
Health
Safe injection sites are one answer to the opioid crisis
With 1,200 overdose-related deaths in 2017, Philadelphia is suffering some of the worst effects of the nation’s opioid crisis.
7 years ago
$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids
The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.
7 years ago
What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?
Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.
7 years ago
Listen 12:56Andrea Avery was a piano whiz kid until she developed rheumatoid arthritis at age 12. The disease symptoms can leave her feeling able-bodied one day, disabled the next.
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Listen 4:28How a high school concussion inspired a tech startup
Matt Roda of Lancaster County was a junior in high school when a single hockey game changed his entire life.
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As rate of infants exposed to opioids rises, N.J. urging pregnant substance abusers to get help
Since 2008, the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome has doubled in the Garden State.
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Pa. legislation would protect the lives of those deemed undesirable
In the U.S., we’re engaging in a method of eugenics by reducing populations of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome.
7 years ago
Three new flu-related deaths in Delaware
Delaware's flu season is not over as evidenced by three new flu-related deaths reported by the Delaware Division of Public Health.
7 years ago
How a Pa. health system reduced opioid prescriptions by more than half
Hospitals around the country are looking at whether patients need so many opioids prescriptions. It turns out most of them don't.
7 years ago
How to help patients eat better? One Philly med school says, teach their doctors to cook
A new nutrition course for students at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine meets in the kitchen.
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Listen 3:10Murphy details plans for $100 million he’s seeking to fight N.J. opioid epidemic
New Jersey governor says he won't spend any funds on public service ads featuring himself. Former Gov. Chris Christie appeared in such commercials.
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Cooper medical students with disabilities push for culture change in medicine
Many doctors and students hide disabilities out of a real 'fear of judgment, bias, and skewed perception of ability,' a report finds.
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You know what they say — when the going gets tough, the tough get going. But what are the factors that decide whether we bend or break? ...
Air Date: March 30, 2018
Listen 48:40Letting go of anger in North Philly
Seventeen-year-old Sophia Angelica Delgado Feliciano says for a long time she used emotional distance as a survival tool.
7 years ago
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