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Health

Celgene has managed to thwart several generic drugmakers who want to compete with cheaper versions of its medicines.
NPR
Health Care
Medicine

How a drugmaker gamed the system to keep generic competition away

"Prices like this are bad for patients," said David Mitchell, who last year founded the nonprofit advocacy group Patients for Affordable Drugs. "They hurt patients."

8 years ago

A visitor to the Kensington Avenue heroin encampment checks on a friend. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia

With Conrail cleanup in rear view, Philly clearing new Kensington heroin camps

Some fear the approach could scatter homeless drug users around the neighborhood.

8 years ago

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Correctional Sgt. Steven Floyd was beaten and stabbed to death during the uprising at the Vaughn prison. (File/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Health Care

Report: Long waits for health care, outdated technology at Vaughn prison

An independent assessment of health care at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna finds fault with its 'sick call' process.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall Long announce a three-year action plan to combat addiction and address mental health issues. (WHYY/Paul Parmalee)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Delaware
Mental Health
Politics
Public Health

Delaware readies coordinated effort to fight addiction, improve mental health care

Gov. Carney: “We know there’s a huge cost. There’s no price you can put on the loss of a loved one. And that motivation needs to be with us as we implement this action plan.”

8 years ago

In this April 14, 2016, file photo, a son, (at right), holds his mother's hand at her nursing home in Michigan. Most young adults haven’t given much thought to their own needs as they get older, but a significant number are already providing long-term care for older loved ones, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.   (Carlos Osorio/AP Photo, File)
Aging
Mental Health
National

Poll: Young adults feel stress of long-term care

According to the poll, a third of American adults under age 40 have already provided care for an older relative or friend.

8 years ago

Police patrol car with flashing lights and siren on
Addiction
Delaware
Policing

Delaware program pairs counselors, cops to help suspects with mental illness

The program is funded by a $73,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Behavioral Health
Public Health

Intimate partner violence

Guests: Susan Higginbothem, Tony Lapp, Azucena Ugarte The disturbing abuse allegations by four women against New ...

Air Date: May 14, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, a 19-year-old transgender teen, who declined to be identified because she feared for her life after receiving death threats this summer at a halfway house, poses for a photo. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
WITF
Kids
Mental Health

Study: Teen depression rates soared in recent years

Rates of major depression are up 63 percent among teens, and are up nearly 50 percent among young adults.

8 years ago

Dr. Paul Marik (left) discusses patient care with medical students and resident physicians during morning rounds at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in 2014 in Norfolk, Va. (Jay Westcott for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Medicine
National

Can a cocktail of vitamins and steroids cure a major killer in hospitals?

Scientists have launched two large studies to test a treatment that could have an enormous impact on the leading cause of death in American hospitals — sepsis.

8 years ago

Oak tree pollen (Emma Lee/WHYY News)
NewsWorks Tonight
Public Health

It’s been an unusually bad allergy season. Here’s why it may be getting worse

It's been an unusually bad season for allergy sufferers. There is more pollen in the air than normal for this time of year, and it may not get much better anytime soon.

8 years ago

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A man in a red shirt holds a lit cigarette in his right hand
Philadelphia
Public Health

Drexel study: Tobacco smoke residue can become airborne again indoors

You might be breathing chemical residue from tobacco smoke in indoor spaces where no one has smoked for years.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, left, listens to state Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Phila.) during a news conference Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. Wolf announced a $1.5 million grant program aimed at reducing gun violence around the state. Wolf unveiled the Gun Violence Reduction Initiative Tuesday and Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is accepting applications for the grants and will start awarding them in early July. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Politics
Public Safety

Wolf, Pa. Legislative Black Caucus pledge to reduce gun violence

The new effort offers $1.5 million for distribution to community groups around the state working to prevent or respond to gun violence.

8 years ago

Radio Times
LGBTQ
Mental Health

Dr. Henry Anonymous, homosexuality, and the DSM

Guests: Ain Gordon, Lance Wahlert At the 1972 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Conference, Philadelp ...

Air Date: May 8, 2018 10:00 am

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pharmacy
Speak Easy
Addiction
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Pharmacies, prescription providers dangerously clueless about naloxone policies

On a recent Thursday morning, I walked into a North Philly Rite Aid on what should have been an easy mission: I needed Narcan.

8 years ago

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PBS

New National Institutes of Health project raises privacy concerns

8 years ago

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