Health
‘What does war do to an entire person?’ — VA studies veterans with blast injuries
Improved battlefield medical care in the Middle East means more troops have survived with traumatic brain injury. Researchers are trying to understand the long-term effects.
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Abortions rise worldwide when U.S. cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds
Researchers have found that the global gag rule has actually made women in sub-Saharan Africa twice as likely to have an abortion.
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The Last Stop’s last stand? Why a Philly addiction recovery house is fighting to stay open
The Last Stop is a recovery house that offers free rehabilitation services for those suffering from addition. But it's run into conflicts with the city. Can it survive?
Air Date: March 11, 2019
Listen 12:31How much difference will Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin make?
Between 2009 and 2017 the wholesale price of a single vial of Humalog, the Eli Lilly and Company-manufactured insulin Gilmer uses, nearly tripled.
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Philadelphia wants to get the HIV prevention pill to women most at risk
A local prevention-navigation supervisor says the drug “has not been marketed to women, to African-American women, as a priority.”
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Listen 2:34After mumps outbreak, Temple will require new students to be vaccinated
The university is preparing, in case there are more cases of the flulike illness as students return from spring break. Current policy doesn’t require them to be vaccinated.
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An amusement park that’s ready for anything
At the Tokyo Public Bayshore Disaster Prevention Park, learn how to survive without electricity, running water, heat, or air conditioning for 72 hours.
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Listen 07:54Air Date: March 8, 2019
Listen 48:57Some ‘cheaper’ health plans have surprising costs
One health plan from a well-known insurer promises lower premiums — but warns that consumers may need to file their own claims and negotiate over charges from hospitals.
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Camden city EMS reports more calls, quicker response times in 2018
Three years after taking over from Virtua, Cooper is meeting a national benchmark for timeliness.
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Neighbors urge DEP to deny permits for Bucks County industrial-waste plant
A controversial proposal to build an industrial-wastewater treatment facility in Falls Township is close to regulatory approval after years of contention.
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Despite low youth smoking rates, Del. wants to raise legal age for cigarettes
Even though the number of Delaware teens who smoke is the lowest since the early ‘90s, state lawmakers are pushing a measure to raise the age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21.
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Listen 0:58Philadelphia promotes buprenorphine for opioid addiction treatment
A new citywide campaign features those who credit the treatment for their recovery. Health officials want people to know that buprenorphine is available and effective.
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Bone marrow transplant renders second patient free of HIV
That result raised hopes that HIV could be eradicated through a medical procedure and cure people of HIV infection.
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A large study provides more evidence that MMR vaccines don’t cause autism
There was no overall increased risk for the developmental disorder among those who received the MMR vaccine when compared with those who had not gotten the vaccine.
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