Research

Study: Vegans and vegetarians may be more prone to depression

Local biotech firm develops 3-D bioprinters for researchers

Women outlast men during exercises, study shows

Study: High school friendships have long-lasting effects on your mental health

Splurging on an extravagant breakfast can have its weight-loss perks, study suggests

Andrea Mitchell endows Penn with a center to study democracy

Philly scientists develop promising immunotherapy technology for prostate cancer

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Report: The effects of medical marijuana to treat pain, PTSD are under researched

CHOP taking part in $14.8 million research effort into link between birth defects, childhood cancer

Stem cell researchers discover promising lead in quest for hair regrowth

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Findings differ on relationship between drinking and dementia

Study: Americans, especially women and seniors, are drinking more

Pig-to-human organ transplants advance with gene-editing experiment

Study: Smoking weed could lead to fatally high blood pressure

Researchers find protein that could trick your heart into thinking you exercised

Study: Strokes declining in men, but not in women

Study links daily check-ins to weight loss, but does the scale tell the whole story?

Study: If you’re not getting enough sleep, expect a thicker waistline

Penn to launch genetic research program on Asperger syndrome

Reports: Working moms put in nearly 100 hours per week

Apparently, Mediterranean diets only work for the rich

Study: Women who are more attractive than husbands less motivated to diet

Woman Diet

Medical Research

With $2 million donation, Cooper pushes stem-cell research

Study: Philly is one of the worst U.S. cities for drivers

Freedom Taxi in traffic near 30th Street Station

Penn finds cases of nasty gut infection 'soaring' in United States

Study: We’re coming up on divorce season

Divorce

Research underway to explore bringing industrial hemp back to Pa.

Study: Moderate drinking of alcohol may alter brain function

Seasonal flu may heighten risk for Parkinson's disease, Jefferson study finds

Study: Fathers can stunt emotions in sons, success in daughters

Fathersday

Truvía as insect 'birth control?' Drexel study finds second use for artificial sweetener

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Low on donations, Penn tests infected organs for transplants

CHOP, Penn teaming up to study sports-related concussions in teens

Meet the man who manages Penn's donated corpses

Dwayne Hallman Penn

Why the Amish are uniquely qualified for a secondhand smoke study

Temple researchers first to remove HIV-1 infection from live animals

Philly officials encouraged by study on effects of Berkeley’s soda tax

For depression sufferers, researchers may have discovered shortcut for finding right medication

Penn researcher granted $16.3 million toward HIV vaccine development

Website finds Wawa isn't Pennsylvania's favorite convenience store

Wawa

Study: Math proves Pennsylvania's congressional districts 'almost certainly' gerrymandered

Gerrymandering Pennsylvania

Drexel researchers devise headband to measure social brain activity

Penn expert: Reduce radiation treatment by half for men with prostate cancer

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