Health
Aaron Carroll’s ‘Bad Food Bible’
Air Date: November 17, 2017
Listen 49:17At ALS clinic, supporting mental health care not an afterthought
Living with ALS is an extraordinary psychological challenge, and at this clinic, mental health services are integrated into patients’ medical care.
6 years ago
Listen 2:40The complicated ‘science’ of individual Communion cups
Individual communion cups were supposed to be about protection from germs. But a look back shows Americans had other reasons to stop sharing a communion cup.
6 years ago
Listen 6:30Air Date: November 16, 2017
Listen 51:03The roots of the opioid epidemic
Air Date: November 16, 2017
Listen 49:15Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt dies at 80
"Uwe Reinhardt was a giant in our field, a moral compass for American health care," said Drew Altman, President and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
6 years ago
As sexual abuse victims find their voice, don’t forget the process of their recovery
I have been counseling survivors of all types of abuse and assault for over 20 years. It is not uncommon for me to meet someone decades after their trauma occurred.
6 years ago
Vietnam vets become ‘lung brothers’
Two veterans receive a lung each from the same donor at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
6 years ago
Listen 4:37Suicide crisis reaches beyond combat veterans
Veterans overall have a 22 percent higher risk of suicide than the general population, but women who served are more than twice as likely to take their own life.
6 years ago
Penn launches clinical trial for uterine transplants
Eight babies have been born in Sweden after their mothers received uterine transplants, but this has yet to be done in the U.S.
6 years ago
Philly-area high schools upgrade helmets, but there’s room for improvement
Given the dangers of brain trauma from helmet-to-helmet contact, would you want your child to play high school football? A new Philadelphia Inquirer analysis offers insight.
6 years ago
Listen 4:45Delaware officials say opioid prescriptions declining
The Division of Professional Regulations say new regulations are preventing over prescribing.
6 years ago
Offering homeless vets social support first — before housing
Veterans on Patrol runs controversial, sometimes illegal, camps to get chronically homeless vets off the street.
6 years ago
Listen 5:5544 train engineers diagnosed with sleep apnea, sidelined
Dozens of New Jersey Transit train engineers have been sidelined because testing imposed after a deadly rail crash found they suffered from sleep apnea.
6 years ago