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The American Medical Assn. voted Tuesday to declare obesity a disease, a move that effectively defines 78 million American adults and 12 million children as having a medical condition requiring treatment.

Overture , innovating at the metro edge for service providers and network operators worldwide, today announced the appointment of Christopher Swan to senior vice president of Global Sales and Services.

The Pennsylvania SPCA and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania are joining forces for a new program that is aimed at boosting morale and reducing stress among hospital workers.

The second episode of season four revealed a wavering future for one Liar, investigated a fishy death and the truth behind Wilden's disappearance.

Investigators say Edgar Bonilla, 41, attacked a paraplegic resident inside an assisted living facility shortly after 7 p.m. on the 6200 block of Eastwick Avenue.

Dr. Avidan Milevsky, notable psychotherapist at Wellspring Counseling in Towson, Maryland, and Associate Professor of Psychology at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is offering tips on how to keep the peace in your family this summer while out and about in the public eye while on your family vacation.

As hotels and resorts fall over themselves to cater to the surge in cash-rich Chinese tourists with a taste for luxury goods and silver service, experts say U.S. travelers may also reap the benefits.

According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 40,000 women in the United States will succumb to breast cancer this year.

It happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday when guys with handguns simply knocked on the door.

Mariya Plekan is still in critical condition, but she just hired the high profile law firm Kline & Specter to represent her in a civil suit.

While every university hopes to prepare its students to enter the workforce poised for success, California University of Pennsylvania noticed there was an area that was largely overlooked in higher education.

Marymount of Santa Barbara graduates heading off to college this year had great success in college admissions this spring.

Embattled IRS official Holly Paz is believed to have been fired from the scandal-ridden agency, indicating that the growing IRS scandal could end up implicating more IRS agents than previously thought.

Los Angeles, June 17: Researchers have developed a variant of a major painkiller receptor that enables scientists to perform experiments previously deemed difficult or impossible, says a study.

He has already presided over two colleges: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Dowling College, on Long Island.

Seeking a respite from the relentless drumbeat of dire city school news, I headed to far South Philadelphia, in the shadow of the stadiums.

Mayfield received a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and earned a master of business administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Stress as a pre-adolescent or adult leaves a lasting impression on a dad's sperm that gives his kids a blunted reaction to stress, U.S. researchers say.

A decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court kept the focus on race as a barrier, upholding the right of colleges to make limited use of racial preferences to ensure a diverse student body.

From left: Concord High School students Nolan Carew, Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Ashwin Raghurajan, Thatcher Eills and Tobias Eckers talk before the school's commencement ceremony for the Class of 2013 in Concord on Saturday, June 15, 2013.