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Technology

Training a computer to read mammograms as well as a doctor

"The optimist in me says in three years we can train this tool to read mammograms as well as an average radiologist," says Connie Lehman, chief of breast imaging.

7 years ago

In January, medical officials at Philadelphia Department of Prisons were struggling to meet the demand for medication-assisted treatment among inmates as the result of federal prescription limits and unexpected staff turnover. Now, that problem has been solved. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Addiction
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Department of Prisons will begin offering buprenorphine to male inmates again

After months of searching for a doctor with the right waiver to prescribe Suboxone, the Philadelphia jail has solved the problem.

7 years ago

Gary Steinberg raises a hand to ask a question following a presentation by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on the findings of an initial study on the presence of chemicals found in local drinking water. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
The Why
Environment
Public Health

Why researchers and regulators have more questions than answers about PFAS

PFAS, a class of toxic chemicals, are found in lots of everyday products from pizza boxes to dental floss. Why don't scientists know if they're safe?

Air Date: April 1, 2019

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Hungry Child Waiting For Meal. Child's Hands Holding Fork And Kn
The Pulse
Food & Drink

How We Eat

Chow. Nibbles. Grub. Food — we relate to it in a lot of different ways. It can serve as nourishment, as pleasure, as fuel for our bodie ...

Air Date: March 29, 2019

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People lined up Wednesday to be vaccinated amid a mumps outbreak on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Images)
NPR
Philadelphia
Public Health

Vaccination push underway to contain mumps outbreak in Philadelphia

On Wednesday, Temple University set up a free clinic to provide students with booster shots.

7 years ago

Gloria Lucas found that mainstream resources and dialogue around eating disorders left out her experiences as a low-income, Xicana child of immigrants. So she built her own community and opportunities for healing. (Gloria Lucas / Nalgona Positivity Pride)
The Pulse
Food & Drink
Mental Health
Race & Ethnicity

For people of color struggling with eating disorders, community is key

Eating disorder supports are often expensive and not culturally inclusive. As a result, communities of color are building their own opportunities for healing.

7 years ago

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Heidi Wyandt, 27, holds a handful of her medication bottles at the Altoona Center for Clinical Research in Altoona, Pa., on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, where she is helping test an experimental non-opioid pain medication for chronic back pain related to a work related injury she received in 2014. (Chris Post/AP Photo)
Addiction
Pennsylvania

Housing grants go to people in recovery from opioid abuse

A $15 million grant program aims to help people living with opioid use disorder pay rent, utilities and other housing costs.

7 years ago

Chris Nickels for NPR
NPR
Health Care
International

Is it time to rethink the fly-in medical mission?

These trips — where volunteers from the West visit poorer countries to perform surgeries — are a billion-dollar endeavor. Is it the best way to provide health care?

7 years ago

Students and faculty at Temple University line up outside Mitten Hall for free mumps vaccinations. The university scheduled two vaccination clinics after a mumps outbreak sickened more than 100. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Higher Education
Philadelphia

Mumps outbreak sends Temple students, staff lining up for free MMR vaccines

More than a hundred Temple University students have come down with the mumps over the last month. The school is offering two free clinics this week.

7 years ago

Dr. Anna Broomall established South Philadelphia’s first outpatient maternity-care clinic. (Courtesy of Delaware County Historical Society)
Gender
History

Delco medical trailblazer Anna Broomall honored with historical marker

Anna Broomall broke gender barriers and worked to lower maternal and infant mortality rates.

7 years ago

A drill worker covered in Marcellus shale, and drill cuttings seals off a well and cleans the blowout preventer at a Cabot Oil & Gas natural gas drill site in Kingsley, Pa. Washington County has nearly 1,700 Marcellus shale gas wells. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Environment

State investigating potential cancer cluster in western Pa.; some residents fear an environmental cause

The health department says there have been four cases of Ewing sarcoma in the past decade in the Canon-McMillan School District.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pictured in this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Politics
Public Health

After N.J. passes medical aid-in-dying bill, Murphy vows to sign it

The medical aid-in-dying bill was controversial, and it passed both the N.J. Assembly and Senate with the minimum number of votes.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, Sandy Sopher, 65, smells cannabis buds at Bud and Bloom cannabis dispensary in Santa Ana, Calif. As legal cannabis has spread to dozens of states, more Americans in their 70s and 80s are adding marijuana to the roster of senior activities such as golf and bingo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Aging
Medicine
Public Health

More aging Americans are using pot to soothe what ails them

"I would say the average age of our customers is around 60, maybe even a little older," said Kelty Richardson, a registered nurse with the Halos Health clinic in Boulder, Col.

7 years ago

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association, in a joint statement, endorsed taxes on sugary drinks, restrictions on marketing to kids and incentives for healthier purchases.
(Melissa Lomax Speelman/Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
Kids

To curb kids’ sugary drink habits, pediatricians call for soda taxes nationally

The nation's leading group of kids' doctors has endorsed a range of strategies designed to curb children's consumption — including taxes on sugary drinks and marketing limits.

7 years ago

Dr. Immanuel K. Ho, MD, 
Director of Interventional Endoscopy, in his office at Pennsylvania Hospital.  (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Health Care
Public Health

A quick tutorial on colonoscopies and how they prevent colon cancer

Dr. Immanuel Ho explains what’s involved in a colonoscopy and how finding a polyp early can mean catching it before it becomes cancerous.

7 years ago

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