Health Care
Turmoil Over Testosterone Study Leaves Doctors, Patients Dangling
The news was enough to make a testosterone induced manly man shrivel. It was late last year that JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical […]
When, if Ever, Should Parents Be Allowed to Let Their Children Die?
Two recent news stories have brought an important question into the public dialogue: How much power do parents have over the lives — and deaths […]
Corbett Asks Obama Admin to Approve Non-Obamacare Plan
Tom Corbett, in a final effort to push his alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, will now ask the Obama administration to formally […]
Why Did Al Roker and Matt Lauer Undergo a Dangerous Prostate Exam on Live TV?
In November, the men of the Today show stopped shaving to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically testicular and prostate cancer. November is a key […]
Area’s Second Largest Employer to Offer Same-Sex Health Benefits
In a message to employees this week, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) — the region’s second largest employer — announced that it will begin offering […]
Meet Krokodil, the Dangerous New Drug Narcotics Officers Really Hope Doesn’t Make it to Philadelphia
These days, it’ll cost you anywhere from $10 to $50 to get high off of Oxycontin, depending on the size of the pill and the […]
How to Fix ObamaCare and End the Shutdown
Say, wouldn’t this all be easier if we’d simply passed a single-payer health insurance program? We’ve spent several weeks now watching, first, the House of […]
Toomey Joins Wacko-Bird Caucus
Senator Pat Toomey has joined marathon-pseudo-filibusterer Ted Cruz and 17 other Republicans in voting against a bill that would keep the government running. Why? Because […]
PA Republicans Think Gun Owners Have More Rights than Cancer Sufferers
Last year during a visit to New England my wife slipped on ice and dislocated her shoulder, leaving her in excruciating pain. It wasn’t the […]
Gov. Corbett to Outline Medicaid Expansion, Work-Search Requirements
Tom Corbett has a plan to provide insurance for 500,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians as part of his proposed Medicaid changes—all you’ve got to do is get […]
Sarah Murnaghan Goes Home, Takes New Lungs With Her
CBS News reports: Sarah Murnaghan, the Pa. girl whose family sued to get her an adult lung transplant, left the The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia […]
Why Are We All Taking So Many Drugs?
I despise conspiracy theorists. Paranoia is for losers. But I have to admit, something that happened during a recent visit with old friends from London […]
Penn Cancer Center Treating Disease Through Gene Testing
First the work of Carl June and his group of dedicated researchers, and now this from Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center: Researchers are now testing patients’ […]
Mexico Overtakes U.S. as Leading Country for Obesity
Just when you think you’ve got a handle on something, it slips away. The United States, known above all else as the land of fleshy […]
Sarah Murnaghan Develops Pneumonia After Second Lung Transplant
The challenges aren’t yet over for Sarah Murnaghan, the young cystic fibrosis patient who recently received a second lung transplant at CHOP after her first […]