Treatment

FDA fecal transplant treatment for C. difficile

FDA warns against fecal transplant treatment after one patient dies

Governing health organization recommends daily preventative HIV treatment for at-risk individuals

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Harvard researchers posed as drug addicts to illustrate the struggle for treatment

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Alternative Medicine

The best essential oils for an all-natural anti-itch mosquito bite treatment

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Broccoli derivative may prove to be a viable schizophrenia treatment, study finds

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That super-promising peanut allergy treatment has flaws, further research finds

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Health Insurance

New Jersey law will help ease financial burden of mental health treatment

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FDA approves bone-building osteoporosis treatment geared toward high-risk women

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Esketamine: what you need to know about this promising new drug for treatment-resistant depression

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Alternative Medicine

People are treating their rosacea with cheap horse medicine, and dermatologists are saying, 'Whoa!'

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What the internet is saying about Israelis' claim for cancer cure

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Fighting the opioid epidemic with opioids: prescription heroin to treat addiction

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This shower hack is an all-natural cure for your stuffy nose

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Amazon to offer new line of at-home health care devices and accessories

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Jefferson: new research regarding how seizures begin

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How soon is soon enough to learn you have Alzheimer’s?

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Staying alive: How to fight an opioid addiction

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New Penn research could be hopeful discovery for melanoma patients

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FOX29's Mike Jerrick 'fighting,' receiving treatment for depression

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Penn dermatologists discover unlikely source to prevent scarring in wounds

Pennsylvania has the most Lyme disease cases in the nation

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How to fight major depression? Breathing, study suggests

Eagleville Hospital opening heroin, opioid addiction program for young men

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Penn doctor: 'Therapeutic illusion' leads to inappropriate medical treatments

Police saved Delco man's life with Narcan, then put him in jail

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MIT researchers aim to modernize Band-Aid with smart hydrogel

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Tech behind Ig Nobel winner's unboiled egg holds promise for cancer treatment

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Weekend conference connects women with metastatic breast cancer

An eye for a wisdom tooth: dental stem cells tested for blindness treatment

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Researchers work toward safer asthma drug

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