Prevention

nail salon chemical risk

Why, yes, the chemicals in nail salons are just as harmful as they smell

Learn how to stop someone from bleeding to death

Cooper University Hospital

Turns out, the chemicals in sunscreen do seep into the bloodstream

Having migraines might protect you from Type 2 diabetes, study finds

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Here's why you shouldn't wash raw chicken before cooking it

Reminder to protect your hearing: Yes, you should be wearing earplugs at concerts

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3 moral reasons why parents need to get their children vaccinated against measles

Measles

Reap these benefits by drinking enough water

Why some doctors are prescribing a day in the park or a walk on the beach for good health

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That super-promising peanut allergy treatment has flaws, further research finds

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

toilet seat detect heart failure

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

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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

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

Temple University to ban smoking and vaping in fall

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

'Banana bag' administered to sober up patients at hospitals

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

concussion preventing bike helmet

Expanding mumps outbreak likely just beginning, Temple health director says

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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

Pennsylvania prisons to ban all tobacco products

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Saying another flu pandemic inevitable, WHO launches global strategy

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

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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

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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