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Medetomidine Controlled Substance

Street drugs are being cut with a potent sedative, but criminalizing it may worsen Philly's addiction crisis

After being diagnosed with cancer in his horseshoe kidney, this Arkansas man sought surgery at Temple Health

Horseshoe Kidney Surgery

Philly teacher to race in Broad Street Run with 75% lung capacity — and an elite bib

Brynn Peterson Broad Street Run

Hysterectomies are common surgeries, but myths about their impact persist

Hysterectomy Menopause Myths

Temple Health's new cancer clinic streamlines treatment for people from underserved communities

Temple Cancer Clinic

Why athletes like Victor Wembanyama sometimes get blood clots — a condition most common in older adults

Wembanyama blood clot

Mütter Museum taps former Temple Health president as its new leader

Mutter Museum Larry Kaiser

Medical residents at four Philly hospitals join growing trend in effort to unionize

Philly Residents Union

Philly-area hospitals are closely monitoring IV fluid supplies as the nationwide shortage wears on

IV Fluid Shortage

After seeing a high-speed, 3-car crash in Vermont, a Temple Hospital resident rushed to aid the people injured

Kiley Nygren Temple

LGBTQ people smoke cigarettes at higher rates, and they face barriers to quitting

LGBTQ Tobacco Use

Temple Hospital revamps Episcopal Campus to better serve people with substance use, mental health disorders

Temple Episcopal Campus

People leaving prison face many hurdles. Temple is running a reentry simulation to help health care providers relate

Temple Reentry Simulation

A Temple Hospital worker needed a kidney transplant. When the call finally came, his colleague performed it

Temple kidney transplant

Blood clots are common and can be deadly, but many Americans don't know enough about the risks

Regular lung cancer screenings can help catch other diseases early, too

Temple Lung Cancer Screenings

Penn Medicine, Jefferson Health among latest hospital systems to reinstate mask requirements

Philly Hospitals Masks

Why drinking soda is bad for your health – and how to quit

soda health effects

Temple Health's new campus seeks to combat city's high maternal death rate

Temple Women & Families Campus

Chestnut Hill Hospital to be sold to Temple Health, Redeemer and PCOM

Chestnut Hill Hospital Temple

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

Hospitals, insurers and colleges join forces to reduce Philly's health inequities

Accelerate Health Equity Philly

Temple to open hospital for women's health at former cancer treatment facility

Temple Women's Health Hospital

New scholarships seek to improve racial diversity within Philly's nursing industry

IBX Temple Nursing Scholarships

Promising HIV cure developed by Temple researchers advances to clinical trial

HIV Research Temple

Temple Hospital named Pennsylvania's most racially inclusive hospital, one of the top in the nation

Temple University Hospital

Temple patient 'counting his blessings' after near-fatal COVID-19 battle ends with lung transplant

Temple COVID-19 transplant

Lung transplants saving severe COVID-19 patients on death's doorstep

Penn Lung Transplant 2

More people need to know the signs of a stroke — especially those at high risk, Philly docs say

Stroke signs

Alternative Medicine

A new form of CBD may offer more potent pain relief and ease opioid cravings

Temple CBD Analog

Despite fears of a 'twindemic,' influenza cases remain remarkably low

Mask wearing and the flu

Temple-backed biotech firm secures $60 million to research HIV cure

Temple HIV research

Pennsylvania hospitals may postpone elective surgeries to meet surging COVID-19 admissions

PA hospitals COVID-19

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