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People with schizophrenia, the mental illness that afflicted a woman who allegedly killed two Canadian tourists in Atlantic City on Monday, are generally not violent, experts say, but the risk that they will be rises when they stop taking medications and start taking illicit drugs.

Earlier this month, an influential federal panel rejected PSA screening for prostate cancer, stirring controversy and raising questions.

May 23, 2012 -- Bodybuilding and weight loss supplements may help you look better, but with some of these supplements there's an ugly tradeoff: a very real risk of liver damage.

WEDNESDAY May 23, 2012 -- Roughly 2.5 percent of admitted hospital patients may receive more than the safe daily cumulative dose of the pain-reliever acetaminophen, best known as Tylenol, on at least one day, according to a new U.S. study.

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A crewmember aboard the tugboat Candice contacted Coast Guard watchstanders via VHF-FM radio at approximately 2:30 p.m. and reported that a person aboard a personal watercraft was trying to ride the tug's wake, fell in the water, was injured and unconscious.

John Covotta will be one of five students graduating from Gloucester County College 's new Pre-Pharm. D. chemistry program tonight and the first GCC graduate accepted to the Thomas Jefferson University School of Pharmacy.

Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center and the Department of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University received a five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate a potentially revolutionary method that can stage prostate cancers and detect recurrent disease so accurately, it would significantly reduce the number of ... (more)

My music professor thinks he's found a cure for cancer. And he can't wait to tell you about it.

South Jersey has a new place to go for its broken bones, bad backs and sports injuries.

Mrs. Joanne D'Alonzo, 74, of Lake Wales, Fla., died on Thursday, May 10, 2012, at Grace Healthcare in Lake Wales.

It seems every day we're reminded about our weight. If it's not a story about exercising, then it's a new diet we should be considering or something else.

An investigation led by John M. Pascal, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center, revealed new target sites for drugs aiming to stop PARP-1 activity.

Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 and 3Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA Motivation: Markov models are very popular for analyzing complex sequences such as protein sequences, whose sources are unknown, or whose underlying statistical characteristics ... (more)

Cecil Mosenson and his friend since kindergarten Toby Schwartman Hirsh enjoy Overbrook High's 65th reunion at Bala Country Club.

Many migraine sufferers could have fewer, less severe headaches if they took preventive medicines, but few eligible patients do, say doctors releasing updated treatment guidelines.

"This is wonderful," exclaims landscape architect JosA© M. AlmiA ana, practically rubbing his hands with glee as he looks around Thomas Jefferson University's Lubert Plaza.

The Salt Lake Tribune) The College of Science Valedictorian, Victor Carlson speaks at Utah State University's Commencement, Saturday, May 5, 2012.

Thomas Jefferson University hospital has placed 28 diagnostic robots in community hospitals to help stroke victims get the care they need.

The Wills Eye Hospital Neuro-ophthalmology Service was asked to evaluate a 57-year-old female inpatient with a complaint of new-onset double vision.