Illness

Woman coughing at work

Harmless cough or something more serious?

What are the best ways to recover from a hangover?

Hangover Center 04232019

U.S. measles cases approach highest level in 25 years

Measles rash

Bryn Mawr Hospital first in Pennsylvania to enroll patient in clinical trial for new heart blockage treatment

Shockwave Intravascular Lithotripsy

Celiac sufferers, you may want to steer clear of 'gluten-free' restaurant pizza and pasta

Pizza Pepperoni 04192019

This 'invisible illness' doesn't have a known cause or effective treatment

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome

Two more confirmed mumps cases at University of Pennsylvania

Carroll University of Pennsylvania Students

You definitely want to avoid most fried and frozen foods when battling the flu, study suggests

food additive flu

Popular weed killer’s alleged link to cancer spreads concern

roundup weed killer herbicide bayer 03222019

What is listeria and do I need to be worried about it?

what is listeria

Already more U.S. measles cases this year than all of 2018

02012019_measles_flickr

Shocking number of Congolese don't believe Ebola outbreak is real – survey

07302018_ebola_virus_wiki

Johns Hopkins surgeon performs world's first organ transplant between living HIV-positive donor and recipient

hiv positive kidney transplant

Temple Hospital first in nation to implant new valve into lungs of emphysema patient

Temple Lung Center Emphysema Procedure

It took this woman 3 days to realize she was having a yoga-induced stroke

yoga stroke

Mumps outbreak spreads to Drexel University, Abington Senior High School

Drexel University

There’s an entire television series based on this controversial mental illness

Munchausen by proxy the act

West Chester University student gets mumps after visiting Temple campus

West Chester University

Expanding mumps outbreak likely just beginning, Temple health director says

Stock_Carroll - Temple University students walking to class

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

measles vaccine mumps rubella MMR 03192019

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

misophonia sound sensitivity

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

Stock_Carroll - Temple University Students

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

Humalog insulin pen Eli Lilly 03152019

Saying another flu pandemic inevitable, WHO launches global strategy

Flu outbreak Romania public health 03132019

Mumps outbreak at Temple University may have spread to Ambler campus

Temple University North Philadelphia _ Carroll

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

Heart Healthy stethoscope

Here's why cancer commonly spreads to the liver

Metastatic_Cancer_Liver

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

hiv aids virus cure visuals online

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

Nicole_Obenski

New prostate cancer test now available at Cooper Health

Cooper University Hospital

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

Root_Cause_Documentary

2 Rutgers students diagnosed with bacterial meningitis

Carroll - Rutgers University-Camden

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

02252019_Melanoma_wiki

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

generic beer weed killer study unsplash

Days before heading to ER, patients Google symptoms, illnesses

Google_Search_Computer

These Pennsylvania counties hardest hit by the flu this season

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Strong link emerges between gut bacteria and this chronic disease

gut bacteria lupus unsplash

Promising research suggests universal flu vaccine could be near

researchers in lab flu vaccine unsplash

Children's Health

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

02202019_vaccines_USAT

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

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