
Health
Correlating 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 ...
9 years ago
Listen 10:28Why don’t young doctors want to work in primary care?
Half the money and none of the respect, a first-year resident says no wonder new doctors aren’t choosing to be generalists. ...
9 years ago
Listen 16:24A new book deals candidly with a very difficult topic. For decades, history professor Raymond Douglas kept a terrible secret. As ...
Air Date: June 20, 2016
Listen 00:03:19When the gloves came off, Muhammad Ali was a fighter for those suffering from Parkinson’s Disease
For many people, Muhammad Ali was a champion both inside and out of the ring. For people living with Parkins ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:43In Philadelphia, finding dignity for bodies left unclaimed
At Laurel Hill Cemetery in Northwest Philadelphia, it’s easy to overlook a couple of small patches of grass in the center of the s ...
9 years ago
Listen 6:02Protecting the dead, both body and soul
In the Jewish tradition of shemira, the deceased are comforted until burial. This piece is part of our “Bodies” ...
9 years ago
Listen 4:44Even in kids, meditation can improve focus in classroom
Chelsea Silver has been meditating for more than four years. She’s kind of a meditation pro, and she’s only in the fourth gra ...
9 years ago
Healing Works hub offers culturally aware help for trauma
A new initiative is trying to combine resources for all organizations serving young men of color. One of the goals is to bring attention ...
9 years ago
Researchers have known for some time that there’s a link between heart disease and depression. But – if the depression is tre ...
Air Date: April 18, 2016
Listen 00:03:17The Stresses of Medical School
Going to medical school is stressful – that’s not surprising But new research finds that the demands, cost, and competitive natur ...
Air Date: April 4, 2016
Listen 00:03:09Each year, close to 40,000 Americans die by suicide – and researchers are always looking for new ways to prevent these deaths. But – ...
Air Date: March 28, 2016
Listen 00:03:22Delaware County company leads way in recruiting job candidates on autism spectrum
As companies begin to think more critically about how to attract and retain job candidates on the autism spectrum, SAP, a global software ...
9 years ago
Breast cancer and mental health
New research led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich takes a closer look at the impact of a breast cancer diagnosis on people ...
Air Date: March 21, 2016
Listen 00:03:07Where medicine and literature overlap, the excellence of both professions is at play
The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...
9 years ago