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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Philadelphia’s public health centers are poised to receive the bulk of a three million dollar raise the mayor has proposed for the health department. From WHYY’s health and science desk, Kerry Grens reports.
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Philadelphia City Council begins another week of budget hearings and today council members consider giving the health department a raise. From WHYY’s Health and Science Desk, Kerry Grens reports.
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Each year, house calls are becoming a more popular way to treat people with chronic illnesses. And while doctors, patients and insurance groups think they are a good idea, they are costly, time consuming, and still pretty rare. Now, with pending threats to the Medicare budget, some are afraid the rare breed of home visiting doctors could disappear. WHYY’s health and science reporter Kerry Grens tagged along with one home visiting doctor in Philadelphia and filed this report.
Friday, March 28th, 2008
The science and evolution of human skin has been the focus of more than a decade of research for Penn State University anthropology chair Dr. Nina Jablonski. She will present her groundbreaking research at the Wagner Free Institute of Science as a Westbrook Lecture on March 29th. She talked with WHYY Morning Edition’s Brenda Jorett.
Monday, March 24th, 2008
A large study of people at risk for developing colon cancer finds that only a minority get tested for cancer through a procedure called colonoscopy. And the rates are even lower for African Americans. From the health and science desk at WHYY, Kerry Grens reports.
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Earlier this week the National Institutes of Health announced the launch of a new center to study the role of genetics in health disparities. One focus will be diabetes. In Pennsylvania, researchers have been collecting data on racial disparities and juvenile diabetes for decades. Now their push is to find out why those differences exist. From WHYY’s health and science desk, Kerry Grens has more.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
A website launched today tells you how well hospitals are treating their patients. From WHYY’s health and science desk, Kerry Grens reports.
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Antiobiotic resistance is a huge problem for modern medicine. But proposed rules from the FDA to raise the standards for new antibiotics could end up backfiring. From the health and science desk at WHYY, Kerry Grens reports.
Monday, March 17th, 2008
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is expected to vote today on Governor Ed Rendell’s plan to use cigarette taxes and other funding sources to provide health coverage to about 300,000 uninsured working Pennsylvanians. The authors of a new study say that this expansion could prevent hundreds of deaths each year. WHYY’s Bill Hangley has more.
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Ovarian cancer is one of the most dangerous cancers. It’s mostly detected only in later stages, when the outcomes are not good. About 10% of cases are inherited, and women can get a genetic test to find out if they carry one of the mutations that causes cancer. When that’s the case, more and more women are taking drastic measures to prevent cancer by removing their ovaries. But new considerations are now emerging that may affect women’s decisions. From WHYY’s health and science desk, Kerry Grens reports.
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