Health & Science
To manage dementia well, start with the caregivers
One of the most important aspects of caring for someone with Alzheimer's and other dementias is understanding the diseases.
6 years ago
Florence death toll swells as rivers rise
"The risk to life is rising with the angry waters," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the storm's death toll climbed to 15.
6 years ago
Mütter gives new life to Founding Father’s medicinal garden
The garden is visible from the iron fence that fronts the museum on 22nd Street near Market.
6 years ago
Listen 4:56Avalon adds high-tech weather equipment for real-time storm information
6 years ago
Scientists study barn owls to understand why people with ADHD struggle to focus
Kids with ADHD are easily distracted. Barn owls are not.
6 years ago
New law orders Philly restaurants to warn diners of high sodium
Philadelphia is only the second major city in the country to require sodium warnings.
6 years ago
Telemedicine bill draws support from providers, concern from insurers
The bill has already passed in the state senate and will go up for a vote in the house of representatives during the fall legislative session.
6 years ago
Ellendale residents to vote on public water system for Delaware town
The well water has tested positive for high levels of nitrates and iron. There’s discoloration and also a possible bacterial contamination in some of the shallow wells.
6 years ago
Florence close to landfall in N. Carolina
The powerful storm already has inundated coastal streets with ocean water and left tens of thousands without power.
6 years ago
Camden may revive controversial needle-exchange program
Camden's new mayor approves of needle exchange location for the short term, but wants the program to find a permanent home elsewhere.
6 years ago
Philly hospital uses ‘escape room’ to take the mystery out of sepsis
Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition that's responsible for 270,000 deaths every year.
6 years ago
Listen 2:16Chinese elders ‘walk the middle path’ to better mental health
A senior center in Queens, New York offers dialectical behavior therapy —combining modern therapy and eastern philosophy to fight depression, anxiety.
6 years ago
Listen 10:45Reconsidering hormone replacement therapy
In 2002, when a giant study ended, lots of women threw their estrogen pills in the trash. In her late 50s, Barbara Paulsen reexamines the latest evidence for herself.
6 years ago
Listen 10:15Calling teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ officials weigh flavor ban
U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an "epidemic."
6 years ago
Opera raises curtain on living with schizophrenia
The idea is to address the stigma of mental illness with music. The opera is based on a memoir from a law and psychiatry professor.
6 years ago
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