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In this Friday, April 12, 2019, file photo, Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough, Mass., (center), leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son was addicted to opioids and died of a heroin overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who’ve lost children in the addiction epidemic. They want the Sackler family name removed from the building at Harvard. In New York, there’s a Sackler Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Sackler Center for Arts Education at The Guggenheim. There’s a Sackler Room at the National Gallery in London, a Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities at the Louvre. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
Addiction
Business
International

OxyContin maker Purdue caught up in European opioid probe

No other country is experiencing an addiction problem on a U.S. scale, Mundipharma noted. But, globally, the network continues to expand.

7 years ago

At the kitchen table, Summer Mills goes over documents accumulated in the past months while dealing with dental issues on April 12, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Broke in Philly

For adults on Medicaid, getting dental care is an uphill battle

Pennsylvania curtailed benefits in 2011, and adults now either pull diseased teeth or pay out of pocket because procedures like root canals aren’t covered.

7 years ago

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Addiction
Home & Family
Kids
Media
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Public Health
Technology

Kids and screens

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

Air Date: May 28, 2019 10:00 am

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Reporter Jenny Gold and her husband, Alex Gourse, with their newborn son at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago two days after his birth. (Courtesy of Bella Baby Photography)
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Gender
Health Care

I went through my pregnancy with strangers. It was the best decision I could’ve made

Rather than the standard 15-minute individual visits in an exam room, women who are due around the same time and their partners meet as a group for two hours with a clinician,

7 years ago

Infants' Tylenol comes with a dosing syringe, while Children's Tylenol has a plastic cup. Both contain the same concentration of the active ingredient, acetaminophen. (Ryan Kellman/NPR)
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

Tylenol for infants and children is the same. Why does 1 cost 3 times more?

Infants' Tylenol comes with a dosing syringe, while Children's Tylenol has a plastic cup. Both contain the same concentration of the active ingredient, acetaminophen.

7 years ago

In this photo taken Thursday, March 21, 2019, Gus Dabais stands outside his Sidewalk Wellness store in San Francisco. CBD oil-infused food, drinks and dietary supplements are popular even though the U.S. government says they're illegal and some local authorities have forced retailers to pull products. The confusion has California, Texas and other states moving to legalize the cannabis compound that many see as beneficial to their health. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

CBD is for sale at Sheetz amid concerns from federal regulators

Medical cannabis proponents tout CBD as a remedy for a wide range of conditions, from inflammation to epileptic seizures. However, the science is unclear on its benefits.

7 years ago

The drug buprenorphine blocks the cravings associated with addiction. It comes in tablets and dissolvable film. The only injectable form available is a drug called Sublocade; a rival drug is ready for market but may be blocked for several years by the FDA. (Tetra Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Addiction
Medicine

In midst of opioid crisis, FDA may block new addiction drug from market

A loophole in federal law might block at least one new opioid-addiction drug from coming to market for years.

7 years ago

Noelia Rivera-Calderón is the lead author of the National Women's Law Center report on Latina students and mental health. (Courtesy Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
Radio Times
Gender
Mental Health
Philadelphia

Latina mental health

A new report from the National Women’s Law Center, written with Latina middle and high school students in Philadelphia, found that over ...

7 years ago

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(Alex Stern/WHYY)
The Pulse

Cats and Dogs, their Health and Ours

For a lot of Americans, cats and dogs are more than just pets — they’re our fur babies. We’re willing to do whatever it takes to ke ...

Air Date: May 24, 2019

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Confusion over whether food is still safe to eat after its
NPR
Environment
Public Health

To reduce food waste, FDA urges ‘best if used by’ date labels

The FDA sent a letter to the food industry on Thursday, urging companies to standardize the use of the phrase "best if used by" on packaged food labels.

7 years ago

Erin Goldner's organization Hope Street was one of several community groups honored for efforts to address the opioid epidemic (Courtesy of Addiction Policy Forum)
Addiction
Delaware
Health Care

Eight Delaware programs honored for innovative efforts to curtail opioid epidemic

National nonprofit awards groups fighting opioid epidemic with innovative programs and initiatives that can be established all over the country.

7 years ago

Three children in 100 have amblyopia or “lazy eye,” a vision-robbing, brain-connected disorder that typically affects just one eye. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)

Games and gadgets: Turning to tech to fight ‘lazy eye’

The goal is simple: saving sight in the amblyopia-affected eye. To keep children from abandoning treatment, researchers are experimenting.

7 years ago

Three children in 100 have amblyopia or “lazy eye,” a vision-robbing, brain-connected disorder that typically affects just one eye. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Kids

Look out for ‘lazy eye,’ a vision problem that worsens as children get older

Amblyopia affects three out of every 100 kids. Age 2 is the ideal time to detect and treat it, vision experts say, but that doesn’t happen often.

7 years ago

Noelia Rivera-Calderón is the lead author of the National Women's Law Center report on Latina students and mental health. (Courtesy of Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
The Why
Behavioral Health
Gender
Race & Ethnicity

Why so many Latina teens in Philly have attempted suicide

A new report reveals that Latina girls in Philadelphia are more likely to attempt suicide than white or African-American girls.

Air Date: May 23, 2019

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Philadelphia ranks #4 on the list of most challenging places to live with asthma in the U.S. Thirteen percent of the city's children suffer from the chronic condition. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health Care
Income Inequality
Public Health
Broke in Philly

Why racial disparities in asthma are an urban planning issue

African-Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma as whites.

7 years ago

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