Black women cancer

'A crucial step'

Major study to examine why Black women are more likely to die of most cancers

Does hydrogen water really boost your health? Perhaps, but research is limited

Hydrogen Water Health

The hour after day care is the least nutritious for young kids, study finds

Day care Pickup Snacks

Children's Health

Young people in Philly's toughest neighborhoods explain how violence disrupts their physical and mental health

Violence Health Effects

Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It's not a dire threat for most of us — yet

Bird Flu Cows

Physical activity offers a litany of health benefits, but finding the motivation to exercise can be hard

Exercise Motivation

Drug users and unhoused people consider their next paths ahead of city's crackdown in Kensington

Kensington Addiction Homelessness

Maternal deaths are falling in the U.S., but racial disparities remain

maternal mortality rates

Carli Lloyd announces pregnancy, details journey with 'unexplained infertility'

carli lloyd pregnancy

Breast cancer screenings should begin at 40, new guidelines say

Breast Cancer Screenings

People leaving prison face many hurdles. Temple is running a reentry simulation to help health care providers relate

Temple Reentry Simulation

Exercise doesn't just help youth stay physically healthy – it's linked to better mental health, too

Mental Health Youth

Want to live longer? New research recommends taking the stairs

stair climbing health benefits

Prescription drug Take Back Day is Saturday. Find out where to dispose of unused medications in Philly and region

DEA Take Back Day

Nearsightedness is at epidemic levels – and the problem begins in childhood

Nearsightedness Epidemic

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