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Tom Sherman, founder of Galvin Industries, a one-man think tank, says the Gregorian calendar is outdated and has invented a new calendar. (Grant Michael Hill/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Time to rip up the calendar. How about 5 seasons? 9 days in a week?

The Gregorian system we all know is just pseudoscience and so random, says Tom Sherman. He’s out to disrupt it.

6 years ago

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Analogue Antique Watch
The Pulse
Science

It’s About Time

December 30, 2011 never happened in Samoa. The island nation in the South Pacific skipped this day, to move ahead into a different time z ...

Air Date: November 1, 2019

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Take Control PHL
Health
Billy Penn

Philly gives out 750,000 free condoms a year

Here’s a map of where to find them.

6 years ago

Debra D'Aquilante, an infectious disease specialist at Corizon Health, is heading the new hepatitis C treatment effort at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Health

Philly jails to spend $9 million on hepatitis C treatment

The Philadelphia Department of Prisons has quietly started testing all inmates with hep C and curing those who stay long enough to complete treatment.

6 years ago

Needles are bundled in tens for Philadelphia's Prevention Point's exchange program. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Syringe exchange saved billions in HIV-related costs in Philadelphia, study finds

A new report finds that Prevention Point Philadelphia averted more than 10,000 HIV cases, over the course of 10 years.

6 years ago

A new multistate health care partnership will work with regional hospitals to share best practice strategies. (David Mark/Pixabay)
Health

N.J. hospital group joins multistate health care partnership

It’s teaming up with Pennsylvania and Ohio counterparts to improve patient safety and hospital practices

6 years ago

Doctor Daniel Taylor interacting with patient. (Akira Suwa/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Broke in Philly

I’m a Philadelphia pediatrician. Here’s the one thing that would help my patients most.

I ask all the families of my young patients if they are working, staying at home, or in school.

6 years ago

The Pulse
Health
An Audio Walking Tour

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793: ‘All was not right in our city.’

Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure.

6 years ago

Three angel statues seen at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pa. (Image courtesy of Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery)
The Pulse
Health

Between Life and Death

Often we think of life and death as opposite sides of a coin — categories as final as they are discrete. But in an age when machines ca ...

Air Date: October 25, 2019

Listen 48:53
Supporters of House Bill 1900 wore gold shirts at a rally in the state Capitol Wed., Oct. 23, 2019. They want the state to license applied behavior analysis as a medical profession so that insurance will cover it. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Health

Proposal with ‘broad support’ would require license for Pa. therapists who often help children with autism

Applied behavior analysts are licensed in 30 states. Pennsylvania isn't one of them.

6 years ago

Lawmakers and advocates gathered in the Capitol Tuesday to promote their effort to make free menstrual products publicly available. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Health

Menstrual products should be free, Pa. lawmakers say

Calling the issue a matter of public health, the group is proposing four bills that would require public restrooms to provide free pads and tampons to anyone who needs them.

6 years ago

A man exhales a puff of smoke from a vape pipe
Radio Times
Health

Vaping: a public health crisis?

Some state and city governments have begun to implement more stringent regulations when it comes to the sale of vape devices and liquids. But is it an overreaction?

Air Date: October 23, 2019 10:00 am

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NPR
Health

More LOLs, fewer Zzzs: Teens may be losing sleep over social media

Research yet again shows teens are glued to their phones to an unhealthy degree. In fact, they may be choosing social media over sleep.

6 years ago

This June 2014 image provided by the National Institutes of Health, shows red blood cells in a patient with sickle cell disease at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. A small but promising government study by National Institutes of Health found that bone marrow transplants can reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults. Results were published Tuesday, July 1, 2014, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/National Institutes of Health)
Health

Sickle cell cures are near, but some adults worry inadequate care could make them ineligible

Care for adults with sickle cell disease has lagged behind pediatric care. Some adults may not be well enough to receive cures when they come.

6 years ago

Tahirah Austin, who has sickle-cell disease, plays with Kinza, the son of a friend who also has the disease. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Health

Philly doctors worried about a ‘lost generation’ of sickle-cell patients

Patients with sickle-cell disease are living longer and a cure could be around the corner. Why doctors in Philadelphia worry those adult patients might be left behind.

Air Date: October 22, 2019

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