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Excessive coffee drinking doubles risks of heart disease for people with hypertension

Too much coffee can increase risk of heart disease for people with high blood pressure

The biggest health trends of 2023 may include journaling and eating kelp

Health trends 2023

4 cases of Legionnaires' disease identified in Pennsauken, health officials say

Legionnaires disease Camden County

Cooper University, Cape Regional health care systems to merge

Cooper Cape Regional Health Merger

Lidl recalls advent calendar for possible bacteria contamination

Lidl salmonella recall

Celine Dion's stiff person syndrome diagnosis brings attention to a rare disease

Green Sprouts recalls toddler sippy cups, bottles due to lead exposure risk

Green Sprouts recall

Saliva test for concussions, which Penn State researchers helped create, receives U.S. patent

Saliva Concussion Test Penn State

Amazon launches online health clinic for common conditions. Who will use it?

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In a city that loves hoagies, how worried should Philadelphians be about the listeria outbreak tied to deli meats?

Who sees what you flush? Wastewater surveillance for public health is on the rise, but many adults are still unaware

Wastewater surveillance covid

Nestle recalls batches of edible cookie dough due to plastic contamination

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Delaware County Memorial Hospital emergency operations ordered to be suspended

DCMH ordered to stop emergency services

Clorox recalls 37 million cleaning products due to risk of bacteria exposure

Pine-sol bacteria exposure

Penn Medicine, Virtua Health's new proton therapy cancer treatment center will become first in South Jersey

Penn Virtua Proton Therapy

Judge temporarily halts closure of Delaware County Memorial Hospital

DCMH Crozer Health

Listeria outbreak linked to Old Europe brie and camembert cheese

Listeria cheese recall

Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination

Medical bias

Penn Medicine seeks to expand value-based care by buying stake in Tandigm Health

Penn Medicine Tandigm Health

Crozer Health to shut down emergency department at Delaware County Memorial Hospital

Crozer Health DCMH Springfield

Cooper University Health Care to expand footprint in Camden with $2 billion project

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Healthy Choice recalls nearly 22,000 pounds of frozen beef product due to mislabeling

Healthy Choice Recall

Why are some people mosquito magnets and others are unbothered?

Mosquito magnet

Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire

Organ transplant

Kolan brand children's sandals sold on Amazon recalled over lead concerns

Kolan children's shoes recall Amazon lead

CHOP patient with spinal muscular atrophy to walk the runway ahead of New York Fashion Week

SMA Mom

Life expectancy in New Jersey fell by 2.6 years during the first year of COVID

Life expectancy New Jersey

Wendy’s is likely source of E. coli outbreak in Pennsylvania and three Midwestern states, CDC says

Pennsylvania children born near fracking sites may be at higher risk of leukemia, study finds

Crozer Health, ChristianaCare merger plan dissolves after months of negotiations

Crozer Health ChristianaCare

Capri Sun juice pouches recalled due to potential cleaning solution contamination

Capri Sun recall

After the omicron surge, Americans increasingly resumed pre-pandemic lifestyles, Penn survey shows

Chestnut Hill Hospital to be sold to Temple Health, Redeemer and PCOM

Chestnut Hill Hospital Temple

U.S. declares public health emergency over monkeypox as virus spreads

Banana Boat hair and scalp sunscreen recalled over carcinogen traces

Temple University to create community-based transgender patient care training program

Temple Unique Project

Penn Medicine hospitals named among nation's best for 16th straight year by U.S. News & World Report

HUP Hospital Rankings

Heat waves can be dangerous for seniors and children; here's how to prevent dehydration, heat stroke

Philly heat wave

Penn researchers develop hands-free microbots that brush and floss teeth

Penn Microbots Teeth Cleaning

Children's Health

Scientists develop smartphone device that can diagnose ear infections

Smartphone Ear Infection App

How Pfizer won the pandemic, reaping outsize profit and influence

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