Illness

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FYI, you're never too old to get measles (or the vaccine)

Here's the scoop on misophonia — the disorder that makes people sensitive to certain sounds

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Mumps cases at Temple University up to 49, school adds vaccination requirement

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Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin: How much difference will it make?

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Saying another flu pandemic inevitable, WHO launches global strategy

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Mumps outbreak at Temple University may have spread to Ambler campus

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Study links e-cigarette use to cardiovascular disease, heart attacks

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Here's why cancer commonly spreads to the liver

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'London patient' apparently cleared of HIV provides promise for future cure

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Colon cancer rising among millennials – but doctors aren't sure why

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New prostate cancer test now available at Cooper Health

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Documentary linking root canals to cancer drilled by dentists, yanked by Netflix

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2 Rutgers students diagnosed with bacterial meningitis

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One dose of skin cancer treatment can send melanoma patients into remission, Penn Medicine study finds

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Study finds potentially carcinogenic weed killer ingredient in these popular beer and wine brands

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Days before heading to ER, patients Google symptoms, illnesses

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These Pennsylvania counties hardest hit by the flu this season

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Strong link emerges between gut bacteria and this chronic disease

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Promising research suggests a universal flu vaccine could be near

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Children's Health

Defending a parent’s right to withhold vaccines when they want to

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Vancouver measles outbreak linked to father who didn't vaccinate due to autism concerns – report

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Cancer death rate dropping faster in black Americans, narrowing racial gap

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Snail venom boasts potentially blood-sugar balancing qualities to treat Type 1 diabetes, study suggests

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CDC issues food safety alert for raw milk sold by Lancaster County farm

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This cold-fighting food has nothing to do with vitamin C

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Measles outbreak sends vaccine demand soaring, even among the hesitant

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FDA warns of rare cancer linked to breast implants

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This is why you always seem to feel more sick at night

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Tests confirm Philly patient does not have deadly Ebola virus

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People diagnosed with cancer often don’t embrace the term 'survivor'

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Suburban Philly organization sets cancer guidelines used by doctors all over the world

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Does doubling up on flu shots provide more protection?

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First child flu-related death reported in Pennsylvania

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What the internet is saying about Israelis' claim for cancer cure

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4 New Jersey schools in one district close again for flu outbreak

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Indiana schools superintendent faces insurance fraud charges for passing off ill student as her son

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23andMe gains FDA approval for colorectal cancer genetic testing

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Only when he, too, was diagnosed did Philly oncogeneralist learn about the other side of fighting cancer

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Children's Health

Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness paralyzing U.S. children?

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