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| Treatment Guide: Prostate Cancer |
Local hospitals offer surgery, radiation and other state-of-the-art treatments to combat the second leading cause of cancer death among American men.
| Treatment Guide: Stroke |
Stroke kills more than 150,000 people a year, making it the third leading cause of death in our country. Here's what local hospitals are doing to reduce that number.
| Treatment Guide: Hip Replacement |
Learn the basics of hip replacement and research the area's latest treatment options in our local guide.
| Centers of Excellence |
From alternative medicine to women's health, Carol Saline reveals where to get the best local medical treatment for 44 diseases and conditions.
| Treatment Guide: Bariatric Surgery |
In 2007 more than 140,000 obese men and women who’d failed at diet and exercise regimes turned in desperation to bariatric surgery. The goal: to alter the anatomy of the digestive system to absorb less food.
| Treatment Guide: Diagnosing Breast Cancer |
Thanks to advances in diagnostic technology, more and more breast cancers are being discovered sooner and sooner. Here are the six tools local doctors rely on.
| Treatment Guide: Knee Replacement |
When deterioration of the knee joint gets so bad that the pain can't be managed, the next step is a joint replacement. Here are five ways local docs put the spring back in your step.
| Treatment Guide: Heart Valve Repair and Replacement |
Local options for patients with aortic stenosis and mitral valve prolapse.
| Treatment Guide: Arrythmias |
Some 2 million Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most typical heart arrhythmia. Here are five of the newest treatments available in the Philadelphia area.
| Treatment Guide: Cataracts |
People often describe cataracts as a kind of fog over their eyes, as if they were looking through a frosted window. In fact, a cataract is just that, a clouding of the lens due to chemical changes related to aging, injury or disease. Here are the major treatment options in the area.
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