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AI Comes to the Medical Exam Room

     Listen to the audio edition here: Imagine being able to instantly grasp the results of an MRI that your family physician ordered after […]

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What Exactly Is Your Doctor Listening For?

“Take a deep breath for me, please.” As patients, we’re used to hearing this request as a primary care physician presses a stethoscope’s cold metal […]

Mike Cirigliano, aka Penn's Dr. Mike, who tells us all about deer ticks and Lyme disease
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Ask Dr. Mike: How Worried Should I Be About Cholesterol?

Meet internal medicine physician Michael Cirigliano, affectionately known as “Dr. Mike” to not only his 2,000 patients, who love his unfussy brilliance, tenacity, humor, and […]

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This Philly Doctor Is Practicing the Long Game — One Family at a Time

Dr. Kenneth J. Veit, has practiced at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine’s primary care centers for 42 years. He’s still seeing patients — and […]

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This Philly Barber Is Pairing Haircuts With Health Care

       Listen to the audio edition here: If you walk past Chopped P.H.D. on Sansom Street, you might assume it’s just another sleek […]

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This Penn-Made Device Helps Block NICU Noise and Keep Babies Calm

Listen to the audio edition here: Hospitals are notoriously loud — from machines beeping and whirring to doors opening and closing to calls coming over […]

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Could These New Tiny Robots Cure Cancer?

Listen to the audio edition here: Inside a lab in the University of Pennsylvania’s Levine Hall are robots so tiny they can balance on a […]

Mike Cirigliano, aka Penn's Dr. Mike, who tells us all about deer ticks and Lyme disease
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Ask Dr. Mike: Does AI Belong in Healthcare?

Meet internal medicine physician Michael Cirigliano, affectionately known as “Dr. Mike” to not only his 2,000 patients, who love his unfussy brilliance, tenacity, humor, and […]

Mike Cirigliano, aka Penn's Dr. Mike, who tells us all about deer ticks and Lyme disease
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Ask Dr. Mike: Do I Need to Get Vaccinated Every Year?

Meet internal medicine physician Michael Cirigliano, affectionately known as “Dr. Mike” to not only his 2,000 patients, who love his unfussy brilliance, tenacity, humor, and […]

Mike Cirigliano, aka Penn's Dr. Mike, who tells us all about deer ticks and Lyme disease
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Ask Dr. Mike: Should I Go to the ER or Tough It Out at Home?

Meet internal medicine physician Michael Cirigliano, affectionately known as “Dr. Mike” to not only his 2,000 patients, who love his unfussy brilliance, tenacity, humor, and […]

Mike Cirigliano, aka Penn's Dr. Mike, who tells us all about deer ticks and Lyme disease
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Welcome to “Ask Dr. Mike,” Our New Series With a Beloved Philly Doc

Meet internal medicine physician Michael Cirigliano, affectionately known as “Dr. Mike” to not only his 2,000 patients, who love his unfussy brilliance, tenacity, humor, and […]

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Philly Birth Centers Are Closing. What’s the Future of Maternity Care?

Listen to the audio edition here: Collingswood resident Caitlin Corkery is a self-described “birth nerd.” She’d grown up in the ’90s and 2000s, when women’s […]

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Why Seeing a Doctor Takes So Long — and How to Get Health Care When You Need It

If Philly is one of the greatest medical cities in America, why does it take so long to get a doctor’s appointment here — and […]

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Where to Get Medical Care in Philly Besides the Doctor’s Office

Can’t wait for the next opening in your doc’s schedule? Don’t have a primary-care doctor? (Eighteen percent of us don’t, according to a 2018 city […]

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Where Have All the Nurses Gone?

In February 2021, a news story broke about a deadly interstate pileup involving 100-plus vehicles in Fort Worth, Texas. A main focus of the story: […]