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Acting Secretary of Health and Physician General Dr. Rachel Levine announces new safe guidelines for prescribing opioids to children.
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Pa. sets new guidelines for prescribing opioids to kids

The guidelines are the latest in a series the state has adopted to advise doctors in different medical specialties.

8 years ago

This photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Health

Cooper Health specialist: Time to treat opioid addiction like a disease — with medicine

“Opioid epidemic.” The phrase has become ingrained in American public discourse, at candidate debates and community meetings, and in ...

8 years ago

A view of the Delaware River from Washington Crossing Bridge at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Fracking ban proposed for Delaware River basin; ‘significant risks’ cited

The Delaware River Basin Commission on Thursday proposed a ban on fracking for natural gas in the basin.

8 years ago

“Stress and trauma is not an individual issue, it's a familial and societal issue,” says a child and adolescent psychiatrist who teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.(Anastasia_Vish/Bigstock)
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Can trauma be passed down by generation?

A new study by researchers from Scandinavia and Johns Hopkins University offers surprising results about the daughters of parents who've experienced trauma.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Science

Vanishing insects / Blooming jellyfish

Guests: Scott Black, Juli Berwald If you’ve noticed that bugs aren’t splattering on your windshield like they ...

Air Date: December 1, 2017

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Gas processing equipment in Lycoming County. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Pa. wants to cut methane emissions, but plans moving slowly

Methane is the main component of natural gas. Compared to carbon dioxide, it’s much more potent as a climate-warming greenhouse gas.

8 years ago

Roy Hamilton runs the laboratory for cognition and neural stimulation at the University of Pennsylvania.
 (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Following a stroke, finding the words can be a lifelong endeavor

Science owes a lot to aphasia and what it reveals about how language works. But many worry it has been widely misunderstood, leading to missed recovery opportunities.

8 years ago

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Charlie White (center), 12th grade student at Sayre, practices applying compression to a wound on a mannequin, while Danny Miles (right) and Kayla Fryer (left), look on. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Penn doctors teach West Philly students how to ‘Stop the Bleed’ and save lives

“Stop the Bleed” is a national campaign aimed at teaching everyday people how to help someone who has been shot or stabbed.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Health

The uncertain future of CHIP

The future of the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, remains uncertain. Congress is fighting over how to pay for the ...

8 years ago

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Science

Expanding DNA’s alphabet lets cells produce novel proteins

A team at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, expanded the genetic alphabet, creating two artificial DNA "letters" called X and Y.

8 years ago

A photo from an Eperanto conference in Belgium in 1911. (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse
Science

What happened to the quest for a universal language?

A century ago, Esperanto seemed poised to solve the problem of "scientific Babel."

8 years ago

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Adele is the mother of a friend who became like a second mother to the author.
Speak Easy
Health

Gaining a second mother, then learning to let her go

I had lost my own mother to dementia years ago and know the signs. It's as if Adele, at 92, is in a holding pattern. No longer “here,” but not yet gone.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks about Pennsylvania's opioid crisis during a meeting at Independence Blue Cross headquarters in Philadelphia.
Health

Wolf backs opioid-prescribing limits health insurer says are effective

The Philadelphia-based insurer now covers a maximum five-day supply for most new opioid prescriptions since adopting the policy in July.

8 years ago

Science

Delaware firm that made spacesuits for Apollo moon crew celebrates 70 years

Delaware company that made the apparel Apollo astronauts wore to the moon celebrates seven decades of operation and innovation.

8 years ago

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Young girls increasingly harming themselves, ending up in ER

The 15-year-long study looked at girls aged 10-24 who went to the emergency room for attempted suicides, drug overdoses, cutting and other types of self-injury.  

8 years ago

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