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Eleven-year-old Ella Koehler, of Seattle United soccer club, heads the ball at a practice on the University of Washington campus. It's the first year she and her teammates of the same age can use the technique. A 2015 rule by the U.S. Soccer Federation banned heading for kids ages 10 years old and younger. (Tom Goldman/NPR)
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Women’s soccer stars concerned about trauma from repetitive head impact

As research into head injuries expands to include women's soccer, some of the sport's former stars are calling attention to the health fallout from heading the ball.

6 years ago

In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, photo, 10-year-old twin brothers Ryan left, and Jack Ykoruk, play in the Lincoln Financial Field sensory room before a preseason NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Health

Eagles build room in Linc for fans with sensory needs

They became the first NFL team to create a fully dedicated sensory room inside their stadium.

6 years ago

Seeing dogs all day has its perks, veterinary neurologist Carrie Jurney says. But it also has downsides, including stress, debt, long hours and facing online harassment. (Janet Delaney for NPR)
NPR
Health

Veterinarians are killing themselves. An online group is there to listen and help

"I had 86 people in my vet school class," Carrie Jurney says. "Graduating class of 2005. Three of them are gone. Died by their own hand."

6 years ago

UK Biobank has granted 10,000 qualified scientists access to its large database of genetic sequences and other medical data, but other organizations with databases have been far more restrictive in giving access. (KTSDESIGN/Getty Images/Science Photo Library)
NPR
Health

How should scientists’ access to health databanks be managed?

Medical and genetic data from more than a million Americans are now in scientific databases. Some programs hoard the data, while others share widely with scientists.

6 years ago

Dr. Peter Grinspoon was a practicing physician when he became addicted to opioids. When he got caught, Grinspoon wasn't allowed access to what's now the standard treatment for addiction — buprenorphine or methadone (in addition to counseling) — precisely because he was a doctor. (Tony Luong for NPR)
NPR
Health

For health workers struggling with addiction, why are treatment options limited?

Doctors and nurses are often barred from turning to FDA-approved medications that research shows to be the most effective way to quit.

6 years ago

A child is immunized against measles, mumps and rubella in Lyon, France. (BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty)
NPR
Health

Why the measles surge could open the door to a host of other diseases

There's mounting evidence that the measles virus can erase our immunity to everything from influenza viruses to diarrheal disease.

6 years ago

A woman takes a puff from a cannabis vape pen in Los Angeles. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Health

U.S. health officials report new vaping deaths, repeat warning

U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses.

6 years ago

Hahnemann University Hospital. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Bankruptcy judge approves $55 million sale of Hahnemann residency program

The hospital plans to close its doors Friday. Its owner has been wrangling with the federal government for weeks over the residency program was an asset.

6 years ago

Dr. Grier Arthur, a pediatric surgeon at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, expresses the conditions the hospital staff would like to see met by a new owner. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

St. Christopher’s doctors call for local nonprofit to buy hospital

Physicians at the children’s hospital and community members want a local nonprofit to buy the facility, owned by Hahnemann’s parent, and maintain services.

6 years ago

Vaping liquid in a variety of flavors (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Amid vaping-related illness outbreak, could New Jersey ban flavored e-cigarettes?

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he is “open-minded” to a statewide ban on flavored e-cigarettes after Michigan made a similar move this week.

6 years ago

(Bigstock)
Radio Times
Health

Bioethics and changing health care

The era of modern medicine has seen a wave of new technology and lifesaving treatments. But should we be asking tougher questions about these medical advances?

Air Date: September 5, 2019 10:00 am

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Images show Grand Bahama Island before and during Hurricane Dorian. The “before” image was taken April 19. The “during” image was taken Monday and uses radar to penetrate the cloud cover. Areas that are not flooded appear nearly black.

Source: Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (accessed via Planet Labs Inc), ICEYE
NPR
Science

Satellite imagery shows extent of devastating flooding on Grand Bahama Island

A commercial satellite image shows just how much of Grand Bahama Island is underwater following days of torrential rain and massive storm surge from Hurricane Dorian.

6 years ago

Kim Delea (left) and Alyssa Carroll, eyes on their smartphones.
(Randy Scott Carroll for WHYY)
Health

Put down the phones and let’s talk, these teenagers say

These days, limiting time spent on smartphones is a challenge for adults and teenagers alike.

6 years ago

Listen 4:44
Daniel Semenza, an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers, and Ilene M. Rosen, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Teen brains require many z’s, for many reasons

Some middle and high schools in the area are starting their school days later, which experts say will result in healthier, less troublemaking students.

6 years ago

Listen 6:42
PET brain imaging of an opioid receptor binding. (Penn Medicine)
Science

Penn ramps up addiction research that could help doctors tailor treatments

The PET Addiction Center of Excellence will use PET scans to peer inside the brain, allowing for the study of opioid receptors’ function in different individuals.

6 years ago

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