Pa. Health Officials Warn Of Another Possible Measles Exposure
This time, says state Health Department spokeswoman Christine Cronkright, the issue involves an international traveler who was in Philadelphia August 14th through the 17th.
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This time, says state Health Department spokeswoman Christine Cronkright, the issue involves an international traveler who was in Philadelphia August 14th through the 17th.
"We actually had a glitch in our system when we were signing up donors," says a Red Cross spokesman. "We overbooked the schedule."
Meatless Monday's is a campaign that's catching on to improve overall health. You might want to change your Monday menus. Doctors and nutritionists say giving up meat once a week can make you healthier.
New technology is opening the doors of possibility to cardiothoracic surgeons and their patients and starting this fall, the use of robotics will allow doctors at Temple University Hospital to perform intricate heart surgeries without having to open a patient's chest.
Looking young is big business when it comes to baby boomers. However, the search for a fountain of youth can be futile and can cost you a small fortune.
A local expert says the return to school, especially for college freshman, is an extremely stressful time that can set off an eating disorder.
"We have not seen any data that can support or deny claims that rates of STDs have increased in communities where there is an influx of workers associated with Marcellus Shale drilling," says the director of the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health.
A warning for people who swim in lakes and rivers, especially while vacationing in the south. A deadly, brain eating amoeba, called Naegleria fowleri, may be lurking in those waters.
There is a controversial cancer treatment that is raising eyebrows in the medical community. The procedure is not offered here in Philadelphia and a local expert explains why.
Dr. Allan Conney has been studying the link between caffeine and skin cancer for 10 years. He says drinking coffee or making a topical cream out of caffeine can kill cells that have been badly damaged by ultraviolet light.
Some popular summer activities, like swimming, can hurt your smile. 3 On Your Side Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl explains
A surprising discovery about autism - it runs in families, among siblings, at rates higher than previously thought. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is On Your Side with more.
In 2001, it was estimated that about 600,000 full time students at four year universities were injured in alcohol related incidents. 97,000 were victims of alcohol related sexual assault or rape.
Dr. Craig Hooper, Director of the Center for Neurovirology at Thomas Jefferson University, is working on a man-made rabies virus that can enter the central nervous system and literally push the virus out of the brain.
"We're right on track to hit 2.5 million condoms by the end of this year," says program manager Drew Del Los Reyes.
