Health
This is what I’m doing while you are asleep
I don’t know if it is due to an undesirable hereditary trait or some kind of chemical change, but insomnia seems to have attacked my sy ...
8 years ago
Philly women of color offer stories of hope amid struggle for mental health
Vanessa Hazzard and Iresha Picot want more people of color to feel comfortable talking about mental health care. Statistics show t ...
8 years ago
Diagnosing poison ivy is easy. Getting my insurance company to pay for the generic steroid cream to cure it? Not so much. Getting ...
8 years ago
Having a positive attitude about aging makes older adults more resilient when faced with stressful situations ...
Air Date: August 15, 2016
Listen 00:03:51Safe natural gas pipeline, union workers deserve support
Here in Pennsylvania, we are blessed to be sitting on top of one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the world. The shale revolutio ...
8 years ago
Inability to manage stress and negative emotions is tied to opioid misuse in adults with chronic pain, according to a new study published ...
Air Date: August 8, 2016
Listen 00:03:52Helping doctors help Pa. kids without over reliance on psychiatric drugs
After two years of progress reducing how often Pennsylvania kids on Medicaid are prescribed psychiatric medications, the state is offerin ...
8 years ago
We have about six weeks until Labor Day – so how has your summer been so far? Have you been able to fit in all of the fun and relax ...
Air Date: July 26, 2016
Listen 00:03:4840 years after Legionnaires outbreak, the case for a ‘Safe Breathing Water Act’
Forty years ago this month, more than ...
8 years ago
If Bela Batorfi has his way, Hungary may soon be synonymous with complex dental procedures in the way that France is known for baguettes ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:51The impact of violent images on our health
The more time we spend online, the more we end up witnessing violence and violent incidents. The video of Philando Castile bleeding to de ...
Air Date: July 18, 2016
Listen 00:03:03Attention Deficit Disorder and Education
Attention Deficit Disorder has certainly faded from the headlines a bit in recent years, but it still affects millions of people – ...
Air Date: July 12, 2016
Listen 00:00:20Dr. Dan gathered together academics Kathleen Hall Jamieson and David Redlawsk and clinician Lisa J. Cohen for a non-partisan discussion o ...
Air Date: July 11, 2016
Listen 00:50:31Correlating intense emotions with specific health conditions
Researchers have long known that intense emotions felt over time can affect our health. A new study digs a bit deeper: it analyzed argume ...
Air Date: July 5, 2016
Listen 00:03:29Are good care and compassion lost in efforts to curb opioid prescriptions?
“I feel like I have to re-prove myself every time I go to the doctor” — a patient and a health policy expert weigh in on Am ...
8 years ago
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