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a grumpy man
Voices in the Family
Mental Health

Find the positive in feeling negative

When you’re feeling grumpy, or irritated, or sad – the best remedy might be to embrace those negative feelings – that ...

Air Date: August 22, 2017

Listen 00:03:40
 (Graphic courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Environment
New Jersey

Panic is the biggest enemy for those caught in a rip current

“Don’t Panic.” In Douglas Adam’s brilliant sci-fi comedy “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ...

9 years ago

 (NewsWorks file photo)
New Jersey
Public Health

Trenton Water Works alerts homeowners of high lead levels, warns against drinking water

Dangerously high lead levels have been discovered in water at more than a dozen of nearly 120 homes and buildings tested recently by the ...

9 years ago

First
Delaware
Medicine
National

First Person: Dr. Kara Odom Walker

First Person this week is the head of Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Services Dr. Kara Odom Walker. We discuss t ...

9 years ago

 Under the 2nd street bridge in El Campamento, Kensington/Fairhill section of Philadelphia. (Photo by Jeffrey Stockbridge, https://kensingtonblues.com/)
The Pulse
Homelessness
Infrastructure
Public Health

The story behind Philly’s heroin encampment

As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...

9 years ago

Listen 13:03
 New Jersey is trying to lure more psychiatrists to underserved rural areas. (Bigstock)
Behavioral Health
Mental Health
New Jersey

New Jersey offers incentives for psychiatrists to set up shop in rural, low-income areas

Amid a national shortage of psychiatrists, residents of rural and low-income areas feel are feeling the  pinch more strongly. Ech ...

9 years ago

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Behavioral Health
Medicine
Philadelphia

Study finds one in three Philadelphia residents used an opioid last year

One third of adults in Philadelphia have used an opioid in the last year, and the majority of those drugs came directly from a doctor. Th ...

9 years ago

(AP Photo/USDA, File)
Delaware
Medicine
Public Health

Delaware horse infected with West Nile

A horse in Delaware was euthanized after it was infected with West Nile Virus. This is the first time this year a horse has been i ...

9 years ago

 Tobacco plots at the University of Kentucky. Researchers are growing Burley plants, the most common tobacco variety in the United States. (Morgane Fouse of Prismatic Radio LLC./for WHYY)
The Pulse
Food & Drink
National
Public Health

As Americans quit smoking, farmers give up tobacco

Shifting public opinion and smoking habits have changed Kentucky farming. I’m in northern Kentucky with University of Kentuc ...

9 years ago

Listen 9:18
doctor's office
Voices in the Family

Are obese people treated differently at the doctor’s office?

Being judged for your weight in a doctor’s office can have serious side effects. That’s according to a new review of research ...

Air Date: August 14, 2017

Listen 00:03:16
Donald Trump
Radio Times
Mental Health
Race & Ethnicity

The Violence in Charlottesville / Debating ‘The Goldwater Rule’

Guests: Peter Simi, John Gartner, Christine Aschwanden We start this hour discussing the violence in Charlottesvi ...

Air Date: August 14, 2017

Listen 0:00
 Ballerina flats are the worst shoes to wear if you want to prevent sweaty, smelly feet. (WHYY News)
The Pulse
Medicine

How to deal with sweaty, smelly feet

We do a lot of walking during the summer, slogging a few blocks to the beach in the blazing sun, carrying those pesky chairs and the umbr ...

9 years ago

Listen 4:40
Asteria Vives peers into the shack that served as the
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health

Cleanup work along Philly Conrail tracks reaches ‘El Campamento’ heroin haven

As the second week of clearing out the heroin havens along the Conrail railroad gulch in Philadelphia’s Kensington section draws to ...

9 years ago

Listen 2:48
meditation
Voices in the Family
Mental Health

Can meditation ease chronic pain?

With the country in the midst of an addiction crisis, health care providers are looking for new ways to treat their patients’ pain ...

Air Date: August 7, 2017

Listen 00:03:22
 The outreach trailer at A and Tusculum Streets that temporarily closed on Thursday. (Joel Wolfram / WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly outreach presence scales down as cleanup of Conrail drug haven continues

As work progressed on the cleanup of the Conrail tracks frequented by heroin users in Philadelphia’s Kensington and Fairh ...

9 years ago

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