
Health
Questioning a doctor’s prescription for a sore knee: 90 Percocets
As public health officials grapple with how to slow the growing opioid epidemic, the over-prescription of narcotics after even minor surgery is coming under new scrutiny.
8 years ago
New Jersey provides $5M to help pregnant women recover from opioid addiction
As a live-in, residential program, A Place to Call Home will support pregnant women and new mothers struggling with addiction to opioids.
8 years ago
New study rates Pa.’s opioid overdose death rate as sixth highest in the nation
Well Being Trust, a national foundation focused on the mental health of America, ranked Pennsylvania’s opioid overdose death rate as the sixth highest in the nation.
8 years ago
Pa. House passes ‘clean’ CHIP renewal, without ban on transgender coverage
The routine bill became controversial this year, because the Senate inserted language that would have prohibited CHIP from covering transgender kids' transition surgeries.
8 years ago
New Jersey moves toward legalizing recreational pot, but pace uncertain
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's administration promises to be markedly different from that of Gov. Chris Christie, who will leave office in January after two terms.
8 years ago
Listen 3:03FDA OKs new therapy for some hemophilia patients
U.S. regulators have approved the first new treatment in nearly two decades to prevent internal bleeding in certain patients with hemophilia.
8 years ago
Pennsylvania wrestles with uncertainty over children’s health insurance funding
The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, provides health coverage to millions of kids nationwide. But lawmakers have yet to reauthorize it.
8 years ago
Philly summit tackles childhood lead poisoning
City officials and advocates for children’s health gathered Friday at a conference aimed at helping Philadelphia advance measures to reduce lead exposure in homes.
8 years ago
Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge recovering from heart attack
The wife of former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary and Pa. Governor Tom Ridge says he's in the early stages of recovery.
8 years ago
New program offers peer support to women transitioning out of prison
Transitioning out of prison is a difficult process, and for women, it can be even harder, especially with a lack of services geared specifically toward them.
8 years ago
Aaron Carroll’s ‘Bad Food Bible’
Guest: Aaron Carroll Is salt good or bad for you? What about saturated fat or eggs? Should I eat gluten? Do coffe ...
Air Date: November 17, 2017
Listen 49:17At ALS clinic, supporting mental health care not an afterthought
Living with ALS is an extraordinary psychological challenge, and at this clinic, mental health services are integrated into patients’ medical care.
8 years ago
Listen 2:40The complicated ‘science’ of individual Communion cups
Individual communion cups were supposed to be about protection from germs. But a look back shows Americans had other reasons to stop sharing a communion cup.
8 years ago
Listen 6:30Happiness is more than the feeling you get after eating a delicious meal. But what is happiness? On this Voices in the Family special, Dr ...
Air Date: November 16, 2017
Listen 51:03The roots of the opioid epidemic
Guests: Keith Wailoo, Lenny Bernstein Pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors, doctors, drug stores and illeg ...
Air Date: November 16, 2017
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