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The Brief: Philly’s Maternal Mortality Rate Is Worse Than Libya’s

1. A new report digs into Philadelphia’s extremely high maternal mortality rate. The gist: The city’s maternal mortality rate is 27.4 per 100,000 births, according to […]

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The Checkup: This Is the Best Month to Be Born, According to Science

• Looks like May babies have a leg up on the rest of us: A new study found that folks who were born in May […]

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Queen Village’s ZAKTi Fitness Studio Reopening in New (Larger!) Space Tonight

Never heard of ZAKTi? Not too surprising: The boutique-style fitness studio has garnered all of its clients by word of mouth since opening in 2012. […]

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CHOP Ranked 2nd Best Children’s Hospital in the Country

U.S. News and World Report just released their annual list of Best Children’s Hospitals, and good news for us Philadelphians: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia […]

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Nominate Your Health Hero: The 2015 Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge Is On

Attention, people! The Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge is back for its fourth year, and we need to hear from you. We just opened up […]

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The Checkup: The Boozy Green Drink You Need to Make Today

• Happy Friday, friends! I have quite the gift for you this weekend: I was scrolling through Sip-N-Glo’s blog when I came across their recipe […]

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Let’s Discuss: Why Do You Work Out?

Yesterday, I read a really interesting piece on Well + Good titled “What You Can Learn About Fitness and Body Image from the Girls of […]

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An Orgasm a Day Keeps the Prostate Cancer Away

A new study out of Harvard proves what horn dogs have been trying to tell us for years: orgasming doesn’t only feel good—it can make you live […]

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WTF: Most People Still (Still!) Don’t Use Sunscreen, Survey Shows

Not to sound like your mother or anything but, please, please put on some freakin’ sunscreen, people! As Science Daily reports, new research done by the […]

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The Checkup: Is This the Miracle Hangover Cure We’ve All Been Looking For?

• Because it’s a long weekend full of barbecues and beer, and we care: Apparently, Pedialyte — you know, the drink dehydrated, sick children drink? […]

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You May Actually Be Able to Avoid Death by Sitting, Science Says — Here’s How

  By now, you guys are probably aware that sitting behind a desk all day is basically killing you. We’ve only told you, like, a […]

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Let’s Discuss: How Do You De-Stress?

When I chat with friends and family, the sentence “I’m so, so, so, soooo stressed OUT!” pretty much always squeezes its way into the conversation. […]

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Cancer Survivor Designs Cards a Sick Person Would Actually Want to Receive

Cancer, mental illness, debilitating chronic pain: These are all big beasts to confront, whether you’re fighting them yourself, or just know someone who is. And […]

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Humans of New York-Style Blog Spotlights Philly’s Cerebral Palsy Community

A new blog put together by three Penn students features photos and stories from what might be an unexpected location: the HMS School for Children […]

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I Got Completely Schooled on My Skin Problems — And You Should, Too

You know when you’re talking to someone, and they could be looking into your eyes like people tend to do during conversation or they could […]