Health
Thanksgiving Eve: How the biggest party night of the year became our homecoming
Growing up, my friends and I took for granted that we would always see each other the night before the holiday. Until we couldn’t.
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Listen 06:45Frightening facts parents should know about teens and binge drinking
Studies are accumulating showing the teen brain, consistently plied with alcohol, won’t reach maturity and damaged genetic material may be passed on.
4 years ago
Woman sues Philadelphia pharmacy for outing her as transgender, HIV-positive
The AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is suing a Philadelphia pharmacy for outing a woman as transgender and HIV-positive to her neighbors.
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Binge drinking and teenagers: What are they thinking?
Like adults, teens drink to escape and numb pain, but with little regard for how they might hurt their brains in the process.
4 years ago
Lower childhood obesity rates in N.J. linked to nutrition program
New Jersey saw a decline of nearly five percentage points, outpacing downward trend in many states.
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Here’s where you can check for lead in your school’s drinking water
The Murphy administration has kept its pledge to create a new district-by-district clearinghouse for information on lead contamination in New Jersey schools’ drinking water.
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A cancer care approach tailored to the elderly may have better results
When Lorraine Griggs' father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was treated with 35 rounds of radiation, though he had a long list of other serious issues.
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‘It’s going to get worse’: how U.S. countertop workers started getting sick
Ublester Rodriguez could not have anticipated that his life would be profoundly changed by kitchen and bathroom countertops.
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Delaware departments work to reduce trauma’s effects with increased training
The aim: for state employees to understand and respond to trauma’s effects, to lessen its impact and build resilience in children and adults.
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Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.
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Why climate change poses a particular threat to child health
When it comes to global health, the world has made remarkable strides over the past two decades.
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Even researchers were shocked by how tough life is for sanitation workers
The work is dirty, dangerous ...and thankless. Sanitation workers in lower-income countries often endure grueling conditions to perform their duties.
4 years ago
Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures
People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack after the procedure is done.
4 years ago
How vaping snuck up on regulators
When Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in 2009, it gave government regulators an important new weapon in its battle against Big Tobacco.
4 years ago
N.J. advances ban on flavored e-cigarettes and menthols
The approval was seen as a blow to the vaping industry in New Jersey, which argued against the prohibition and claimed it could have unintended consequences.
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