content in Four Loko, study says

College students underestimate Four Loko alcohol

Penn alum wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

2019 Nobel Prize medicine Gregg L. Semenza

Why hospitals are getting into the housing business

Denver Health

Mical frozen tuna recalled after sales in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

FDA headquarters

Circadian rhythms regulate how well the immune system responds, study finds

Sandoz recalls generic Zantac due to possible carcinogen

generic zantac recalled

Green tea ingredient may prove key to slowing antibiotic resistance

Green tea antibiotics

More blood pressure medicine recalled after carcinogen found in pills

Blood pressure medicine recalled FDA

Two more cases of deadly mosquito-borne virus Triple E discovered in New Jersey

Triple E infection New Jersey

Drexel University, Tower Health to buy St. Christopher's Hospital, report says

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

Philly health department warns of possible Hepatitis A exposure at donut shop

Yumcious Donuts

A compound may improve pancreatic cancer survival rate, scientists find

Compound pancreatic cancer treatment

CHOP study finds nonverbal autistic kids slower to process sounds

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia autism study

Researchers find promise in prevention of chemotherapy hair loss

Chemotherapy hair loss

Millions of Americans’ medical images and data are on the Internet. Anyone can take a peek.

Medical Privacy Eye 09172019

Explosion sparks fire at Russian lab that houses deadly diseases including smallpox and Ebola

Smallpox_vaccine_wiki 09172019

Human bodies can shift on their own well after death, researchers find

Skeleton Study

Teen with dairy allergy dies after restaurant tells him food order was safe

Teen dies dairy allergy

At-home rape kits now off the market

Preserve Rape Kit 09162019

Tower Health recruits nationally recognized kidney and liver transplant team from Hahnemann

Surgery Scalpel 09122019

Could New Jersey become the first state to ban all e-cigarettes?

New Jersey ban e-cigarettes sales

Hepatitis C-infected kidneys are safe for transplants, Penn study finds

Kidneys Penn

Microplastics could be getting into our bodies, study says

Microplastics found in the body

Temple Health CEO Larry Kaiser resigning at year's end

Larry Kaiser Temple Health

Tobacco sales to minors in Philly skyrocketed in 2018, health department says

Cigarettes Philly minors

Juul is illegally marketing its products, FDA says

juul apology

Study shows potential for reversing the body's 'biological age'

Reverse aging biological clock

Wharton professor leads autism study challenging 'extreme male brain' theory

Autism EMB theory

Penn researcher behind Alzheimer's discoveries wins $3 million prize

Virginia M.Y. Lee

Analysis: How your beloved hospital helps to drive up health care costs

Stock_Carroll - Hospital ER Gurney

Emojis let hospitals gauge patient, provider satisfaction

Emoji Hospital Patient Satisfaction

Vitamin D isn't better when taken at higher doses, new study says

Vitamin D high dose unhealthy

Getting just the right amount of sleep can help prevent heart attacks

Sleep increase heart attack risk

Pharma pours cash on Congress as battles over drug prices persist

U.S. Capitol: Pharma pouring cash on Congress as drug price battles rage

CDC investigating 215 cases of severe respiratory disease linked to vaping

CDC investigating severe respiratory cases tied to vaping

Married people are less likely to develop dementia than divorcees, study says

Dementia risk married divorced study

Penn Medicine, Arkansas hospital partnering to expedite heart surgery research

Stock_Carroll - Penn Medicine

Pitt researchers develop breathalyzer prototype for marijuana

Marijuana Breathalyzer

First U.S. death caused by vaping confirmed in Illinois

vaping death lungs

Philly's sidewalks discriminate against people with disabilities, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit alleges Philly's sidewalks are unsafe for people with disabilities

Potential blood test can diagnose head trauma better than a CT scan, study shows

Blood test concussions

More departments close at Hahnemann University Hospital

hahnemann department closures

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