Health
Center City’s first pot dispensary set to open this fall
Until now, any operating dispensaries have been in the suburbs.
8 years ago
How diabetes has shaped my life — two perspectives
Catherine Price has Type 1 diabetes; Keysha Brooker has Type 2. As part of The Pulse’s “The Cost of Diabetes” episode, we invited them to our studio to meet.
8 years ago
Listen 7:00DNA, diabetes and family destiny
Diabetes runs is Kristen Cabrera’s family. Her dad, plus seven aunts and uncles have the illness. She gathered them at home in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley to talk about it.
8 years ago
Listen 6:33Bucks recovery houses striving to be better neighbors
At community outreach in Bristol Township, recovery home residents invite residents to hear how the homes work — and how important they are to those fighting addictions.
8 years ago
Listen 2:144 new exemptions to the tax penalty for lacking health insurance
The penalty for not having health insurance in 2018 is the greater of $695 or 2.5 percent of household income.
8 years ago
Philly overdose deaths surged past 1,200 in 2017. The reason? Fentanyl
“Fentanyl has taken over from heroin as the number one drug that’s killing people in Philadelphia today,” said Health Commissioner Thomas Farley.
8 years ago
Project Home unveils new housing in North Philly for those in recovery
The Ruth Williams House’s 88 new units are reserved for those who have been homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless.
8 years ago
Invasive tick species found last year in New Jersey survived winter
The longhorned tick is known to transmit diseases in East Asia, but no disease has been detected in the ones found in Hunterdon County.
8 years ago
Anxiety relief without the high: New studies on CBD, a cannabis extract
As more states legalize marijuana, there's growing interest in a cannabis extract — cannabidiol, also known as CBD.
8 years ago
Amid Pa. opioid disaster, lacking ID still a barrier to treatment
It's not easy to hold onto your possessions when you're living on the street, and that also goes for your license or birth certificate.
8 years ago
When teens cyberbully themselves
They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.
8 years ago
After air accidents, survivors grapple with flying again
Plane crashes are rare, but when they happen, people often survive them.
8 years ago
The current political atmosphere has many people feeling distressed. What’s the best way to cope with our emotions when we’re outrage ...
Air Date: April 20, 2018
Listen 51:18Thirty-four-year-old Meghan Adorno says being vegan is about keeping herself healthy, protecting animals, and saving the planet.
8 years ago
Listen 2:40Debate over Philly’s safe injection site plan gets personal
Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites. The debate has infused their conversations, in all hours of the day and night.
8 years ago
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