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Mental health and black communities

Guests: Delane Casiano, Karriem Salaam, Howard Stevenson African Americans are more likely to report mental healt ...

Air Date: August 27, 2018 10:00 am

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Nutritionist Nyree Dardarian ate McDonald's food for three meals a day for a month. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

To prove a point, Drexel prof goes on monthlong McDonald’s diet

She says the 2004 movie 'Super Size Me' sent the wrong message, and she wants to destigmatize fast food.

7 years ago

Mario Ramos (left) and wife Tally adjust their umbrellas in Laguna Beach, Calif. The state was among a number of places this summer that experienced their highest temperatures on record. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
NPR
Environment

So far, more heat waves do not mean more heat deaths

7 years ago

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K-12

Sending ‘sick’ kids to school is the new normal

In the face of ringworm, scabies — even lice — keeping kids in class is a priority.

7 years ago

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In all 50 states, children are required to receive certain vaccinations in order to attend public school. (Bigstock/borgogniels)
The Pulse
K-12
Public Health

Vaccines and schools — a public health power couple

School vaccination laws took a long time to take root. Today, every state has one. Here’s how that happened.

7 years ago

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The Pulse
Gender
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Sex & Relationships

Times have changed. Is sex ed ready?

The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?

7 years ago

Listen 7:46
A syringe found on a Monmouth County beach last month. (Photo: Robert Siliato)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

Syringes once again wash ashore on some N.J. beaches

Medical waste has once again washed ashore on some New Jersey beaches. 

7 years ago

The Natural Cycles smartphone app figures out the days of the month when a woman is likely to be fertile. (Nishat Ahmed/AP)
NPR
Home & Family
Public Health
Technology

FDA stirs contraception debate with OK for ‘natural’ birth control app

The Natural Cycles app instructs women to take their temperature at the same time every morning when they awake and record it in the app.

7 years ago

(Image via Advocates for Children of New Jersey)
Kids
New Jersey

New Jersey kids better off than most in U.S., but poverty rates vary widely by county

About 15 percent of kids in the Garden State live in poverty, while the national average is 21 percent.

7 years ago

Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach. (Image: Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Health

3 N.J. beaches under swimming advisories due to elevated bacteria

Three New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories Tuesday due to elevated bacteria counts. 

7 years ago

Voices in the Family
Mental Health
Sex & Relationships

How to give good advice

Advice from others can be helpful – but it’s not always welcome. When a neighbor, colleague or loved one tries to tell you how to liv ...

Air Date: August 21, 2018

Listen 03:29
Researchers are trying to understand why black and Latino children are more likely to die of certain cancers.
NPR
Health Care
Race & Ethnicity

Why are black and Latino kids more likely to die of certain cancers?

When it comes to cancer survival, the United States is sharply divided by race.

7 years ago

Barb Williamson runs a drug recovery house in Bucks County. She recently changed her policy after complaints that she wasn't admitting people who use medication-assisted treatments such as Suboxone. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Public Health

On front lines of opioid crisis, recovery houses slowly accepting contested treatment approach

Patients using medication-assisted treatments slowly being accepted into group recovery homes.

7 years ago

Listen 6:14
Screening for lung cancer can catch tumors but it can also produce false positives. Patients need to decide whether it's right for them, but doctors often don't know how to advise them. (FS Productions/Getty Images/Blend Images)
NPR
Health Care
Technology

Should you get that scan? Your doctor might not be great at helping you decide

"It's about a deeper issue: ... Is healthcare structured to give patients the information they need to make informed decisions?"

7 years ago

The sign on a Chipotle restaurant in Pittsburgh, photographed in 2017.
(Gene J. Puskar/AP)
NPR
Food & Drink
National

Chipotle to retrain employees after latest outbreak of food poisoning

Health officials have determined that a type of bacteria found in food left at unsafe temperatures is the cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness.

7 years ago

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