Health
Governor Wolf promises action on mental health, but doesn’t say how it will be funded
The governor's office says the plan is "aimed at expanding resources" as well as fighting stigma, but said it's too early to talk funding or structure.
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Vaping and vaccines to forefront in 2019 healthcare debates
Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.
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Effort to control opioids in an ER leaves some sickle cell patients in pain
India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — from dull persistent aches to acute flare-ups that interrupt the flow of her normal life.
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7 women’s health topics we need to talk about in 2020
We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.
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Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania could be in for a surprise on their next trip to the pharmacy as preferred drug list changes.
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A decade marked by outrage over drug prices
Nearly 1 in 4 Americans has trouble affording prescription drugs, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
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We explore the history and future of reproductive technologies and the thorny questions that arise around women’s bodies, fertility, and having children.
Air Date: December 31, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:01Auto plant closures may lead to more opioid overdose deaths, Penn study finds
New research finds opioid overdose deaths could increase by as much as 85% in counties where auto plants close.
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Air Date: December 27, 2019
Listen 48:59Philly Snapper soup comes with a side of zinc and lead, researchers find
Arcadia University researchers tested snapper soup served at 20 restaurants in Philadelphia and found elevated lead and zinc.
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Listen 5:04In 2019, the legal fight over opioids unraveled into confusion and infighting
Every day, 130 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Pa. hopes this new funding model will keep rural hospitals up and running
Insurance companies pay in lump sums instead of per patient, so rural hospitals can afford to keep patients from getting sick in the first place.
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Nearly 150,000 in Pa. could be forced to change medications beginning Jan. 1. Here’s why.
The state says the regulations will cut down on health-care costs, but many physicians are concerned they could harm patient care.
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Working the Christmas shift, 2 young doctors learn what it means to be a healer
There's more to being a good doctor than providing medical care to your patients. Sometimes that lesson comes at the darkest time of year.
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A new way to quit? Psychedelic therapy offers promise for smoking cessation
For many Americans, hallucinogens still evoke the psychedelic '60s, bringing to mind the sex-and-drugs lifestyle of the hippie counterculture.
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