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2013 Hay Fever Season Proves Nothing (Actually, Plenty!) To Sneeze At
The spring allergy season, which had been forecast to be a bad one, is living up to its billing.
Wilmington Courthouse Shooter Had Brain Tumor
A former New Jersey police officer who killed his ex-daughter-in-law and another woman at a Delaware courthouse before fatally shooting himself was diagnosed more than 20 years ago with a brain tumor.
Local Researchers Testing Procedure For People With High Blood Pressure
Local researchers are testing a procedure for people with hard to treat hypertension.
REPORT: Number Of Young Smokers Decreasing
The latest government report on smoking rates has encouraging news in one major category.
State Funds Breakthrough Cancer Research
Four Philadelphia biomedical groups are sharing about $3.5 million in state grants to exploit breakthroughs against cancer.
3 Wounded In Drive-By Shooting In South Philadelphia
Police were investigating what they say may have been a drive by shooting early Thursday morning in the city’s Point Breeze section that left three men hospitalized.
Emotions Run High in Philadelphia as Future Doctors Experience ‘Match Day’
Friday was “Match Day” in the medical school community, when fourth-year medical students in Philadelphia and elsewhere find out where they’ll perform their residency programs.
Thomas Jefferson University Researcher Awarded $4.8 Million To Study New Rabies Vaccine
Dr. Craig Hooper, Director of the Center for Neurovirology at Thomas Jefferson University, is working on a man-made rabies virus that can enter the central nervous system and literally push the virus out of the brain.
Local Doctor Supports Initiative To Increase Colonoscopy Awareness
Dr. Ronald Myers says preventing colorectal cancer could be as easy as getting a colonoscopy.
St. Christopher’s Hospital Gives 40 Philadelphia Students A Career Head-Start
About 40 young people growing up in some of Philadelphia’s toughest neighborhoods, many of whom may have thought they had no chance of getting a good job or a good education, graduated Friday from the St. Christopher’s Hospital “Health Tech” program.
Health Watch: Philadelphia Researchers Find Hangover Cure
Curing hangovers. Philadelphia researchers say they’ve discovered the solution, and it’s not what you may think it is.
‘The Electric Room’ Keeping Kids Awake
Did you ever stay up late when you were a teenager, long after your parents thought you were asleep? The temptations 20 or 30 years ago were a good book or a phone but teens today have more options to choose from and they are not helping the cause.
