
Health
Philadelphia and Conrail launch work to clear railroad heroin encampment
Philadelphia and Conrail are starting work today on a plan to clean up a notorious stretch of tracks in the Kensington and Fairhill neigh ...
8 years ago
Tribes hope tradition will fight unhealthy tobacco use
Cheap tribal cigarettes can complicate tobacco control on reservations. States and cities have come to understand that if they jac ...
8 years ago
ListenCan Republicans give Americans with disabilities the health insurance reform they need?
Insurance coverage for health care in America needs reform, especially for those on Medicaid. With the American Health Care Act (AHCA) de ...
8 years ago
At some point or another we all confront some sort of pain. Pain is necessary. We need it to alert us that something is wrong, but when a ...
Air Date: July 24, 2017
Listen 00:50:43Time for Americans to take a break?
A recent study estimates that 36 percent of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress that costs businesses $30 billion a year in lost workdays.
8 years ago
Conrail cleanup challenge: helping Philly heroin users into treatment
Dominic Taraborrelli’s house on Tusculum Street faces ground zero of Philadelphia’s heroin epidemic. Weeds and bushes obscure ...
8 years ago
Listen 6:29New Jersey is third state to raise smoking age to 21
New Jersey has become the third state in the country to raise its smoking age to 21. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed into la ...
8 years ago
Focusing awareness, understanding on helping traumatized kids heal
The goal is a lofty one — to transform the city of Philadelphia. Organizers of Greater Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference are goin ...
8 years ago
Why heat is central to health in traditional Chinese medicine
For Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist Cara Frank, treating patients boils down to one thing: patterns. “We have a saying i ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:53Insurance companies are part of the opioid addiction problem
At first, I just felt very anxious, but anxiety soon led to physical shaking. My stomach felt like someone who weighed 300 pounds was sta ...
8 years ago
Double the data: studying space’s impact on identical twins
Astronauts often become lab rats of sorts – scientists have an intense interest in studying how space affects their bodies and mind ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:10Houston, we have a people problem: the first ‘mutiny’ in space
In 1973, a communication snafu between astronauts in space and their colleagues on Earth, alerted NASA to the need for people skills and ...
8 years ago
Listen 8:06The health care shortage that impacts victims of sexual assault
Some rape victims have to travel hours to get an exam from a nurse with special training and forensic expertise. Debbie Holbrook s ...
8 years ago
Listen 8:47Unbalanced PA budget/Healthcare overhaul
Guests: Katie Meyer, Sarah Karlin-Smith, Robert Field For the second year in a row, Governor Tom Wolf allowed an ...
Air Date: July 13, 2017
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