Prevention

toilet seat detect heart failure

This tech-y toilet seat monitors heart failure patients from home

Harvard study finds lung-damaging toxins in popular e-cigarette products

e-cigarette lung toxins

Measles, mumps, rubella vaccines now available in Rite Aid pharmacies nationwide

mmr vaccine at rite aid

Children's Health

Children's ER visits for swallowing objects doubled in the past 20 years

children swallowing objects er visits

Later school-start times reduce teen car accidents – significantly

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A team of researchers myth-busted the idea of 'sugar rushes'

sugar rush myth

Pretty much everyone misses this important spot when applying sunscreen

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Anti-vaxxers appear to be losing ground in the online vaccine debate

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Temple University to ban smoking and vaping in fall

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Skrillex's dubstep music might help prevent mosquito bites, researchers find

skrillex mosquitos

'Banana bag' administered to sober up patients at hospitals

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Expanding mumps outbreak likely just beginning, Temple health director says

Stock_Carroll - Temple University students walking to class

These concussion-preventing bike helmets mimic the brain's protective fluid

concussion preventing bike helmet

Study: Piping hot tea increases risk of esophageal cancer

hot tea cancer risk

What you need to know about your kidneys – and how to keep them healthy

kidney health

Pennsylvania prisons to ban all tobacco products

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Saying another flu pandemic inevitable, WHO launches global strategy

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Penn Medicine just opened an entire center dedicated to spinal care and back pain

penn medicine spine center

Birth control pills hit by FDA recall may not prevent pregnancy

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Mazzoni Center program announces a more inclusive name-change

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This is when spring allergy season is expected to hit

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FDA to update sunscreen regulations to improve safety and efficacy

sunscreen fda regulations sipa

Researchers finally put an official name on the scientific study of poop

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CDC issues mid-season report on the effectiveness of this year's flu vaccine

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CVS offers free weekly heart health checks in February

Doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

Love, chocolate and your heart

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The HPV vaccine is still super important — here's why

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What is frostbite? An ER doc explains

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Experiencing regular pain? Improving sleep quality could provide relief, study suggests

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During government shutdown, Cooper expedites health checkups for furloughed workers

Cooper University Hospital

Big increase in food recalls demands action, consumer watchdog says

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Zip code vs. genetic code: Breaking down cancer disparities in Philadelphia

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Anti-vaxxers listed among top global health threats for 2019

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The slippery slope of fish oil supplements

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Parents are generally unaware their children have suicidal thoughts

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Here's why – and how – you should test your home for radon

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New Jersey hospitals restrict visitors in effort to limit spread of flu

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You should probably be cleaning your smartphone A LOT more than you are

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FYI, the government shutdown-related problems span to food inspections, too

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As medical misinformation infects the internet, doctors seek a cure

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