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Health

In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, Adine Usher, 78, meets with breast cancer study leader Dr. Joseph Sparano at the Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough of New York. Usher was one of about 10,000 participants in the study which shows women at low or intermediate risk for breast cancer recurrence may safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of survival. (AP Photo/Kathy Young)
Medicine

Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study finds

The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere.

7 years ago

ALS patient Frank Mongiello communicates with his wife, Marilyn, and his son during a news conference following the passage of the
NewsWorks Tonight
Health Care
Law
Medicine

‘Right to Try’ may not meaningfully change access to drugs for dying patients

Yardley woman waits to see if new law allows her husband to get experimental medication for ALS.

7 years ago

At Holy Smokes, a Philadelphia vape shop, kratom is sold in multiple forms, including as a powder. (Courtesy of Holy Smokes)
The Pulse
Addiction

Fears and evidence clash in the battle over kratom

The government is reviewing the status of an herbal supplement touted to ease opioid addiction.

7 years ago

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A group of women in the community of Mariana, in Puerto Rico, meet everyday to cook for their neighbors. They say after the storm, the work and camaraderie have eased depression. (Irina Zhorov/WHYY)
The Pulse
Public Health

Home-cooked meals and sisterhood — an antidote for Hurricane Maria blues

Still reeling after lasts year’s storm season, women in the town of Mariana, Puerto Rico, spend time together and prepare meals for others to ease depression.

7 years ago

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A 1943 photograph of a detention hospital for infected women in Leesville, LA.
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
History
Public Health

The American Plan: the government’s incarceration of ‘promiscuous’ women

Guest: Scott Stern The United States government incarcerated tens of thousands of “promiscuous” women in the ...

Air Date: May 31, 2018 10:00 am

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Philadelphia police speak to residents of a homeless encampment at Kensington and Lehigh avenues before a scheduled clean out in May 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Philadelphia

Philadelphia clears encampments of homeless drug users in Kensington

More than 100 displaced people accepted help in the form or treatment or shelter while demonstrators protested the eviction.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (far right) attended a hearing on opioid prescriptions in Bensalem Tuesday.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Law

Toomey calls for Medicare, Medicaid to expand monitoring of opioid prescriptions

One out of three people enrolled in Medicare’s prescription drug benefit plan received an opioid in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

7 years ago

Nurse with child
Health Care
Immigration
Kids

Campaign pushing Pa. to cover unauthorized children through state health insurance

Advocate says change can be accomplished simply: Remove 13 words in the current CHIP statute that exclude undocumented kids from eligibility.

7 years ago

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Kids

Your child’s allergies could be caused by acid reflux

Low-acid diet may clear up the breathing problems that can result from respirator reflux.

7 years ago

Many Medicare patients don't realize they can sometimes pay less out-of-pocket for a prescription drug if they pay cash, instead of the insurance copay. Do keep the receipt; it may count insurance-wise as an out-of-pocket expense
NPR
Health Care
Medicine

To lower your Medicare drug costs, ask your pharmacist for the cash price

Many Medicare patients don't realize they can sometimes pay less out-of-pocket for a prescription drug if they pay cash, instead of the insurance copay.

7 years ago

Lacey Kohlmoos, with her son Finn, and Samantha Matlin, with children Olivia, 4, and Logan, 2, campaigned for lactation facilities at 30th Street Station.
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Transportation

After push from 2 Philly moms, Amtrak adds breastfeeding facility at 30th Street Station

One of the women who pushed for the accommodation said she sees it as an indication of a cultural shift.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times
Mental Health
Military

Memorial Day special

Guests: Thomas Childers, Michael Miller, Jacinta Johnson, Winden Rowe, Elyse Fenton Today on the show we’re goi ...

Air Date: May 28, 2018 10:00 am

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Susquehanna Township EMS director Matt Baily removes naloxone from a supply cabinet. EMS personnel will begin carrying a non-addictive pain drug, keterolac, beginning July 1. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
WITF
Addiction
Pennsylvania

Pa. first responders to carry non-addictive pain drug

The state Department of Health has approved EMS personnel to carry a non-addictive pain drug called keterolac, also known by the brand name Toradal.

7 years ago

Emergency room doctors from the University of Colorado School of Medicine take part in a new kind of firearm training. (Courtesy of Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine)
The Pulse
Health Care
Public Health
Public Safety

To better counsel patients, doctors try handling firearms themselves

Emergency medicine doctor Emmy Betz wanted to get more comfortable with guns. Pistol instructor and family physician Michael Victoroff had a proposal for her.

7 years ago

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Domestic Violence survivor Renee Norris Jones at her home in Nicetown. Norris Jones said that despite enduring years of abuse, nothing gave her more fear than when she was confronted with a gun. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Behavioral Health
Criminal Justice
Sex & Relationships

After years of domestic violence, a gun changed everything

Renee Norris Jones was in an abusive relationship for seven years.

7 years ago

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