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Following in the footsteps of brain-injured NFL players, two onetime World Wrestling Entertainment performers living in Pennsylvania are ...
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Obamacare boost to doctors’ fees expanded access for low-income patients
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Jefferson scientists find clues to safer asthma drug
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Academic gender gaps tied to stereotype about genius, Princeton study finds
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Hospitals promote heart procedure without disclosing risks, Penn study finds
Just three years ago, doctors pioneered a new technique to replace an aortic valve by threading in a replacement — no open heart su ...
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Pennsylvania ends solitary confinement for mentally ill inmates
After a settlement with the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania, inmates with ...
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By holding their breath, patients receiving radiation protect their hearts
Patients who hold their breath during radiation treatment for breast cancer may be protecting their hearts. As a woman receives ra ...
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Americans say Internet is a boon to job productivity, not a distraction
Despite the popular perception that people waste time at work browsing the Web and playing online games, many Americans say the Internet ...
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New year will bring far less pay for doctors treating Medicaid patients
To the dismay of many physicians, two years of higher Medicaid reimbursements will end Jan. 1. As states expanded Medicaid under t ...
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FDA policy on blood donations from gay men draws protest in Philly
Following the Food and Drug Administration’s recent reversal on its lifetime ban of gay men as blood donors, protesters gathered ou ...
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