Health
Mr. and Mrs. Claus have a brand-new bag
“Hi, kids,” said the 40-something desk clerk, grinning, as my 60-something husband and I scanned our ID fobs at our neighborh ...
9 years ago
What to say to a parent whose child Is born with a disability
Last month, A & E’s reality show “Born This Way” took home an Emmy Award ...
9 years ago
Fact or cartoon fiction: Can the ‘double conk’ cure amnesia?
Mary Spiers runs the website neuropsyfi.com, which is devoted to how brain science is depicted i ...
9 years ago
Listen 9:27My 9-year-old has insomnia; here’s what I learned
Our 9-year-old son has recently been battling insomnia, lying awake each night until 10 or 11 p.m. The rare nights he falls asleep easily ...
9 years ago
Parents, researchers fight to stamp out smoking on the big screen
Some kid movies are kicking the smoking habit. When a movie hero strikes a match and lights a cigarette, it means something. < ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:50I might have Asperger’s Syndrome, but do I really want to know?
People just don't seem to understand the way I think, so when they can follow my train of thought, it feels like I have superpowers.
9 years ago
People with dementia entitled to the dignity of voting
As the 2016 Election approaches, the right to vote will be a deciding factor in the outcome. While courts are over-turning racially motiv ...
10 years ago
Teens are known for their one-word answers, and for being moody – but underneath their often grumpy exterior, many of them are very ...
Air Date: September 12, 2016
Listen 00:03:02Back to School; Back to Stress
What do our emerging adults need from us? What is it like to be a teen in today’s world with working parents, blended families, emp ...
Air Date: September 12, 2016
Listen 00:50:33Across the country, parents have gotten in trouble with the law for letting their children walk home from a park or from school by themse ...
Air Date: September 5, 2016
Listen 00:03:07This 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 ...
10 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 ...
10 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 ...
10 years ago


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