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Embracing the promise of personalized medicine, Fox Chase Cancer Center is offering a high-tech DNA test that can identify the genetic mutations driving an individual patient's cancer.
Policies mandating flu immunizations for hospital workers - even at risk of termination - are catching on, especially in Southeast Pennsylvania.
While many hospitals seemed to scramble this flu season to accommodate unexpected crowds, behind the scenes a small change likely made things better: staff flu shots.
Age-old wisdom has suggested that a bit of beer might be good for you. Now, new information suggests that the bitter compounds in beer might aid in the development of new drugs for diabetes, some types of cancer and other health problems.
Hey Philly, give yourselves a big pat on the back – seems you guys really weren’t kidding about resolving to make healthier diet choices this year.
Runners can sign up for this year's Blue Cross Broad Street Run starting today -- but this year, there's no rush to register before spots sell out.
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Annual event urges Americans to don red to spread awareness of the No. 1 killer
It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers.
Only 10 percent of men treated for early prostate cancer could sustain an erection sufficient for sex 15 years later, according to a study that found impotence rates were the same whether treatment was surgery or radiation.
Go Red for Women is credited with funding millions of dollars of research specific to cardiovascular disease in women, raising awareness and thus decreasing the number of women who die from it.
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