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Apps that deliver birth control pills in the mail help provide a service in
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Birth control apps find a big market in ‘contraception deserts’

8 years ago

Voices in the Family
Sex & Relationships

Can Open Relationships Last?

About 5% of couples have open relationships – where the partners are committed to staying together, but see other people. In ...

Air Date: March 26, 2018

Listen 03:29
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Drawing from another perspective, City Hall exhibit features work by artists with autism

The work is part of the 2018 Philadelphia Autism Project Art Show, which called on the autistic community to submit works conveying their experiences of the city.

8 years ago

Cows from a dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)
Economy
Mental Health
Pennsylvania

As milk prices fall, dairy farmers in Pennsylvania seek mental health support

Milk prices have been falling for several years because supply is outpacing demand. Milk prices are so low, some farmers are losing money every day.

8 years ago

Dr. Garen Wintemute at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, says of the new authority given to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
NPR
National
Politics
Public Safety

Spending bill lets CDC study gun violence; but researchers are skeptical it will help

Some worry that rather than freeing up the CDC to fund more research on gun violence, the new language might do the opposite, by seeming to limit CDC funding.

8 years ago

Joe Schrank (left) ,program director of High Sobriety, and Devin Reaves, director of the Pennsylvania Harm Reduction Coalition, answer questions about medical marijuana and opioid addiction during a program at the University of the Sciences.
Addiction

USciences event considers marijuana as ‘condom of the opioid crisis’

A discussion at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia looked at whether medical marijuana has a place in alleviating Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis.

8 years ago

Cecelia Banks, 92, and her Amazon Alexa device.
The Pulse
Aging
Behavioral Health
Home & Family

At 92, finding a friend in Amazon Alexa

For some older folks, voice assistants can feel like helpful companions.

8 years ago

Listen 3:16
Seventeen-year-olds Maxine Van Osten, left, and Finn Kairer hang out after school in Philadelphia. Both girls have voluntarily reduced their time on their phones and social media. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
The Pulse
Home & Family
Technology

On a break: teens ghost social media

One study found that more than half of teenagers are intentionally spending less time on their phones.

8 years ago

Listen 6:09
Boxes of single-doses vials of the measles-mumps-rubella virus vaccine live
Delaware

Mumps outbreak linked to Hispanic dance festival

Delaware public health officials are investigating a mumps outbreak linked to a Hispanic dance festival.

8 years ago

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Health Care
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. may add 12 medical marijuana dispensaries

Measure under consideration by state lawmakers also calls for including chronic pain as qualifying condition.

8 years ago

Mounting research suggests that African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed late because of bias on the part of health care providers or a lack of information among patient families.
NPR
Health Care
Mental Health
Race & Ethnicity

Black and Latino children are often overlooked when it comes to autism

Sherry Alvarez says she knew there was something different about her son since he was about 9 months old

8 years ago

Sarah Bridges
NewsWorks Tonight
Business

When 2 Philly-area execs were accused of harassment, their companies called this woman

Several of the prominent men accused of sexual harassment recently have said they're getting help for their behavior. But what does that actually mean and does it really work?

8 years ago

Listen 6:25
Voices in the Family
Mental Health

The Power of Touch

When couples hold hands, their breathing and heart rates synchronize. If one of the partners is in pain, it diminishes the more the brain ...

Air Date: March 19, 2018

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A family stand next to their belongings, in front of the remains of their home destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)
Health Care
Mental Health

Puerto Rican evacuees’ medical needs include mental health services

“Folks are coming with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, with anxiety."

8 years ago

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says abortion is safe, but that
NPR
Gender
Health Care
National

Landmark report concludes abortion in U.S. is safe

"I would say the main takeaway is that abortions that are provided in the United States are safe and effective," says Ned Calonge, the co-chair of the committee.

8 years ago

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