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Health Care

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Did the University of Pennsylvania Just Cure Cancer?

Well, maybe not. But news of a life-saving new gene therapy is certainly promising. “Our goal is to have a cure, but we can’t say […]

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Watch: Mazzoni Stories

“The mere existence of it validates who we are.” That’s just one of the testimonials featured in a new video about the Mazzoni Center, one […]

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Philly Could Offer Incentives for LGBT Health Plans

For Councilman James Kenney, offering new health care protections for same-sex couples simply makes good financial sense. That’s why he’s introduced a bill that would […]

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Baby Boy Born In Rush Hour Traffic on Pennylvania Turnpike

Damn kids think they can just do whatever they want. Leaving lights on, staying up til all hours, initiating the birth process on the Pennsylvania […]

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Nah’Easter Love-Taps City

Athena Wisely Avoids Philly. You can’t blame us for our Post-Sandy Stress Disorder freakout yesterday, but in the end the season’s first nor’easter pretty much […]

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Surgeons at CHOP to Separate Conjoined Twins

Surgeons at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will attempt to separate 8-month-old conjoined twins on Wednesday. The twins are from upstate New York and are […]

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When I Enter the Voting Booth, I Won’t Be Alone

As a member of media, I try my best (publicly at least) to remain impartial in regards to politics. Those who know me, know me. […]

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Debate Over In-Home HIV Tests

Finding new ways to encourage people to get tested is on the minds of many HIV and AIDS organizations – both in Philly and around […]

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Garrett Reid Died of an Accidental Heroin Overdose

On Thursday afternoon, the Northampton County coroner revealed that the results of Garrett Reid’s autopsy and toxicology report show that the coach’s son died of […]

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NASA Scientists Have Built an Iron Man Suit

It’s not exactly as modern as the updated version of Tony Stark’s getup that you saw in The Avengers, but NASA scientists have developed a […]

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First Marijuana Dispensary in Jersey Set to Start Selling

Step right up and purchase your legal, government-regulated, potency-reduced, medical marijuana, New Jersey. The Garden State’s first medical marijuana dispensary, Greenleaf Compassion Center, has received […]

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Two More Meningitis Cases in New Jersey

Jersey officials recently announced that 650 people had received recalled injections linked to the fungal meningitis outbreak and may be at risk. On Friday, two […]

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Your Kids Are Injuring Themselves While You LOL and ROFL

Last year, 2.5 million kids under the age of four ended up in American emergency rooms for “nonfatal, nonintentional injuries.” That figure as increased each […]

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Solve America’s Obesity Problem With Shame

Several years ago, one of the best-loved theme parks in the world shut down a classic ride so it could make some adjustments: People had […]

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Tattoo Licenses in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania’s Auditor General Jack Wagner has sent a letter to Governor Tom Corbett asking that the stat license and regulate its 750 tattoo parlors. Wagner […]