Health & Fitness

Consuming sugary breakfast cereals, artificially-flavored chips and crackers, chicken nuggets, hot dogs and sweetened beverages like soda and energy drinks may shorten your lifespan, a new study found. Ultra-processed foods, …

Meghan Bosack, 21, of New York, had her kidney removed to help her recover from nutcracker syndrome. She donated it to Evelyn Bautista, 17, of Bucks County, who had been …

A program that helps veterans achieve nursing degrees has expanded to include students at Drexel and West Chester universities. The Independence Blue Cross Foundation's Service Scholars program now includes seven …

A new federal lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's decision to withhold $65.8 million in Title X family planning grants from Pennsylvania and 21 other states.

On the morning of Easter Monday, after his final public address the day prior, Pope Francis died at age 88, closing 12 years of leading the Catholic Church. He joins …

While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no signs of letting up, beliefs about …

Colorectal cancer rates have been steadily increasing in younger adults in recent decades – a phenomenon that has gone largely unexplained. A toxin produced by certain strains of bacteria — …

The Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social media in 2014 and raised more than $220 million for research to find a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gherig's …

The Food and Drug Administration plans to ban eight artificial food dyes by the end of the year, a move advocated by HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. The products are …

Hay fever is hitting people hard right now, with tree and grass pollen seasons overlapping and pollen levels forecast to bounce between high and moderate in the Philadelphia region over …