Health

We understand physical ailments…. a broken leg or the flu need time to heal. But with diseases of the brain and mind, we lack the abil ...

In the Philadelphia region, the price of a colonoscopy appears to be all over the map, ranging anywhere from $800 to $8,000. That& ...

The reported mental health issues of the Germanwings pilot who deliberately crashed a plane last week, killing 150, are fueling internati ...

Four years ago, Villanova University professor Stephanie Sena stood inside an empty room in the basement of Philadelphia’s Arch Str ...

Originally broadcast April, 2013 – If you were to draw a Venn diagram of concepts associated with baseball and reli ...

When you look at your medical bill, are you confused about the charges? Do you not know where to start when you’re trying to figure ...

One day everything changes. Getting a diagnosis of a lifelong illness changes the way we feel about our bodies, our lives and our death. ...

Last week, we launched a new initiative with Clear Health Costs called WHYY PriceCheck to try to help create transparency around pricing ...

Julianne Moore received an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman with Alzheimer’s in the movie, Still Alice, but what about d ...

Please fill out the form below to help us and our partner, ClearHealthCosts.com, make health care costs more transparent. (It may take th ...

Renowned relationship expert, Dr. John Gottman, joins for the hour to discuss his forty years of research into marital stability. At The ...

Blended families with children have a lot on their plates. There are roles to define, needs to pay attention to, and loyalties to underst ...

Any parent with a teenager can tell you that their child’s adolescent years can be confusing, anxiety-ridden, tumultuous. Even the ...

Forty years ago, we thought closing psychiatric hospitals was the humane action. But was it? In a ...

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a pioneer in trauma research and treatment, discusses his latest book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind ...