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Contrast agent, a drug that enhances CT scans, is sometimes skipped because of concerns about side effects. (Morsa Images/Getty Images)
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Health

Are the risks of drugs that enhance imaging tests overblown?

A contrast agent doesn't treat what's ailing you. But by making CT scans clearer, the contrast might be crucial in helping your doctor make the right diagnosis.

6 years ago

In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. With nuclear power plant owners seeking a rescue in Pennsylvania, a number of state lawmakers are signaling that they are willing to help, with conditions. Giving nuclear power plants what opponents call a bailout could mean a politically risky vote to hike electric bills. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
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The Three Mile Island accident and the enduring questions of ties to cancer, deaths

Even the most comprehensive studies have fallen short of drawing conclusive verdicts on the ongoing debate.

6 years ago

A growing number of women are incarcerated in the U.S. and many of them give birth in prison or jail.
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Pregnant behind bars: What we do and don’t know about pregnancy and incarceration

The correctional system hasn't adapted to the increase in incarcerated women, and there are profound health and social consequences for the children of incarcerated mothers.

6 years ago

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Human genomics research has a diversity problem

Studies that link genetic markers with disease focus largely on white European populations, and neglect other races and ethnicities.

6 years ago

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Step by Step

Next Friday, March 29th an historic spacewalk will take place; Anne McClain and Christina Koch will step outside International Space Stat ...

Air Date: March 23, 2019

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Louis Morano, who was visiting the Prevention Point bus for the second time, sits outside and waits to be seen by Dr. Ben Cocchiaro. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Getting on board the buprenorphine bus

Doctors and Philly health officials are pushing for the drug, whose brand name is Suboxone, to treat addiction, but are pharmacies ready?

6 years ago

Mustafa Santiago Ali (left) discusses water system vulnerabilities in the U.S. with Zoe Roller (middle) and Emily Kutil (right) at the 12th Annual Global Water Alliance Conference. (Dana Bate/WHYY)
Health

Water access is a problem in the U.S., affecting minority and rural groups the most

The Global Water Alliance symposium focused on challenges to clean-water access and underscored that the problem isn’t confined to the developing world.

6 years ago

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Sex and Health

At its best, sex isn’t just fun — it’s good for our health. It can relieve stress, enhance our mood — even offer a bit of ...

Air Date: March 22, 2019

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Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
Health

Temple will hold free MMR vaccine clinics amid mumps outbreak

The university will have two walk-in clinics next week to offer the measles, mumps, and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — at no charge — to members of the school community.

6 years ago

Pro-life protesters gather outside of Planned Parenthood on Saturday morning in Warminster, Pa., to support a proposal to defund the organization. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Pa. lawmakers bring back bill penalizing doctors for abortions due to Down syndrome

Organizations like Planned Parenthood have also derided the initiative as a way to chip away at abortion rights.

6 years ago

Dr. Ben Cocchiaro and Louis Morano chat in Prevention Point's
The Why
Health

Getting on board with bupe: Why a crucial addiction treatment drug can be hard to get

Buprenorphine and other medication-assisted treatments could be crucial to treating those suffering from opioid addiction in Philadelphia. So why can it be so hard to get?

Air Date: March 21, 2019

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Registered nurse Nicole Rodriguez draws a dose of mumps vaccine at the Temple student health center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Mumps outbreak at Temple University up to 74 cases, but school closing unlikely

In the face of a rising number of mumps cases, Temple University officials don't plan to shut the school. They are considering providing booster shots at no charge.

6 years ago

Retired coal miner John Robinson displays his mining helmet at his home in Coeburn, Va., on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Robinson was 47 when he was diagnosed with black lung disease, part of a new generation of black lung sufferers who are contracting the deadly disease at younger ages. (Dylan Lovan/AP Photo)
Health

With black lung fund in jeopardy, taxpayers could foot bill

At least one Republican congressman from the coalfields has added his voice to the chorus of miners and advocates worried that the fund's promise might not be kept.

6 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Gov. Wolf signs sixth opioid crisis disaster declaration

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says the opioid crisis remains a disaster emergency, though there are signs that drug overdose deaths may be declining.

6 years ago

In Louisiana, even informed patient Xander Adams got lost in barriers and stigma while trying to get a prescription for PrEP. (Image by Hira-Maja Dupas)
The Pulse
Health

Getting on PrEP is harder than you think

In Louisiana, even an informed patient got lost in barriers and stigma while trying to get a prescription for PrEP.

6 years ago

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