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Ana M. Vaughan, MD, MPH

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Ana M Vaughan, MD, MPH received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and her MPH from the School of Publi...

Kids with developmental disabilities are more likely to be overweight, study says

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Local researchers have turned up an interesting connection between autism and obesity in children.Teams at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, and six others centers found that kids with develop...

Community helps local newborn baby battling cancer

(WBNG) — A days-old baby diagnosed with cancer is already facing the fight of his life. Wyatt Plew was born last week at Wilson Hospital. He’s only nine days old. “He’s been a little warrior from the get go,” said Wyatt’s grandmother Eileen Konec...

Buena football has a little extra motivation ahead of game against Pleasantville

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So what's the climate change/asthma connection?

Jefferey Colter was diagnosed with asthma when he was 11, and, even as an adult, he often suffers asthma attacks and ends up in the emergency room when the seasons...

Dr. Tasian on Frontline Therapy for Pediatric Patients With Ph-Like ALL

[embedded content]Sarah K. Tasian, MD, an attending physician and assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), discusses frontline therapy for pediatric patients with Ph-like acute lymph...

Halloween festivities at Hasbro Children's Hospital

Children's Hospitalprovidencejournal.com - www.providencejournal.com Local employees of Spirit Halloween stores hosted special parties for young patients at Hasbro Children's Hospital on Wednesday. The "Spirit of …Write a comment...Share IconLike Ico...

New Parents, Beware: Studies Show Wearable Baby Monitors Aren't Reliable

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Colorado Parents Think Chickenpox "Playdates" Are Helping Their Kids

Pre-schoolers who attended recent parties in Colorado might have left with the worst party favor ever. If all goes according to plan, they’ll get chicken pox — because that’s what their parents were hoping would happen to them all along.Local news ou...

Jessica Kingsley Publishers Launch Gender Diversity List

By Michele Karlsberg– David Corey, manager of the U.S. sales and marketing office for Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) is featured in this issue of the San Francisco Bay Times. It was a pleasure for me to speak with David abo...

Tennessee child affected by newest mysterious illness

A mysterious illness that's sickening and even paralyzing children is prompting warnings this week from federal health officials to seek medical care immediately should anyone develop its symptoms.The CDC announced Wednesday that Acute Flaccid Myelit...

New genetic study into LADA reveals connections to type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Scientists believe that the diabetes type LADA may actually be a hybrid of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes.LADA is short for Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood. It is commonly misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes because type 2 is mostly diagno...

Son of Pine-Richland coach among 'modern polio' victims

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