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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine produces strong immune response in young children, data shows

Women's Health

Worsening jaw pain could be another side effect of menopause

Jaw pain menopause

Fitness

Child care programs often don't provide enough physical activity, scientists say

Physical activity day care

Prevention

One million Americans have died of COVID-19; vaccines could have saved one-third of them

Children's Health

New SIDS research offers intriguing finding, but it's not a breakthrough, scientists stress

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Children's Health

Obesity's link to type 1 diabetes may be stronger than previously believed

Childhood obesity and type 1 diabetes

Wellness

People may sleep less as they age, but they still need 7 hours each night, scientists say

Sleep Older Adults

Parenting

A vegetarian diet can be safe for children, but it must be properly planned

Children vegetarian diet

Education

Philadelphia public schools continue to lose Black teachers as city officials vow improvement

Teacher Diversity

Prevention

Should you wear a mask on a plane, bus or train when there’s no mandate? Here is information to help you decide

Girl with mask in airport

Men's Health

Prostate cancer linked to bacteria, raising hope of new test and treatment

prostate cancer bacteria

Adult Health

Clinical trials often lack diversity; revising eligibility rules may help, researchers say

Clinical trial diversity

Prevention

A single dose of the HPV vaccine may provide ample protection, study finds

HPV vaccination

Addiction

Teen overdose deaths are increasing but drug use is at an all-time low

Counterfeit prescription pills

Senior Health

Your personality can affect your risk of cognitive impairment

Personality Cognitive Impairment

Healthy Eating

Eating avocados is linked to a lower risk of heart disease; here are ways to add the food to your diet

Avocado heart health

Prevention

Childhood health can predict risk of heart attack, stroke later in life

Making healthy lifestyle changes

Adult Health

Gut bacteria may explain why hypertension drugs don't work for everyone with high blood pressure

Blood pressure gut bacteria

Illness

Returning to pre-pandemic life comes at a cost. Public officials must determine whether to pay it

Lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Mental Health

Is social media harmful to teens' mental health? Not necessarily, study finds

Social Media Mental Health

Prevention

Racial disparities in diabetic eye care require greater solutions, study suggests

Blindness and diabetes

Prevention

For people who had COVID-19, it only takes one vaccine dose to spur immune response, Temple study finds

Adult Health

Even small amounts of alcohol increase risk of heart disease, research shows

Alcohol Heart Disease

Illness

COVID-19 is leaving people more prone to type 2 diabetes

COVID-19 Diabetes Risk

Fitness

Exercise particularly boosts heart health of people with anxiety or depression, study finds

Exercise Heart Health

Prevention

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective in young children

Adult Health

Kidney stones may become less painful to pass thanks to new technology

Kidney Stones More Common In Men

Health News

COVID's 'silver lining': Research breakthroughs for chronic disease, cancer and the flu

Adult Health

Spikes in standing blood pressure could be a warning sign of a future heart attack for some young adults

Standing blood pressure

Women's Health

Mammograms also may help identify heart disease risk, study finds

mammograms heart disease

Mental Health

Ozone pollution doesn't just irritate the lungs – it's also linked to depression

Development

Philly's largest life sciences lab planned for Drexel University campus

Drexel Life Sciences Philly

Illness

Ivermectin not effective as a treatment for COVID-19, study finds

Ivermectin Study

Adult Health

A new approach to severe asthma could reduce racial health disparities, researchers say

Asthma racial disparities

Prevention

The search for an HIV vaccine continues with a clinical trial partly based in Philly

HIV vaccine mRNA

Illness

Penn scientists aim to bring promising cancer therapy closer to reality

Penn Medicine FLASH radiation

Illness

Jefferson Health testing new treatment for loss of smell and taste

Smell Loss Treatment

Education

Does South Jersey have a future in the syrup industry? Stockton University is tapping maple trees to find out

Stockton Maple Syrup

Women's Health

Early menopause increases a woman's risk for dementia, study suggests

Early menopause Dementia

Children's Health

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine less effective among children ages 5-11, study finds

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Children's Health

Having certain health conditions as a teen may accelerate aging as an adult

Smoking and aging

Women's Health

First-time moms at greater risk of postpartum depression, study finds

Postpartum depression risk

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