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South Jersey hospitals team up to improve access to behavioral care
Five South Jersey health care providers are banding together to offer better mental health services. Health care leaders from thro ...
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We know autism is affecting more families and as these children with autism grow up, they face new challenges. April is Autism Awareness ...
Air Date: April 20, 2015
Listen 00:52:16Child abuse laws putting a strain on PA foster care system
Pennsylvania child abuse laws put in place after the Jerry Sandusky scandal are having an impact on the state’s foster care sy ...
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Stereotypes, Stigma and Mental Illness
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 ...
Air Date: April 13, 2015
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WHYY Pricecheck: Deconstructing the provider charge for a colonoscopy
In the Philadelphia region, the price of a colonoscopy appears to be all over the map, ranging anywhere from $800 to $8,000. That& ...
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Disclose or not? Germanwings tragedy brings new attention to mental illness and workplace
The reported mental health issues of the Germanwings pilot who deliberately crashed a plane last week, killing 150, are fueling internati ...
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Four years later, student-run shelter serves Philly’s most vulnerable homeless
Four years ago, Villanova University professor Stephanie Sena stood inside an empty room in the basement of Philadelphia’s Arch Str ...
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Sport and religion: Connections
Originally broadcast April, 2013 – If you were to draw a Venn diagram of concepts associated with baseball and reli ...
Air Date: March 23, 2015
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How to make sense of your medical bills
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 ...
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One day everything changes. Getting a diagnosis of a lifelong illness changes the way we feel about our bodies, our lives and our death. ...
Air Date: March 16, 2015
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What if restaurants billed like hospitals?
Last week, we launched a new initiative with Clear Health Costs called WHYY PriceCheck to try to help create transparency around pricing ...
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Julianne Moore received an Oscar for her portrayal of a woman with Alzheimer’s in the movie, Still Alice, but what about d ...
Air Date: March 2, 2015
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WHYY’s Pricecheck: Share your medical bill, make health costs transparent
Please fill out the form below to help us and our partner, ClearHealthCosts.com, make health care costs more transparent. (It may take th ...
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Is there a science to love and trust?
Renowned relationship expert, Dr. John Gottman, joins for the hour to discuss his forty years of research into marital stability. At The ...
Air Date: February 23, 2015
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Stepfamilies: What works, what doesn’t
Blended families with children have a lot on their plates. There are roles to define, needs to pay attention to, and loyalties to underst ...
Air Date: February 16, 2015
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