
Health & Science
Rehearsing transgender healthcare
Medical students learn trans care in the classroom and the exam room. Bianca Leigh is playing a character named Tia Lopez. ...
8 years ago
ListenHow a hormone affects the way men think about money
New research shows how testosterone can affect financial markets. Seven years ago, Tyler, the co-founder of a tech comp ...
8 years ago
ListenIn a room of their own, women find path to recovery
Sex-specific treatment is changing the fight against female addiction. When Tanya Barie, 33, relapsed after almost a year of sobri ...
8 years ago
ListenVoyager 1 left Earth 40 years ago, on September 5th, 1977. Voyager 2 left first, on August 20th. Amazingly, both are still functioning. T ...
Air Date: September 5, 2017
Listen 00:07:08Emotional Support for In Vitro Patients
About one in eight couples have trouble getting pregnant – and many end up pursuing fertility treatments. The process can be emotio ...
Air Date: September 5, 2017
Listen 00:03:46In India, there is an old saying that doctors are second to god on this earth. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ...
8 years ago
Toxic waste sites flooded in Texas; EPA not on scene
The Associated Press visited seven Superfund sites in and around Houston during the flooding. All had been inundated with water; some wer ...
8 years ago
On Radio Times: New approach to fighting pediatric leukemia approved by the FDA
There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...
8 years ago
Listen 1:11King of Prussia company responds to chemical fire, explosions at its Texas plant
Following the flood brought in by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, a chemical silo belonging to the company Arkema exploded early Thursday morn ...
8 years ago
Harvey-level damage probably won’t happen in Philadelphia, but intense flooding already does
8 years ago
First Person: Carper on healthcare
Senator Tom Carper is back with us on First this week. He created a national sensation a couple weeks ago by simply stating th ...
8 years ago
Guests: Stephan Grupp, Robert Vonderheide The FDA just announced approval of the first gene therapy treatment. Th ...
Air Date: September 1, 2017
Listen 00:49:17Pennsylvania’s obesity rate rises to 30 percent
Obesity has been on the rise across the country for more than 20 years, and Pennsylvania’s rates have followed suit. Thirty ...
8 years ago
Pa.’s prescription drug monitoring program turns one year old
One of the root causes of opioid addiction is over-prescription of addictive drugs. A major reason it occurs is the practice of do ...
8 years ago
New report recommends ways to prevent and respond to childhood lead exposure
The water and lead crisis in Flint Michigan and parts of Pennsylvania has shone a national spotlight on he problem of childhood lead expo ...
8 years ago
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