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Vaccines

1 in 5 millennials think vaccines cause autism: Survey

Health revolution hits the candy industry

Chocolate

Some 11.4 million Americans have enrolled in Obamacare

Doctors turn away unvaccinated children

Report: Penn needs to address 'destructive perfectionism'

Penn

Graphic highlights just how deadly heart disease is

Heart Health

Kate Middleton launches mental health PSA

Kate Middleton

CHOP announces gift from Disney, ABC

Why 'everything's fine' should worry doctors

White Death Gap

Lawsuit says celiac disease is a disability

P.F. Chang's Mongolian Beef

Blood type linked to brain health

Brain

Blood type could correlate with poor cognitive health

An avocado a day may help keep the doctor away

Study: Alcohol health benefits exaggerated in other studies

CHOP opens specialty care center, with more to follow

Buerger Center CHOP

Nutter urges uninsured to enroll in federal healthcare exchange

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Obsession with healthy eating can actually threaten health

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Study: Complaining can be good for your health

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How meditation changes your body, brain

Meditation

Raccoons killed in S.J. test positive for rabies

Wolf announces Medicaid expansion for Pennsylvania

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Teen HPV vaccine does not spur riskier sex

Philly company gets FDA approval on blood-draw tech

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New Jersey in Top 5 for preschooler measles vaccination rate

Measles

Montco teen cleared of measles, possible Lancaster County case

Measles

Mothers' pain pills endanger healthy babies

Study: Dying in America getting more painful

A new number to watch with diabetes: your zip code

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Philadelphia autism report released

Beer hops may prevent Alzheimer's: Study

Beer Hops

Measles vaccine becomes topic of latest political debate

Snugglers find purpose in their work

Cuddling

Three health food spots en route to Philly

MOM's Organic Market

Study: negative tweets, heart disease linked

Jefferson invests in virtual medical care

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Will medicine give launch to augmented reality?

Temporary tattoo measures blood sugar without needles

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Scientists link rare brain tumor and birth control

New therapy could target cancer at the source

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China's one-child policy causes gender imbalance

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Researchers work toward safer asthma drug

Philanthropist gives $50M for pediatric research campus

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FDA approves appetite 'pacemaker'

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