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Health

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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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

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care

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.

6 years ago

North Schuylkill Spartans and Tamaqua Blue Raiders are in a pile at the end of a play. during a Nov. 8, 2019 playoff game. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Pennsylvania
Sports

High school football injuries can have lifelong consequences. For many Pa. families, the sport is worth the risk

Pennsylvania is one of three states where high school football enrollment is not in decline.

6 years ago

Girls carry containers of water filled from the local communal tap Zimbabwe, which is in the grip of a nationwide drought that has been linked to climate change. (Cynthia R. Matonhodze/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
International
Kids

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.

6 years ago

Gabriel Toto is a 'bayakou' or latrine cleaner, in Haiti. (Marie Arago for NPR)
NPR
Income Inequality
International

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.

6 years ago

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