Health Watch: Voice Box Transplant
A California woman who couldn't speak for more than a decade has her voice back. She's only the second person in the world to get a voice box transplant.
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A California woman who couldn't speak for more than a decade has her voice back. She's only the second person in the world to get a voice box transplant.
A retail giant is joining the fight against obesity, in a big way, and making drastic changes to the food it sells.
"There are over 32,000 young adults in our state who can stay on their parents' insurance now, up to the age of 26, and they would have to go back to being uninsured," says Athena Ford with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.
DA Seth Williams says the criminal grand jury did not wade into the moral implications of abortion. Rather, he said, it looked into what he calls "disregard of the law, and the disdain for the lives and health of mothers and infants."
Everybody wants nice white teeth, and now there are some new products to whiten your smile.
What's the first thing that comes to mind for most people when thinking about a hospital emergency room? The waiting. But now, hospitals here and around the country are trying to change that.
New research shows nearly all pregnant women in the United States have potentially harmful chemicals in their bodies.
Does fighting with insurance companies about medical coverage sound familiar? One Delaware grandmother was supposed to be reimbursed, but wasn't.
Dozens of critically injured people in Haiti were brought here to Philadelphia for life saving medical treatment after the earthquake a year ago.
Too much of a good thing, that's what federal health officials are saying about fluoride in drinking water. Today they announced they will lower the recommended levels in public drinking supplies.
Most people with sleep apnea could stand to lose a few pounds -- but that's not always the case.
Honey in your tea or cinnamon on oatmeal, and the old faithfuls ketchup and mustard. Some favorite condiments can give your health a boost.
Startling new revelations surrounding the autism study controversy. The research that established a link between childhood vaccines and autism is now being called an elaborate fraud.
A report that the first study linking vaccines to autism was a fraud is not swaying advocates on either side of the vaccine debate.
The flu season is picking up momentum. With three deaths already in our area, new warnings are going out guarding against the flu.
