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Women's Health

Pre-existing conditions may be causing more high-risk pregnancies

Millennial women experiencing higher pregnancy complication rates

Illness

Inexpensive steroid reduces death risk among severe COVID-19 patients

Addiction

Temple researchers to study promising cocaine addiction treatment

Temple Cocaine Study

Prevention

Cancer immunotherapy research could aid COVID-19 vaccine development

CHOP Vaccine COVID-19

Illness

Scientists may have determined why many non-smokers develop COPD

COPD cause respiratory system

Illness

Cancer drug shows potential for COVID-19 patients in respiratory distress

Cancer drug COVID-19

Senior Health

Brain bleeds on the rise in older seniors, but blood thinners may be preventing fatal strokes at earlier ages

Brain bleeds in seniors

Illness

Surgery patients with COVID-19 more likely to die shortly afterward, study finds

Surgery COVID-19 risk

Senior Health

Your personality may increase your risk for pre-dementia

Personality traits dementia

Fitness

A simple blood test may be able to measure your fitness level

Blood test for fitness

Health News

Electronic health records miss 33% of medical errors, study finds

Electronic health records

Health Insurance

Insulin is just one factor driving up health care costs for diabetics

Cost of diabetes-related supplies

Illness

Inflammatory bowel, celiac diseases more connected than previously thought

Link between IBD and celiac disease

Parenting

Turning into the food police will only make your child's picky eating worse

Picky eating in children

Adult Health

Blood pressure spikes during moderate exercise a sign of future health issues

Exercise-induced high blood pressure

Illness

Heart issue the strongest predictor of COVID-19 deaths

Right ventricle enlargement and COVID-19

Prevention

New injectable HIV drug may offer stronger protection than PrEP pills

New Injectable HIV Drug

Prevention

Cats can infect other cats with COVID-19 – but do they pose a risk to humans?

Cats humans COVID-19

Mental Health

Addressing sex bias in some diseases may improve treatment, doctors hope

Sex bias in disease

Children's Health

Penn, CHOP researchers receive $1.05 million grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to study childhood obesity

CHOP Chan Zuckerberg

Wellness

Millennial doctors in training aren't more likely to burn out, despite perception

Generational differences in doctors

Adult Health

Two antiviral drugs fail to meet hopes as COVID-19 treatments

Lopinavir not effective against COVID-19

Adult Health

Obesity a strong predictor of severe COVID-19 cases among younger adults

Adult Health

A 'motivational' talk with your doctor may reduce your risk of heart disease

Motivational Interviewing by doctors

Adult Health

Penn Medicine is looking for COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma

Penn plasma trial

Illness

COVID-19 treatments are urgently needed, but clinical trials take time – by design

Opioids

Obesity increases likelihood of long-term prescription opioid use, researchers find

Obesity linked to long-term opioid prescriptions, according to Boston University researchers

Children's Health

Infants may have higher risk of coronavirus complications than older children, studies show

Infants may have higher risk of COVID-19 complications than older children

Volunteering

Volunteering in impoverished areas does not build caregiver empathy, Jefferson study finds

Past experience with poverty is not enough to build caregiver empathy

Adult Health

Air pollution increases the chance of going blind, study finds

High pollution levels in cities linked to rise in glaucoma

Adult Health

Caffeine won't turn you into Hemingway – but it can boost your problem-solving skills

Caffeine won't turn you into Hemingway -- but it can boost problem-solving

Mental Health

Transcendental meditation soothes anxiety by changing connections in the brain

Meditation anxiety stress

Addiction

More stringent regulations are reducing tobacco retailers in Philly, study finds

Tobacco retailers Philly

Parenting

To help infants avoid asthma, go easy on the cleaning – at least for a bit

Chemicals in cleaning products could trigger asthma

Women's Health

Struggling to eliminate the sweets? Try getting some more sleep

Poor sleep leads to overeating

Senior Health

Golfing may help older adults live longer, study finds

Women's Health

Cervical cancer could be eliminated in the U.S. within 20 years, Harvard researchers say

Cervical cancer elimination

Mental Health

More teens are coming out as LGBTQ, but suicide attempts remain high

LGBTQ Teens Attempted Suicide

Men's Health

For advanced prostate cancer patients, statins offer hope of a longer life

Statins reduce mortality in prostate cancer patients

Senior Health

Brokenhearted over the death of a loved one? These heart medications could save your life, scientists say

Grief Broken Heart Health

Women's Health

Virtual reality offers women a new pain relief option during childbirth

VR in childbirth

Parenting

Here's how long your baby should be sleeping at night – and when to become alarmed

Baby sleep patterns normal

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