Health & Science
Pa. is paying hospitals to get patients into opioid treatment after overdosing — and it’s working
Half of Pennsylvania hospitals are all-in for a financial incentive program to connect emergency room patients with continuing opioid treatment.
6 years ago
Delco woman with transplanted uterus gives birth to ‘miracle’ baby
Their child, Benjamin, was the first baby born as part of Penn Medicine’s 2-year-old uterine transplant trial.
6 years ago
Hahnemann Hospital’s closure could create a malpractice crisis
Hahnemann Hospital's closure means it may not be able to pay for malpractice insurance for its doctors, who treated some of the city's poorest and sickest patients.
Air Date: January 9, 2020
Listen 13:19Losing your friends, and maybe your mind, in the Pinelands
Two friends dropping acid on an annual camping trip, what could possibly go wrong?
6 years ago
Listen 7:18Philly health department busts 149 tobacco retailers for selling to kids
Permits will be revoked at businesses that sold to minors at least 3 times in the past 2 years. Philadelphia has the highest smoking rate of any U.S. city.
6 years ago
Safehouse asks judge for a final ruling that makes it legal
An October ruling that what would become the 1st U.S. supervised injection site did not violate the “crackhouse statute” was too narrow to close the case.
6 years ago
Regulator cites failures at hospital where 3 preemies died
The hospital routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk, according to a state health department report released Monday.
6 years ago
Hope, happiness and social connection: hidden benefits of regular exercise
If ever there was a time to up your fitness game, the arrival of the new year and the new decade is it.
6 years ago
Governor Wolf promises action on mental health, but doesn’t say how it will be funded
The governor's office says the plan is "aimed at expanding resources" as well as fighting stigma, but said it's too early to talk funding or structure.
6 years ago
Vaping and vaccines to forefront in 2019 healthcare debates
Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.
6 years ago
Effort to control opioids in an ER leaves some sickle cell patients in pain
India Hardy has lived with pain since she was a toddler — from dull persistent aches to acute flare-ups that interrupt the flow of her normal life.
6 years ago
7 women’s health topics we need to talk about in 2020
We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.
6 years ago
The New Year is often a time for a fresh start. We reflect on our past habits, and resolve to do better — eat healthier, work harder, o ...
Air Date: January 3, 2020
Listen 48:515 lessons one doctor learned from the times he almost died
How five near-death experiences drove David Fajgenbaum to live his life to the fullest, and discover a novel treatment for Castleman's disease.
6 years ago
Listen 18:16Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania could be in for a surprise on their next trip to the pharmacy as preferred drug list changes.
6 years ago
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