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Meningitis Scare Linked to Jersey Facilities

The meningitis scare has made its way to the Garden State as six healthcare facilities in New Jersey dolled out medication that might have been […]

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Man Says Stripper Ruptured His Bladder During Dance

A Montgomery County man is suing Port Richmond’s Penthouse Club after an on-stage incident reportedly forced him to have corrective surgery. Lansdale’s Patrick Gallagher was […]

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Cell Phone Addiction Is Officially a Thing and It’s Called Nomophobia

If you’re obsessively checking your phone and you feel anxious when you’re not on the grid, you could be suffering from nomophobia (which is officially […]

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Swedish Surgeons Say They Completed Two Mother-to-Daughter Womb Transplants

So, it’s definitely the future because 10 surgeons at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg say they’ve completed two mother-to-daughter womb transplants. The surgeries won’t be considered […]

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Jersey Woman Denies Killing Man With Penis Injection

Jersey’s got their own Black Madame-esque case on their hands now that 35-year-old Kasia Rivera has pleaded not guilty to killing a man with a […]

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The City of Chester Would Like You To Know That You Will Not Die Of West Nile Virus There

Chester, Pennsylvania may be the second most dangerous place in the United States of America, but Mayor John Linder insists that you will not contract […]

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Pennsylvania Is Running Out of Doctors or Something

The Hospital and Healthcare Association of Pennsylvania (a healthcare lobbying group) has cited a new survey and called for legislators to address a looming shortage […]

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8 Movies Republicans Should Watch to Learn About Abortion

It’s been a helluva a year for women in America. The Catholic Church hates us. Anne-Marie Slaughter told us we couldn’t have it all. A […]

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Jersey Woman Had 200 Orgasms in 36 Hours Thanks to Rare Medical Condition

A 44-year-old New Jersey woman is seeking the expertise of medical specialists in London because she can’t stop herself from climaxing. Kim Ramsey—a nurse originally […]

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New Swine Flu Found in Pennsylvania

H3N2v doesn’t exactly have the same ring to it as “H1N1,” but you might want to avoid places with pigs for a while just in […]

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Autism Shouldn’t Prevent a Man From Getting a Heart Transplant

Earlier this week, the Inquirer ran the provacatively titled, “Should autism prevent a man from getting a heart transplant?,” a lengthy piece detailing one family’s […]

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Penn and Big Pharma Team Up to Try to Beat the Hell Out of Cancer

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has pledged $20 million to help Penn build the Center for Advanced Cellular Therapies where university scientists will look to compound the […]

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It’s Time to Empty America’s Medicine Cabinet

Overbrook Park is normally a pretty quiet neighborhood. Working-class families, well-maintained homes, shiny new (and used) cars parked out front—it’s like a small slice of […]

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Jury Finds Philly’s Largest Prison’s Conditions Unconstitutional

A jury in the case of Marcellous Minnick vs. the City of Philadelphia—the first of 500-some similar civil suits—has unanimously found that the conditions at […]

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Phillies Phestival Raises $850,000 for ALS

On Thursday, about 6,000 fans made it out to Citizens Bank Park for the 23rd annual Phillies Phestival. The event featured autograph and photo opportunities […]