Health
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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Do you really need a flu shot? Here’s how to decide
Thanksgiving leftovers are a distant memory, and December's extra travel, shopping and family commitments are already straining nerves, budgets and immune systems.
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How Rutgers and Penn helped shape Elizabeth Warren
Decades before she became a liberal firebrand, Elizabeth Warren was a registered Republican. Why her time at Rutgers and Penn helped spark her political shift.
Air Date: December 19, 2019
Listen 17:20Jefferson, Temple sign definitive agreement for sale of Fox Chase Cancer Center
Thomas Jefferson University entered into a binding agreement Wednesday with Temple University under which Jefferson will acquire Fox Chase Cancer Center.
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Leave what you can, take what you need: ‘Free little pantry’ initiative expands at the Shore
Residents are also encouraged to keep the boxes stocked. Officials say to leave non-perishable, canned goods, and personal care items (excluding sharp objects and chemicals).
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Roche completes $4.3B purchase of Philadelphia gene therapy pioneer Spark Therapeutics
The Federal Trade Commission and European regulators cleared Roche's proposed $4.3 billion purchase of Spark Therapeutics.
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Researchers explore a drug-free idea to relieve chronic pain: green light
Ann Jones tried everything short of surgery for her chronic migraines, which have plagued her since she was a child.
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More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals
For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home a trend that reflects more hospice care and progress toward the kind of end that most people want.
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Air Date: December 13, 2019
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