Research

Personality traits dementia

Your personality may increase your risk for pre-dementia

A simple blood test may be able to measure your fitness level

Blood test for fitness

Electronic health records miss 33% of medical errors, study finds

Electronic health records

Health Insurance

Insulin is just one factor driving up health care costs for diabetics

Cost of diabetes-related supplies

Inflammatory bowel, celiac diseases more connected than previously thought

Link between IBD and celiac disease

Turning into the food police will only make your child's picky eating worse

Picky eating in children

Blood pressure spikes during moderate exercise a sign of future health issues

Exercise-induced high blood pressure

Heart issue the strongest predictor of COVID-19 deaths

Right ventricle enlargement and COVID-19

New injectable HIV drug may offer stronger protection than PrEP pills

New Injectable HIV Drug

Cats can infect other cats with COVID-19 – but do they pose a risk to humans?

Cats humans COVID-19

Addressing sex bias in some diseases may improve treatment, doctors hope

Sex bias in disease

What needs to go right to get a coronavirus vaccine in 12-18 months

Millennial doctors in training aren't more likely to burn out, despite perception

Generational differences in doctors

Children's Health

Millions of American children may have a little known visual-spatial learning disorder, medical experts say

non-verbal learning disorders

Two antiviral drugs fail to meet hopes as COVID-19 treatments

Lopinavir not effective against COVID-19

Obesity a strong predictor of severe COVID-19 cases among younger adults

A 'motivational' talk with your doctor may reduce your risk of heart disease

Motivational Interviewing by doctors

COVID-19 treatments are urgently needed, but clinical trials take time – by design

Penn Medicine is looking for COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma

Penn plasma trial

Sewage could be used to track the spread of the coronavirus to new communities

Nitric oxide – a gas that led to Viagra – could emerge as COVID-19 treatment

Obesity increases likelihood of long-term prescription opioid use, researchers find

Obesity linked to long-term opioid prescriptions, according to Boston University researchers

Penn microbiologist explains why some coronaviruses are more deadly than others

Children's Health

Infants may have higher risk of coronavirus complications than older children, studies show

Infants may have higher risk of COVID-19 complications than older children

Volunteering in impoverished areas does not build caregiver empathy, Jefferson study finds

Past experience with poverty is not enough to build caregiver empathy

Air pollution increases the chance of going blind, study finds

High pollution levels in cities linked to rise in glaucoma

Caffeine won't turn you into Hemingway – but it can boost your problem-solving skills

Caffeine won't turn you into Hemingway -- but it can boost problem-solving

Transcendental meditation soothes anxiety by changing connections in the brain

Meditation anxiety stress

More stringent regulations are reducing tobacco retailers in Philly, study finds

Tobacco retailers Philly

Struggling to eliminate the sweets? Try getting some more sleep

Poor sleep leads to overeating

To help infants avoid asthma, go easy on the cleaning – at least for a bit

Chemicals in cleaning products could trigger asthma

Golfing may help older adults live longer, study finds

The 'secondhand smoke' you're breathing may have come from another state

Air Pollution Secondhand Smoke

More teens are coming out as LGBTQ, but suicide attempts remain high

LGBTQ Teens Attempted Suicide

Cervical cancer could be eliminated in the U.S. within 20 years, Harvard researchers say

Cervical cancer elimination

The sound your alarm uses to wake you up affects how groggy you feel, study says

Alarm tone increase energy

For advanced prostate cancer patients, statins offer hope of a longer life

Statins reduce mortality in prostate cancer patients

Brokenhearted over the death of a loved one? These heart medications could save your life, scientists say

Grief Broken Heart Health

Virtual reality offers women a new pain relief option during childbirth

VR in childbirth

Philadelphia spends $48 million annually trying to stop, clean up litter, reports says

Philadelphia Littering

Here's how long your baby should be sleeping at night – and when to become alarmed

Baby sleep patterns normal

Some women who have C-sections are at higher risk for postpartum depression, researchers say

Postpartum depression after cesarean delivery

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