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Health

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

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 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

 Kevin Dixon, Tre'Cia Gibson, and Jahzaire Sutton work at Rebel Ventures, a youth-centric business that develops healthy snacks served by the School District of Philadelphia and other venues around the city. (Jarrett Stein for NewsWorks)
Speak Easy
Economic Development
Environment
Kids

On urban food access, don’t forget the voices of youth

We've heard experts, teachers, professors, politicians, and health workers weigh in on food access in Philadelphia, but we shouldn't forget the voices of those most affected.

9 years ago

Lawmakers and nursing advocates call for action to relieve the backlog in approving nursing licenses and home health-aide certifications.
Aging
New Jersey
Public Health

Advocates, N.J. lawmakers seek fully staffed nursing board to expedite licensing, certification

Some New Jersey lawmakers and advocacy groups are urging the Christie administration to fill six vacancies on the state’s 13-member ...

9 years ago

breast cancer ribbon
Voices in the Family
Mental Health

How to support cancer patients

When a friend, a neighbor or co-worker is dealing with cancer – most of us want to chime in – with messages of support, or em ...

Air Date: July 31, 2017

Listen 00:03:27
Radio Times
Home & Family
Mental Health

Loyalty in relationships, in politics, and at work

Guests: Dacher Keltner, Jeff Shesol When President Trump was reciting ‘Scout’s Law’ a the recent Boy Scout ...

Air Date: July 31, 2017

Listen 00:49:00
 Trash near a heroin encampment is seen from a Conrail vehicle on Thursday. (Joel Wolfram / WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia and Conrail launch work to clear railroad heroin encampment

Philadelphia and Conrail are starting work today on a plan to clean up a notorious stretch of tracks in the Kensington and Fairhill neigh ...

9 years ago

 A billboard advertises discounted cigarettes adjacent to a field used to grow tobacco on the Seneca Nation's Cattauragus reservation in Western New York. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Medicine

Tribes hope tradition will fight unhealthy tobacco use

Cheap tribal cigarettes can complicate tobacco control on reservations. States and cities have come to understand that if they jac ...

9 years ago

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 Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach. (Justin Auciello for NewsWorks)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Health
Public Spaces

UPDATE: Bacteria spurs N.J. beach closures

UPDAT ...

9 years ago

President Donald Trump departs after speaking during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 24, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Speak Easy
Insurance
Medicine
Public Health

Can Republicans give Americans with disabilities the health insurance reform they need?

Insurance coverage for health care in America needs reform, especially for those on Medicaid. With the American Health Care Act (AHCA) de ...

9 years ago

painkillers
Voices in the Family

The Pain of it All

At some point or another we all confront some sort of pain. Pain is necessary. We need it to alert us that something is wrong, but when a ...

Air Date: July 24, 2017

Listen 00:50:43
 Two workers take a nap on a roof in Madrid, Spain. (AP Photo/Alberto Di Lolli, File)
Speak Easy
International
Mental Health
National

Time for Americans to take a break?

A recent study estimates that 36 percent of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress that costs businesses $30 billion a year in lost workdays.

9 years ago

 The City of Philadelphia and Conrail will work together to clean and secure the Conrail property in the Fairhill-Kensington neighborhood long used as a campground for drug addicts. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health

Conrail cleanup challenge: helping Philly heroin users into treatment

Dominic Taraborrelli’s house on Tusculum Street faces ground zero of Philadelphia’s heroin epidemic. Weeds and bushes obscure ...

9 years ago

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New Jersey joins California and Hawaii as the only states that you have to be 21 years old to smoke. (Shutterstock image)
Behavioral Health
New Jersey
Public Health

New Jersey is third state to raise smoking age to 21

New Jersey has become the third state in the country to raise its smoking age to 21. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed into la ...

9 years ago

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