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Health

Naloxone
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Pennsylvania

Free overdose-reversing drug naloxone will be distributed in September across Pa.

The drug, which can save someone from an opioid overdose, will be available at 95 locations around Pa. Sept. 18 and 25.

7 years ago

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The Why
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Why vaccine exemptions for N.J. schoolkids are rising

Every school year, parents in all 50 states have to prove they've gotten their kids vaccinated — unless they get an exemption.

Air Date: September 11, 2019

Listen 14:53
Dr. David Fajgenbaum in his office at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 8, 2016.  (Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times)
Radio Times
Medicine
Philadelphia

“Chasing My Cure”

Physician David Fajgenbaum discusses his new memoir about his struggle with a rare and fatal disease and his search to understand and cure it.

Air Date: September 10, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:03
Joe Bay (center), coach of a New York City
NPR
Home & Family

How a prenatal ‘bootcamp’ for new dads helps the whole family

The lack of attention to a new father's needs can have ripple effects that impact the whole family — in the short-run and later.

7 years ago

Eleven-year-old Ella Koehler, of Seattle United soccer club, heads the ball at a practice on the University of Washington campus. It's the first year she and her teammates of the same age can use the technique. A 2015 rule by the U.S. Soccer Federation banned heading for kids ages 10 years old and younger. (Tom Goldman/NPR)
NPR
Sports

Women’s soccer stars concerned about trauma from repetitive head impact

As research into head injuries expands to include women's soccer, some of the sport's former stars are calling attention to the health fallout from heading the ball.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, photo, 10-year-old twin brothers Ryan left, and Jack Ykoruk, play in the Lincoln Financial Field sensory room before a preseason NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles build room in Linc for fans with sensory needs

They became the first NFL team to create a fully dedicated sensory room inside their stadium.

7 years ago

Seeing dogs all day has its perks, veterinary neurologist Carrie Jurney says. But it also has downsides, including stress, debt, long hours and facing online harassment. (Janet Delaney for NPR)
NPR
Mental Health

Veterinarians are killing themselves. An online group is there to listen and help

"I had 86 people in my vet school class," Carrie Jurney says. "Graduating class of 2005. Three of them are gone. Died by their own hand."

7 years ago

UK Biobank has granted 10,000 qualified scientists access to its large database of genetic sequences and other medical data, but other organizations with databases have been far more restrictive in giving access. (KTSDESIGN/Getty Images/Science Photo Library)
NPR
Health Care
Technology

How should scientists’ access to health databanks be managed?

Medical and genetic data from more than a million Americans are now in scientific databases. Some programs hoard the data, while others share widely with scientists.

7 years ago

Dr. Peter Grinspoon was a practicing physician when he became addicted to opioids. When he got caught, Grinspoon wasn't allowed access to what's now the standard treatment for addiction — buprenorphine or methadone (in addition to counseling) — precisely because he was a doctor. (Tony Luong for NPR)
NPR
Addiction
Health Care

For health workers struggling with addiction, why are treatment options limited?

Doctors and nurses are often barred from turning to FDA-approved medications that research shows to be the most effective way to quit.

7 years ago

A child is immunized against measles, mumps and rubella in Lyon, France. (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty)
NPR
Health Care
Kids

Why the measles surge could open the door to a host of other diseases

There's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza viruses to diarrheal disease.

7 years ago

A woman takes a puff from a cannabis vape pen in Los Angeles. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Public Safety

U.S. health officials report new vaping deaths, repeat warning

U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses.

7 years ago

Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Bankruptcy judge approves $55 million sale of Hahnemann residency program

The hospital plans to close its doors Friday. Its owner has been wrangling with the federal government for weeks over the residency program was an asset.

7 years ago

Dr. Grier Arthur, a pediatric surgeon at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, expresses the conditions the hospital staff would like to see met by a new owner. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Kids
Public Health

St. Christopher’s doctors call for local nonprofit to buy hospital

Physicians at the children’s hospital and community members want a local nonprofit to buy the facility, owned by Hahnemann’s parent, and maintain services.

7 years ago

Vaping liquid in a variety of flavors (Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Public Health

Amid vaping-related illness outbreak, could New Jersey ban flavored e-cigarettes?

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he is “open-minded” to a statewide ban on flavored e-cigarettes after Michigan made a similar move this week.

7 years ago

(Bigstock)
Radio Times
Behavioral Health
Health Care
History

Bioethics and changing health care

The era of modern medicine has seen a wave of new technology and lifesaving treatments. But should we be asking tougher questions about these medical advances?

Air Date: September 5, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:02
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