Delaware County Offering Drop Boxes For Disposal of Unwanted Rx Drugs
Boxes have been set up at nine police departments and in the lobby of the Government Center in Media. The process is intended to be anonymous.
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Boxes have been set up at nine police departments and in the lobby of the Government Center in Media. The process is intended to be anonymous.
The growing addiction problem is adding to the number of emergency room visits, rescue calls, treatment placements and deaths in Philadelphia every year.
"Food porn" might actually be more of a turn off to your taste buds.
The government shutdown isn't having an immediate impact on local medical research. But for some sick people, it could be delaying their treatment.
The new, $100-million MD Anderson Cooper Cancer Center features state-of-the-art treatment facilities.
The Washington-based Trust for America's Health said in a report Monday that the state had 15.3 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents in 2010, most involving prescription drugs.
Syreeta Scott doesn't just perfect the 'dos of the Who's Who. She also helps those who lose their hair battling cancer.
After an AARP roundtable discussion with hunger advocates in Philadelphia, the non-profit organization is working to come up with a follow-up report on the problem of hunger among people 50 and over.
Nearly 1 in 40 American Jews of Eastern European descent carries the BRCA 1 and 2 mutation which increases the risk of certain cancers, including breast and ovarian.
The CDC generally reports about 30,000 Lyme cases a year but after a recent conference on the disease, which is spread through the bite of a tick, it concluded that Lyme cases are drastically under-reported and the actual number is probably 300,000 cases.
Irritated, dry eyes. It's become an epidemic, now striking younger people in growing numbers. Technology gets much of the blame. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on the newest, high-tech treatment.
3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more on a new approach one local hospital is taking to help everyone get better access to healthcare.
For the fifth year, free flu shot were administered at the Tinicum Township firehouse, in Essington.
Exercising control over your lunch break might make more of a difference than what you actually do with it.
The mother of the woman who was shot to death by police after a chase in Washington, DC says her daughter suffered from postpartum depression.
