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PA Breaks Into Top 10 States For Cancer Research Excellence, New Study Says PA Breaks Into Top 10 States For Cancer Research Excellence, New Study Says
PA Breaks Into Top 10 States For Cancer Research Excellence, New Study Says Many states in the Northeast are among the country's best in the fight against cancer, with Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland ranked as leaders, a new study said. Massachusetts was ranked as the best state for cancer research, according to a SmileHub study released on Tuesday, Jan. 7. New York was just behind the Bay State in second place. The study, which assessed all 50 states based on metrics like clinical trials per capita and hospital quality, came as the U.S. saw more than 611,000 cancer-related deaths and nearly two million new cases in 2024. Massachusetts boasts the highes…

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by Chris Spiker
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Philly Area Gymnastics Coach Battles Brain Cancer Philly Area Gymnastics Coach Battles Brain Cancer
Philly Area Gymnastics Coach Battles Brain Cancer Philadelphia area neighbors are stepping up to help a local gymnastics teacher battling a brain cancer diagnosis.  Tara Metzler-Armento, 43, has coached at Metzler's Gymnastics in Downingtown for more than two decades, loved ones say. Together with her husband Mike, who owns CrossFit Rock Solid, the family is well-known in Downingtown fitness circles, according to those close to the family.  But health and well-being took an even more central role in the family's life when Tara was diagnosed with a brain tumor on May 4, said organizer Lauren Delaney on GoFundMe.  Since …

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by Mac Bullock
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UPenn Scientists Develop 'Promising' New Flu Vaccine UPenn Scientists Develop 'Promising' New Flu Vaccine
UPenn Scientists Develop 'Promising' New Flu Vaccine Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are seeing "promising results" in the early testing phases of an experimental mRNA-based influenza vaccine.  In a statement on Friday, Nov. 25, Penn Medicine scientists said initial models suggest the new vaccine "provided broad protection" against "otherwise lethal" strains of the flu.  The experimental jab is powered by the same mRNA technology used in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines, researchers added.  “The idea here is to have a vaccine that will give people a baseline level of immune memory to diverse flu st…

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by Mac Bullock