Health: New Technology Makes Dentist Visit Easier
Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is On Your Side with a new high tech way to get problems fixed in hours, instead of days, with better accuracy.
CDC Research Shows Majority Of Public Pools Contaminated By Feces
Public pools will soon be opening up for the season, but there’s some disgusting new research you might want to consider before...
Dr. McDonough: Jolie Double Mastectomy ‘Courageous’ Decision
Jolie reveals in a New York Times Op-Ed this morning that she came to the decision after her doctors discovered she has the BRCA1...
Health: Promising Drugs For Breast Cancer Disease Being Tested In Philadelphia
Finding a cure for breast cancer is the ultimate goal of Sunday’s Race for the Cure.
Health: How To Predict a Heart Attack
Heart disease can be a silent killer. Often you don’t know you’re at risk until it is too late. Now there’s a new non-invasive...
CBS Local Health News
Health: New Experimental Blood Pressure Treatment
3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on how local doctors are testing a device they hope will be more effective than traditional drugs.
Study: Fast Food Nutrition Has Improved Only Marginally
Think fast food has gotten healthier? You might want to put down those coconut oil-fried, sea salt-coated french fries and think again.
Students At West Chester Get Unexpected Results In DNA Tests
America has been called a melting pot or an ethnic stew but that often refers to masses of people. DNA testing can show it applies on the individual level as well.
Montco Mom Says Angelina Jolie’s Decision Was Hers, Too
Sandy Cohen of Lafayette Hill, Pa., says she never regretted her decision to get preventive mastectomies — both for herself and her children.
Health: Infant Botulism Most Prevalent In Delaware Valley
Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has one case that’s baffled doctors at first.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty On Three Counts Of First-degree Murder
A Philadelphia jury today convicted West Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on three counts of first-degree murder as well as involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who died during an abortion at his clinic.
WebMD Health News
Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms
Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain, according to a new study.
Confused By Health Care Marketplaces? Help Is Coming
Under the Affordable Care Act, people and small businesses will be able to purchase insurance through a Marketplace.
Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy: Q&A
Mutations in certain genes raise the risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 percent, experts say.
