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Dealing with anxiety, stress while waiting for news from Puerto Rico
For many of the more than 120,000 Puerto Rican Philadelphians, it's been a difficult week as they've been unable to get in touch with their relatives after Hurricane Maria.
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ListenDelaware girl diagnosed with swine flu after Maryland fair visit
A Delaware girl who had recently come in close contact with pigs at the Anne Arundel County Fair has been diagnosed with swine flu.
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Philly launches effort to prevent infant sleeping deaths
Each year, 30 infants die sleep-related deaths in Philadelphia, that’s part of why the city’s infant mortality rate is worse ...
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Magnets! How do they work (for people with anxiety)?
A combination of older and newer treatments had the best results for patients in a recent study on anxiety. Researchers at a German ...
Air Date: September 25, 2017
Listen 3:43Opioid use during pregnancy now a concern for health officials
Nationally, the number of babies suffering from neonatal abstinence syndrome is up fivefold since 2000.
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Dems line up behind Medicare-for-all, GOP tries to repeal ACA
Guests: Jeff Stein, Walter Tsou, Micah Weinberg When Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a single-payer healthcare bil ...
Air Date: September 22, 2017
Listen 00:49:54After overdose deaths, Bucks district approves plan to offer drug counseling in schools
A Bucks County school district is launching an effort to combat the opioid epidemic by putting drug counselors in schools. The Pen ...
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Cuba mystery: What theories US investigators are pursuing
There must be an answer. Whatever is harming U.S. diplomats in Havana, it’s eluded the doctors, scientists and intelligence ...
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How Rutgers became a national model for helping student addicts in recovery
“More colleges and universities are creating sober living programs for student addicts in recovery, and ma ...
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Listen 5:31New initiative coordinates services for homeless in Camden County
At a resource fair for homeless citizens in Camden Wednesday, fair-goers were treated to a hot breakfast, a hot shower if they needed it ...
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Some N.J. providers embrace suicide-prevention approach that emphasizes screening
In New Jersey, hundreds of health providers turned out to a conference on suicide prevention Tuesday — a gathering organizers say would ...
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ListenDuring opioid crisis, Camden leaders put life-saving needle exchange in peril
With a staggering 64,000 Americans killed by drug overdoses last year according to the Centers for Disease Control, needle-exchange progr ...
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The silence surrounding postpartum depression
Many women who have postpartum depression don’t talk about their condition – and don’t ask for help. That’s accor ...
Air Date: September 11, 2017
Listen 00:04:02Philly conference on transgender health opens with ceremony commemorating beloved founder
The 16th annual Philadelphia Trans Health Conference kicked off with workshops a ...
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New Jersey mom takes story of daughter’s opioid death, role of drug company, to Congress
Deborah Fuller is nervous. The Camden County, New Jersey, resident is going before Congress next week to testify at a hearing on the role ...
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