Anne Hoffman

Teenagers are often thought of as irresponsible — or even reckless. But a group of local researchers recently came to a different concl ...

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With about a quarter of all practicing physicians 65 or older, hospitals and practices from California to New Jersey are screening doctor ...

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Amid a national shortage of psychiatrists, residents of rural and low-income areas feel are feeling the pinch more strongly. Ech ...

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After the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, some parents are struggling to explain hate groups such as neo-Nazis or the Ku Klux ...

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From Seattle, to right here in Philadelphia, organizations testing and evaluating programs meant to lower teen pregnancy rates are losing ...

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The suicide rate of girls from 15 to 19 has doubled from 2007 to 2015; while researchers have several theories, they aren’t quite s ...

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A few healthcare providers in New Jersey will improve the integration of behavioral and physical health at the doctor’s office — ...

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Depression and financial worries are big issues for people who have cancer. It’s part of a new survey of about 12-thousand p ...

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The goal is a lofty one — to transform the city of Philadelphia. Organizers of Greater Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference are goin ...

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Are brain-training games effective for better cognitive performance? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say there’ ...

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New research from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia finds that poverty can slow a baby’s language and cognitive develop ...

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In the midst of the opioid epidemic, researchers at Vanderbilt University wanted to see the level of pain medicine providers were prescri ...

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