Health
Pharmacy students see first hand Philadelphia’s naloxone shortage
Three pharmacy school students gathered outside a windowless brick storefront in Fairhill, just blocks from Philadelphia’s most not ...
9 years ago
Listen 2:23It’s a rollercoaster raising a transgender child in the spotlight
In Kansas City, the Jackson family is learning to live with the costs of a more public life. At age 3, the child Debi and Tom Jack ...
9 years ago
ListenUnder the bridge, a world of pain not so far from any of us
The suffering I witnessed in the course of some recent reporting I did on the opioid epidemic weighed more heavily on me than a ...
9 years ago
Guests: Emily Dreyfuss, Mary Anne Franks Facebook Live is intended to provide a way to send video of your life and exper ...
Air Date: April 20, 2017
Listen 00:49:29“Deaths of despair”; then, O’Reilly’s troubles
Guests: Angus Deaton, Anne Case, David Folkenflik For most western countries, mortality rates have been in declin ...
Air Date: April 13, 2017
Listen 00:49:28Are you avoiding looking at yourself in a mirror? No longer comfortable going to the pool – or maybe pl ...
Air Date: April 10, 2017
Listen 00:03:28Will we ever get health care reform right?
The ill-conceived replacements for Obamacare would have left some 14 million Americans without health insurance and have an unh ...
9 years ago
This mom hopes for a better future for her son who cannot eat
Amy Marzolino watches her toddler, August, like a hawk, and with good reason. “I’m the mom who’s running across ...
9 years ago
ListenAthletes chase competitive advantage by cutting weight
In certain sports, rapid weight loss is extremely common and extremely dangerous. Boxers, wrestlers, muay thai and mixed martial a ...
9 years ago
ListenHealth experts work hard to counter anti-vaccine activism
One of the first, big decisions parents have to make is whether or not to vaccinate their child. Vaccines are vital to public — ...
9 years ago
ListenFrom snakebites to leadership, students learn medicine in the wild
When you’re trading your medical school classroom for a soggy, chilly nature reserve — you better be prepared. During a wi ...
9 years ago
ListenNeighbors can help prevent domestic abuse
It was 3 a.m. I sat up in bed, disoriented. A man and a woman were shouting. Then I heard a loud thud, followed by a banging sound, as if furniture was being moved.
9 years ago
Veteran with PTSD gets a helping paw from a shelter dog
Many veterans come home and have trouble adjusting to civilian life, and that adjustment weighed heavily on Russel Keyser. In 2004 ...
9 years ago
ListenBoth a mom and a med student: one woman’s midlife career change
Growing up, Regan Causey Tuder heard something that a lot of yo ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:15Why are kids today so anxious?
Anxiety disorders are rising in kids. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’ ...
Air Date: March 20, 2017
Listen 00:03:25