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For kids with special needs, post-graduation plans need to hatch in middle school

November 20, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

Hannah Scott whipped a white Drexel University T-shirt out of a large cardboard box and, with efficiency that would turn the head of organizing expert Marie Kondo, went to work...

Prior to September 2018, kidneys infected by the hepatitis C virus were transplanted only into patients who already had the infection.

Hep-C infected kidneys do as well as uninfected organs after transplant, study finds

October 17, 2019 at 4:00 a.m.

A new Penn Medicine study of data from the national transplant registry found that kidneys from donors with the hepatitis C virus functioned just as well as uninfected kidneys during...

Should obese women try to control weight during pregnancy? Yes, but here’s the catch

August 19, 2019 at 3:58 a.m.

Pregnant women who are obese or overweight are at an increased risk of complications, such as needing cesarean sections, developing gestational diabetes and even the dangerous high blood pressure known...

Teens are drinking more sports drinks. Experts say that’s not a good thing.

August 19, 2019 at 3:54 a.m.

The campaign by public health advocates against sugar-sweetened sodas may have had an unintended consequence: Teens are drinking more sugar-sweetened sports drinks. Drinks shown in advertisements being consumed by impossibly...

Judge reads the riot act to Reid

August 21, 2021 at 3:11 p.m.

A judge who sentenced two sons of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid to jail on Thursday described the Reid house as a "drug emporium" and directly rebuked both parents, saying,...

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