Health
Chinese elders ‘walk the middle path’ to better mental health
A senior center in Queens, New York offers dialectical behavior therapy —combining modern therapy and eastern philosophy to fight depression, anxiety.
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Listen 10:45Reconsidering hormone replacement therapy
In 2002, when a giant study ended, lots of women threw their estrogen pills in the trash. In her late 50s, Barbara Paulsen reexamines the latest evidence for herself.
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Listen 10:15Calling teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ officials weigh flavor ban
U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an "epidemic."
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Opera raises curtain on living with schizophrenia
The idea is to address the stigma of mental illness with music. The opera is based on a memoir from a law and psychiatry professor.
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Philly hospital finds depression treatment stops memory loss in African-Americans
Therapists treating depression use the method involving intentional goal setting to increase cognitive, social and physical activity.
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Listen 2:10Report shows vast differences in life expectancy from one neighborhood to another
Local disparities in life expectancy can be found across the country.
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Monthly overdose deaths break record in Delaware
Last month, 39 fatal overdoses were reported, eclipsing the previous record of 27 in April.
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Gov. Carney signs legislation establishing nation’s first overdose care system
Carney signed three pieces of legislation Monday aimed at addressing overdose deaths.
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Listen 1:41The queasy truth about why kids are so prone to vomiting
The mechanism of vomiting, or emesis, is the same in kids and adults.
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Where are the most viruses in an airport? Hint: It’s probably not the toilet
When you go through airport security, you might wish you had a pair of gloves on like the TSA agents do.
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Can you affect another person’s behavior with your thoughts?
The answer is "of course not" ... right?
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Report: Affordable Care Act premiums will show slight increase in 2019
Pennsylvanians with insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchange will see little or no premium increase next year, according to data compiled by Associated Press.
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Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico One Year Later
Air Date: September 7, 2018
Listen 48:34Before Roe: How Pa. hospitals used a legal loophole to provide abortions
The emergency room at was a very different place 40 years ago than it is today.
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