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Study: Fitful sleep is worse for health than staying awake

Phillies throw Halloween Bash for patients at CHOP

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Young adults with Down syndrome write 'congratulations' letters to new parents

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Report: Antipsychotic drug rates high among Pa. juvenile offenders

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Not even a sip of alcohol is safe while pregnant: U.S. pediatricians

Princeton University combating outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease

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Loud chewing drive you crazy? You're the one with the problem

Pa. bill would raise age for buying smokes from 18 to 21

Ex-Philly woman reclaims her identity with post-mastectomy tattoos

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Montco gives pharmacies green light for Narcan without prescription

$2.1M federal grant goes to Philly-based nursing center consortium

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Inflatable breasts draw eyes, people to wellness event

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CDC: Kids living near site of former Philly factory at risk for high levels of lead

Former NFL player to launch smart mouthguard

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Crozer-Keystone to be acquired by LA-based healthcare company

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CHOP opens specialty care, ambulatory surgery center in Glen Mills

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Study: Gas drilling, premature births linked in Pennsylvania

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Chemists win Nobel Prize for findings on DNA repair

Officials: Nurse reuses syringe to administer flu shots for N.J. pharma company

Montco hospital settles with HIV+ patient after discrimination claims

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Volunteer ambulance corps waning in Pa., N.J.

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CVS offers anti-overdose drug without prescription in New Jersey

Local study: immune response to flu virus may call for altered vaccines

Virus found in cattle linked to breast cancer risk

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Jefferson will have 24/7 virtual health app during papal week

CHOP wins $3.6 million NIH grant for study on patient care decisions

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Tech behind Ig Nobel winner's unboiled egg holds promise for cancer treatment

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Five-year-old CHOP patient and sister create 'Hearts 4 Hemophilia' calendar

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Study: School lunch periods too short for kids to eat healthy meals

Cancer patient receives world's first 3D-printed Titanium rib cage

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Study: Oysters may serve as major carrier of norovirus

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Environmental groups angry over early end to study of nuclear plants' cancer risks

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CHOP researcher's genomics company purchased for $2 million

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Frozen corn recalled over potentially fatal listeria contamination

Study: The dirtiest place on an airplane isn't the bathroom. So what is?

Mexican man claims to have world's largest penis

Philly offers online mental health program for anxiety, depression

With pair of new hands, Zion Harvey discharged from CHOP

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23 men, two women in alcohol safety study for FDA-approved female ‘Viagra’

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Drexel neurosurgeon to provide treatments for Parkinson's, other movement-related disorders

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West Chester University treats cooling towers for Legionnaires' disease bacteria

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Study: Pollution may be behind rise, earlier onset of dementia

New program trains local deaf students to work as nurse aids

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