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File photo: Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, Monday, March 31, 2014, at Project HOME's St. Elizabeth's Community and Wellness Center in Philadelphia.(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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Pennsylvania
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PA Post

Pa. Insurance Department warns against robocalls claiming to sell health insurance during Affordable Care Act open enrollment

The department says some companies may be selling short-term, limited duration plans, while other callers are falsely claiming to be from the state.

6 years ago

Excerpt from a data poster on drug overdoses in Delaware (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services)
Addiction
Delaware
Technology

Delaware partners with Google to make searching for addiction treatment easier

The state says the new collaboration with Google will smooth the internet hunt for information about substance-use treatment and other resources in Delaware.

6 years ago

Nurses from National Nurses United gathered in Washington, D.C. on April 29 and 30 for their annual Lobby Day. (Image by Jaclyn Higgs, National Nurses United, 2019)
The Pulse
Health Care
Medicine
National

Why mandated nurse-to-patient ratios have become one of the most controversial ideas in health care

The issue has divided nurses, confounded voters, and prompted a multimillion-dollar backlash by the hospital industry. Even research on the impact of ratio laws has been split

6 years ago

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Joyce O’Connor in her office at Mashpee Middle-High School in Mashpee, Mass. (Kate O’Connell/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Health Care
K-12

Through good times and bad — how school nursing has evolved over time

School nurses now have to add shooter drills and concussion protocols to the day-to-day responsibilities that come with tending to the health needs of students.

6 years ago

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Nurses in the operating room at Hahnemann Hospital, in Philadelphia. (Elana Gordon/WHYY File Photo)
The Pulse

The Changing Roles of Nurses

The roles of nurses have changed and expanded a lot in recent decades. Nurses are highly specialized, they have branched out into new are ...

Air Date: November 29, 2019

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We're tethered to our brothers and sisters as adults far longer than we are as children; our sibling relationships, in fact, are the longest-lasting family ties we have. (Katherine Streeter for NPR)
NPR
Home & Family

Here’s to grown-up siblings and the ties that bind

There's probably a biological explanation for the intensity of the sibling bond.

6 years ago

A food allergy, sensitivity, or intolerance can make the difference between passing the mashed potatoes — and passing on them. (JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
Home & Family

‘Extend a little grace’ — Navigating food allergies and sensitivities at Thanksgiving

How to keep stressful dietary discussions off the holiday menu.

6 years ago

Bottom left: Jeremy Lapedis, Ethan Gillett, Anna Fishman. Bottom right:  Jake Scobey-Thal and Maria Alexander, summer of 2005 after our senior year of high school. (Image courtesy of Maria Alexander).
The Pulse
Behavioral Health
Home & Family

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.

6 years ago

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Empty Coors Light beer can
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Public Health

Frightening 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.

6 years ago

Jane Doe's prescription drugs, clearly labeled, were left in her Delaware County apartment building’s common mailroom. (Photos courtesy of Jane Doe)
Health Care
Medicine

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.

6 years ago

Close Up Of Teenage Group Drinking Alcohol Together
Addiction
Kids
Medicine

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.

6 years ago

New Jersey saw a decline in obesity among young children in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. (Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash)
Kids
New Jersey

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.

6 years ago

Governor introduces new online clearinghouse with district-by-district information. (Kelpfish/Bigstock)
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Public Safety

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.

6 years ago

Geriatric oncologist Supriya Gupta Mohile meets with patient Jim Mulcahy at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. 
NPR
Aging
Medicine
National

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.

6 years ago

Samples of Silestone, a countertop material made of quartz. Cutting the material releases dangerous silica dust that can damage people's lungs if the exposure to the dust is not properly controlled. (Catie Dull/NPR)
NPR
Business
National

‘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.

6 years ago

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