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Common causes of an overactive bladder

COVID-19 pandemic displays inequities in telemedicine, Penn researchers find

Penn Telemedicine Access

Well City Challenge finalists find creative solutions to millennial health issues

Well City Challenge Finalists

High blood pressure as early as middle age can damage your brain, study finds

High blood pressure can damage the brain

Your normal body temperature can range – here's when to be concerned

Normal body temperature

More families are discussing end-of-life planning as COVID-19 cases rise

End of Life Planning

Odds of surviving cardiac arrest while hospitalized with COVID-19 are better than previously thought

COVID-19 doesn't increase likelihood of not surviving cardiac arrest

Telemedicine can reduce wait times for highly-sought dermatology visits

Dermatologist Consult Telehealth

Well City Challenge seeks innovative ideas to improve millennial health

Well City Challenge

COVID-19 reveals how obesity harms the body in real time, not just over a lifetime

Social isolation has many health risks – for women, they include hypertension

Social isolation risks

Colorectal cancer screenings should begin earlier, new guidelines state

Colorectal cancer screening

Nearly one in three millennials now suffer from mental health conditions, according to study

millennials mental health COVID-19

College students are drinking less alcohol, but smoking more weed

Young adults drinking less

Is early physical therapy better for lower back pain? The answer is complicated

Physical Therapy Back Pain

Adults also susceptible to serious inflammatory syndrome after COVID-19

MIS-A COVID-19 condition

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people may be more prone to migraines

LGB migraine risk

Long naps may be bad for your heart, study finds

Napping heart disease

Yoga may help lessen symptoms of atrial fibrillation, like lowering high blood pressure, study says

Yoga atrial fibrillation

Warning signs may appear in the weeks before sudden cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest warning signs

How to soothe acne and breakouts caused by wearing a face mask all day

Face mask on blue background

Discussing risky sex could cut STI rates significantly, new U.S. guidelines say

Counseling for STIs

People with atrial fibrillation are living longer – but early detection still crucial

atrial fibrillation

Dual surgery boosts heart transplant chances for patients with obesity

Obesity heart transplant eligibility

Obesity reduces blood flow to the brain, increasing risk to Alzheimer's disease

Brain Scans Obesity

Cancer diagnoses have plummeted amid the COVID-19 pandemic – and doctors are worried

Cancer diagnoses COVID-19

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Hepatitis B Medication

New drug is a potential cure for the chronic hepatitis B, scientists say

Psychosis College Students

Most college students with psychosis do not get the help they need, study finds

Sleep study

Getting too much or too little sleep could accelerate aging, study says

Obesity Work Week

Could a four-day work week help reduce obesity rates? It's a question America may want to consider

colorectal cancer screening

Colorectal cancer screening guidelines now include new stool and blood tests

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As a child of the '80s, I got sunburn all the time. Now, I get regular check-ups for skin cancer

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