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Health: Study Shows Facebook Initiative To Boost Organ Donation Registration Worked

As the little girl who got a life-saving lung transplant continues to recover, there's new research out showing how social media...

Montco commissioners Bruce Castor, Josh Shapiro, and Leslie Richards, L-R, at Tuesday morning's announcement.  Credit: John Ostapkovich)

Montgomery County, Pa. Named Among The Healthiest Counties Nationwide For Kids

Montgomery County came in 35th among all counties in the US -- the only Pennsylvania entry.

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Health: Red Meat & Type 2 Diabetes

3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on new research that shows the amount of red meat you eat could increase...

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Philadelphia Hospital Tops List Of Childrens’ Hospitals

U.S. News and World Report has released its list of the top hospitals for children and a Philadelphia hospital tops the chart.

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(A dog up for adoption from the Pennsylvania SPCA gives health care workers at HUP a way to reduce stress, for a few moments at least.  Credit: John McDevitt)

SPCA Dogs Bring Welcome Stress-Free Moments To Local Hospital Workers

These are therapy dogs of sorts for the caregivers who deal with high-stress situations every day and even experience the trauma of losing a patient from time to time.

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Philadelphia Physician: Don’t Take Your Vitamins

A Philadelphia pediatrician is taking on the unregulated vitamin and supplement industry in a new book about alternative medicine.

Some members of the Philadelphia Financial Exploitation Prevention Taskforce pose with a banner marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 25.: Karen Buck, executive director, SeniorLAW Center; Noel DeSantis, assistant district attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office; Charles (Chuck)  Silverman, AML-Security director, Beneficial Bank; Charlotte Council, deputy commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department; Carlotta Bulls, financial exploitation specialist, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Older Adult Protective Services; Alethea Brown, elder victim witness coordinator-advocate for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office

Local Official Urging People To Recognize Dangers Of Elder Abuse

Seniors, caregivers and governments are joining hands in observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

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Critics Challenge Gov. Corbett at Fracking Industry Meeting in Philadelphia

Corbett met a receptive audience from the oil and gas industry today at the Franklin Institute, while critics of Marcellus Shale drilling shouted from the sidewalk as he came and went.

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Study: Odors From Human Skin Cells May Be Key To Detecting Melanoma

Researchers say the melanoma cells produced certain compounds that weren’t detected in the VOCs from normal cells as well as more or less of other chemicals.

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Study: Eating Cheese Might Help Prevent Cavities

That’s according to new research from the Academy of General Dentistry.

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Pennsylvania Girl at Center of Transplant Debate Has Successful Lung Transplant Surgery

The ten-year-old, critically ill Delaware County girl whose desperate search for a donor lung captured national attention has undergone a successful surgery Wednesday.

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Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms

Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain, according to a new study.

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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.

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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.

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