Brad Nau

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Stephanie Stahl |Brad Nau

A new specialty center opened Tuesday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. It's one of the first in the country to help children and adults with Williams syndrome, a rare condition that makes them extra friendly. "This center is going to be life-changing for families," said Jocelyn Krebs, director of the Armellino Center of Excellence for Williams Syndrome. For Krebs, this work is personal.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Stephanie Stahl |Brad Nau

Philadelphia students access job training, career opportunities with Jefferson Health program Jefferson Health is filling some job openings with a special free training program for Philadelphia high school students. The joint venture from Jefferson, the School District of Philadelphia and Esperanza College is providing some much-needed job training and opportunities.

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Stephanie Stahl |Brad Nau

How teddy bears teach Camden students about medical care at Cooper Hospital It was a different kind of field trip for a few kindergarten students in Camden on Friday: seeing inside an ambulance and then inside a hospital for Cooper Hospital's annual Teddy Bears to the Rescue event. Here, teddy bears become patients, and the medical staff guide the students through diagnosing and treating them using real medical tools and equipment — things like x-rays and heart imaging.

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Stephanie Stahl |Brad Nau

Penn Medicine doctor's story of saving his life is being made into a movie Saving lives, first his own, then others. It's the story of a doctor researcher at Penn Medicine that's now being made into a movie. A man on a mission, with science always running through his mind. Dr. David Fajgenbaum works out the equations on his windows at Penn Medicine. Focusing on immune cells is how he saved his life, with a new approach that's now saving others.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Stephanie Stahl |Brad Nau

A rally in Philadelphia Wednesday drew dozens of people to fight against proposed cuts to Medicaid. It's legislation that Republicans say will only go after wasteful spending and fraud. That legislation is now headed for the Senate. Wednesday's message was focused on the Republican senator from Pennsylvania, Dave McCormick, urging him to vote against legislation passed by the House that would cut an estimated $800 billion from Medicaid, which provides health care coverage for low-income Americans.