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CHOP named leader in LGBT healthcare equality

CHOP study finds link between heart disease and PTSD

Marvel honors CHOP patient 'Iron Max' with cameo in 'Iron Man' comic

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Girl receives double lung transplant at CHOP for Christmas

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Four ways to give back locally this season

Local charities benefit from two happy hour events

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Philadelphia launches new medical suite for child sex abuse victims

CHOP study finds a way to make young girls less likely to gossip and exclude others

Single switch in a DNA base fuels prevalent form of childhood cancer

CHOP receives Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service

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CHOP takes a bite out of the Big Apple

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Phillies throw Halloween Bash for patients at CHOP

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CHOP opens specialty care, ambulatory surgery center in Glen Mills

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Local study: immune response to flu virus may call for altered vaccines

Power of the pillowcase: How one local org is sewing for smiles and PTSD awareness

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CHOP wins $3.6 million NIH grant for study on patient care decisions

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Five-year-old CHOP patient and sister create 'Hearts 4 Hemophilia' calendar

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CHOP researcher's genomics company purchased for $2 million

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Report: University City one of the hottest tech markets in US, Canada

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With pair of new hands, Zion Harvey discharged from CHOP

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Devil's Pocket neighborhood fading away

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Nicki Minaj makes special appearance at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Doctors at CHOP perform world's first bilateral hand transplant on child

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Leah Still challenges Riley Curry to 'The Whip' dance-off

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Leah Still rings bell at CHOP to celebrate last day of radiation

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MD Anderson ranked top cancer hospital in the nation

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CHOP’s new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care set to open

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President Obama appoints CHOP oncologist to national cancer board

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Leah Still told by doctors she can leave the hospital

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Five years later, West Philly program still training local residents for local jobs

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Rocky the Baby Duck visits CHOP

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Devon Still, daughter Leah present CHOP with donation

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CHOP falls to No. 2 on 'Best Children's Hospitals' list

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Under simulated conditions new teen drivers often crashed

Teen Crash

Leah Still suffers setback in cancer treatment

Tim Tebow and Riley Cooper send 'get well' video to high school QB with brain tumor

CHOP names first female CEO

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The Berenstain Bears visit CHOP in new book

Hospital Friends

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles visit Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

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Specialists at CHOP featured in PBS mini-series

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Baby Shane Metzgar loses battle to rare cancer

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CHOP studies seek clues to complications after heart surgery

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Advocating for your child when doctors doubt the diagnosis

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