
Health
Delaware confirms first flu cases of the season
The Delaware Division of Public Health confirmed six people are among the first to be diagnosed with the flu for the 2017-2018 season.
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Delaware among top states for STDs
The CDC’s surveillance report on STDs shows Delaware has the eighth highest rate of chlamydia cases, the tenth highest rate of gonorrhea and the 24th highest rate of syphilis.
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Guests: Nuala Cabral, Lisa Huebner, Jaclyn Friedman Since actress Alyssa Milano encouraged wom ...
Air Date: October 25, 2017
Listen 49:15Penn receives $6.4 million from NIMH for new mental health center
University of Pennsylvania researchers want to try to reduce something called the “research to practice gap” in mental health.
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Don’t keep hanging on the telephone
There’s a new study on romantic relationships titled “My life has become a major distraction from my cell phone.” ...
Air Date: October 23, 2017
Listen 03:03FDA approves gene therapy to treat cancer in white blood cells
Some say this is a turning point in using these treatments for cancer, and expect more developments in the future.
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Suicide prevention is everyone’s job
More people die by suicide than by motor vehicle crashes. And if you think you are immune, you are not.
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Feeding your baby another woman’s milk
Humans have a long history of sharing breast milk, but society’s acceptance has ebbed and flowed.
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Listen 0:00Shedding light on homeless youth, America’s ‘invisible children’
Homelessness is perhaps a bigger problem among our nation’s youth than you may have imagined. And they are right here in our backyard.
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Language gap between doctors, patients evident in Philly's Vietnamese community
What happens if you and your doctor don’t speak the same language? According to a new report, that’s the case for many patients across the country.
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Lindsey Fitzharris on “The Butchering Art”
Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, pain, saws and no sanitation. In fact, operating theaters use ...
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Listen 35:30“The Butchering Art” / Bergdahl pleads guilty
Guests: Lindsey Fitzharris, Dan Lamothe Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, ...
Air Date: October 17, 2017
Listen 49:00Camden vigil puts a human face on the rising death toll of addiction
The vigil put a human face on the statistics making headlines. The names and photos of overdose victims were projected in a slideshow that honored nearly 900 lives cut short.
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Shapiro joins other states in suing Trump over diluting ACA mandate on birth control
Pennsylvania's attorney general says the Trump administration has broken the law and "undermined the health and economic independence of American women."
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