Adult Health

Wisdom Teeth Taste

Wisdom teeth extraction may enhance your taste buds over time, Penn study finds

Reducing stress may reverse graying hair — at least temporarily

Prevent gray hair

Young people are eager to have sex, but will post-pandemic hookups bring happiness or despair?

Post-Pandemic Sex

The number of Americans with kidney stones continues to rise – do you know your risk?

Dehydration and kidney stones

Learning a new skill? Taking short breaks could help, research shows

Learning a new skill

New Alzheimer's drug approved by the FDA despite questions about its effectiveness

FDA Aduhelm Alzheimer's

12 food and beverages to avoid when you have an overactive bladder

Overactive bladder

People with autism can read most facial expressions, but not anger

Autism emotion recognition

Penn Medicine develops an 'electronic nose' to sniff out cancer

Penn Medicine 'electronic nose'

Rough night sleeping? New research suggests your morning cup of coffee doesn't help as much as you think

Caffeine and sleep deprivation

Why your dentist might seem pushy

Dishonest Dentists

Colorectal cancer screenings should start for adults at age 45, medical task force says

Colorectal cancer screenings

Ice vs. heat for pain? It can depend on several factors, experts say

Treating pain

Treating resistant hypertension can be a challenge — renal denervation may be an alternative to more drugs

hypertension medicine

For migraine sufferers, finding an effective treatment can be a headache

Migraine sufferers

You don't have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences

Brain Sex Differences

Chronic pain affects one-fifth of American adults — and it's hampering productivity

Chronic pain treatment

Barriers to specialty care may be causing disparities in use of diabetes drug, Penn study finds

Diabetes drugs

Even a mild concussion can increase stroke risk for several years, study finds

Traumatic brain injury

The gender vaccine gap: More women than men are getting COVID-19 shots

STIs still on the rise in the U.S. and the reasons why aren't completely clear

STIs in US

Exhausted by too many Zoom meetings? Here's how to relieve the fatigue

Zoom fatigue

A video game may hold the key to treating COVID 'brain fog'

EndeavorRX COVID brain fog

Fully vaccinated people can travel in the U.S. without getting tested for COVID-19, CDC says

Contact lenses may one day treat diseases, detect cancer

Contact lenses of the future

Keep your COVID-19 vaccination card in a safe place — you may need it later

Drug used to prevent miscarriages may increase cancer risk of grown children

OHPC Cancer Risk

New lung cancer screening guidelines double the number of Americans who should receive annual CT scans

A single head injury can increase the risk of dementia, Penn study finds

Head injuries dementia

Fully-vaccinated people can safely gather indoors without masks, CDC says

Younger and middle-aged Americans are dying at higher rates, study shows

Life Expectancy

Scientists zeroing in on the cause of 'COVID brain'

brain fog coronavirus

More Americans adults are developing peanut allergies than previously believed

Adult-onset peanut allergy

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Smiles at Rittenhouse dentist reopening

Rittenhouse Square dental office that closed due to unsanitary practices is set to reopen

coffee consumption 5 cups

How much coffee is safe to drink? American Heart Association weighs in

EMA suicide

Mental health check-ins to smartphones may monitor suicide risk better than weekly therapy sessions

GLP-1 Cancer Prevention

Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread

Purchased - A man looking out the window feeling lonely

Why so many adults feel lonely and how to build stronger social connections

Homeless people in Philly

Number of people living on Philly streets plummets in annual report

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