Health

We take a look at the rapid rise of urgent care, what’s fueling it, and how it’s affecting patients

Neurogastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha tells us what’s shaping our bowel movements, and what that means for our health.

Health system leaders say they hope the new collaboration brings pediatric speciality care services closer to Delaware and local communities.

Since 2017, the number of accidental overdoses in Chester County has steadily declined.

The Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center, which opened in 1978 as one of the country’s earliest independent centers, closed in March.

The nationwide shortage is being driven by a steady rise in demand for menopausal hormone therapy that is outpacing current patch supply.

Temperature and precipitation pattern changes mean trees are blooming earlier.

A look at what causes perfectionism, how it affects our lives and health, and how we can escape its grip.

Home care workers and agencies say the state needs to raise reimbursement rates and pay to meet demand for an aging population.

A look at the challenges of caregiving,, from changing relationships, to dealing with loneliness and burnout.

Founders of the new Independent Autism Coordinating Committee say they will act as an alternative body to a federal advisory group under RFK Jr.

Dennis Massimo’s genetic diagnosis and cancer treatment plan was coordinated at the new King Center for Lynch Syndrome at Penn Medicine.

Unpacking a year of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services -- vaccines, ultra-processed foods, and the MAHA movement.

Advocates point to a Philadelphia program as a model for statewide grief support services that could be funded with opioid settlement funds.

Reproductive medicine and fertility centers are required to meet specific safety standards and apply for state licensure under new rules.