Here's to Your Health
Philly's best local health resources
| Treatment Guide: Alzheimer’s Disease |
More than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, a disease that slowly robs one of their memory and alters behavior, and almost half of all people over age 85 will develop the disease in their lifetime. But Philadelphia's Top Doctors and hospitals can help.
| Treatment Guide: Arrhythmias |
Some 2 million Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most typical heart arrhythmia. Here are five of the newest treatments available in the Philadelphia area.
| Treatment Guide: Bariatric Surgery |
In 2007 more than 140,000 obese men and women who’d failed at diet and exercise regimes turned in desperation to bariatric surgery. The goal: to alter the anatomy of the digestive system to absorb less food.
| Treatment Guide: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
Congestive heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization for people over age 65, and it takes the lives of 250,000 Americans each year. See what Philadelphia doctors and hospitals can do to help.
| Treatment Guide: Breast Cancer |
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Some of the newest, most life-saving treatments are taking place right in Philadelphia.
| Treatment Guide: Dementia |
More than 4 million Americans are currently living with dementia, a series of symptoms that add up to a progressive decline of cognitive abilities, including a loss of reasoning and difficulty with memory. Philadelphia is full of resources to help you or a loved one cope.
| Treatment Guide: Diabetes, Type 1 |
Type 1 diabetes affects roughly 1 in 250 Americans, and often strikes children and young adults. Luckily, Philadelphia is full of Top Doctors and hospitals who can help.
| Treatment Guide: Diabetes, Type 2 |
More than 23 million Americans are currently living with diabetes, an autoimmune disease that causes the pancreas to stop regulating, making, or making enough of the storage hormone insulin. But Philadelphia is full of resources to help you live a happy, healthy life.
| Treatment Guide: Heart Valve Repair and Replacement |
Local options for patients with aortic stenosis and mitral valve prolapse.
| Treatment Guide: Hip Replacement |
Learn the basics of hip replacement and research the area's latest treatment options in our local guide.
| Treatment Guide: Knee Replacement |
When deterioration of the knee joint gets so bad that the pain can't be managed, the next step is a joint replacement. Here are five ways local docs put the spring back in your step.
| Treatment Guide: Ovarian Cancer |
Approximately 20,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S. But nine out of 10 women survive if the cancer is diagnosed early — and Philly's doctors and hospitals are here to help you win the battle.
| Treatment Guide: Prostate Cancer |
Local hospitals offer surgery, radiation and other state-of-the-art treatments to combat the second leading cause of cancer death among American men.
| Treatment Guide: Stroke |
Stroke kills more than 150,000 people a year, making it the third leading cause of death in our country. Here's what local hospitals are doing to reduce that number.
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