Research

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Study helps to make Chinese food in Philly healthier

Children's Health

Do boozy Instagram posts prompt teens to drink? Penn research shows connection

Thomas Jefferson University creating database to track medical marijuana patients' health outcomes

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Sleep trackers actually may make you sleep worse, study finds

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CHOP: 'Antidepressive' behavior in new animal test offers hope for humans

CHOP Children's Hospital

Study: Unexpected medication could help smokers fight nicotine withdrawal symptoms

Drexel University part of group launching innovative plasma research center

The Drexel Dragon on Drexel University's campus in Philadelphia.

Temple doc receives $1 million grant to research how heart 'talks' to body fat

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Vaccine denial – 'a big problem' – among topics at weeklong Penn Teach-In

Assaults increased in cities that hosted Trump rallies, study finds

Trump at Union League

On Twitter, fake news travels more rapidly than real news

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Penn: African-Americans more vulnerable to stroke than Caucasians with the same heart condition

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New blood and urine tests can detect autism in children

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Study: Drinking, DUI crashes down among Pennsylvania teens

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Penn takes part in study of faster PTSD treatment for military personnel

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Eagles Autism Challenge donations to be matched ahead of NFC Championship game

New Penn research could be hopeful discovery for melanoma patients

CHOP Children's Hospital

How one psychologist created a ‘Likelihood to Sexually Harass’ scale

Drexel study: For college grads, smoking ban in restaurants helps curb the habit

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Study: Most Philly neighborhoods are still recovering from the recession

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Penn Medicine now includes the Princeton HealthCare System

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Penn researchers discover secret to ugly fish's hour-long mating hum

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Penn study: High costs causing cancer patients to ditch oral treatment

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Thanks to Trump, liberals and conservatives choose different 'most annoying word'

Penn leading $4 million effort to improve brain injury diagnosis, treatment

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Penn study: Minorities are less likely to see a doctor for common skin disease

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Drexel study: People might prefer food made from trash

Canola oil may worsen Alzheimer's disease, Temple researchers say

Pennsylvania plans vast expansion of industrial hemp research in 2018

Study links being spanked as kid and dating violence

Active ingredient in Tylenol could ease the pain of FOMO

Tylenol's main ingredient may dull positive emotions

Ocean City named the most tax-friendly place for New Jersey retirees

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Pharmaceuticals

Jefferson clinical trial shows promise for new migraine therapy

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Dogs are definitely brainier than cats, new study suggests

This common oral hygiene habit could increase risk for diabetes, study says

Penn study spots evidence for higher concussion vulnerability in women

Historically dry Jersey Shore town ranked as N.J.'s 'drunkest city' and people are not pleased

Ocean City Boardwalk Stock_Carroll

Can memory loss be cured? Penn researchers' brain map has some answers

Sitting too much can cause serious health problems. So should employers be liable?

Report sheds new light on Philadelphia's youth homelessness problem

New research suggests coffee could cut the risk of heart disease

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Penn Medicine study: Men more likely than women to receive CPR in public

Veterans Affairs

Philly doctor leads study on link between genetic testing and depression care for vets

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cancer young people

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Fluoride effects

Research finds no link between fluoride in tap water and lower adolescent IQ

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