
Health
Amid regulatory uncertainty, Penn Medicine acquires Princeton HealthCare
The University Medical Center of Princeton will become the sixth hospital in the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
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Air Date: January 12, 2018
Listen 48:47Horizon’s new partnership aims to better integrate mental health needs into care
New Jersey’s largest insurance provider, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, has signed a $1.5 million contract with the New York tech startup, Quartet.
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Wolf opioid order could open door to better treatment, prevention in Philadelphia
Stephen Lankenau, a professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University, spoke with WHYY's Jennifer Lynn about Gov. Wolf's disaster emergency declaration for Pa.
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Listen 6:13Organ donations from drug overdose victims rising with opioid death toll
Inside the Gift of Life Donor Program’s headquarters in Philadelphia, a room serves as a sort of mission control for organ donation.
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Listen 5:11Vaccine against this year’s flu more effective than portrayed, CDC says
CDC recommends vaccination because it still may provide protection against an array of influenza viruses.
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Before Huntington’s: Seeking adventure while she’s able
Dogged by the specter of a disorder that feels like genetic destiny, a woman challenges her body and mind to do new things.
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Listen 8:14Spark Therapeutics sets price for pioneering gene therapy
The Philadelphia-based company announced Wednesday that its recently-approved gene therapy, which has the potential to cure a rare form of blindness, will cost $850,000.
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Philly program steps up efforts with families, schools to address early psychosis in kids
Psychosis is a set of experiences that relate to finding reality confusing or unclear. Not all people who experience it have schizophrenia.
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Listen 4:54Recognizing signs of drug problems in college students home for vacation
Frank Greenagel specializes in addiction recovery at the Center for Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University. He sat down with "Morning Edition" host Jennifer Lynn.
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Listen 6:20‘It will kill you’: Philly outreach workers keep making rounds as bitter cold snap continues
Even in bitterly cold weather, homeless people with addictions are often hesitant to take shelter if it means going to another part of the city and going through withdrawal.
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Listen 2:53The numbers are in: Here’s how ACA open enrollment went in Pa., N.J., and Del.
The number of people who signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act dipped slightly in all three states, despite Trump administration efforts to curtail the law.
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Medical marijuana program entering final stages of rollout in Pa.
More than 10,000 people have registered, but only about 1,188 have been approved so far.
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Delaware woman becomes state’s second flu death of the season
An 83-year-old New Castle County woman died last week from flu-related symptoms. She had multiple underlying health conditions.
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Flush with success: Philly duo invents biodegradable pregnancy test
“Who hasn’t hidden a pregnancy test in the trash?” said Bethany Edwards, one of the two Philly-based inventors of the flushable pregnancy test.
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