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Health & Science
Acupuncture: real relief or theatrical placebo?
Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.
6 years ago
Listen 13:20At hospitals in India, waiting family become health care helpers
Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.
6 years ago
Listen 5:58Former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson tries his hand helping others seek addiction treatment
Disgraced former Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson is trying to pay it forward.
6 years ago
Listen 5:16Health and Human Services says it’s reviewing use of fetal tissue for research
The Department of Health and Human Services says it is reviewing all medical research involving human fetal tissue.
6 years ago
The roots of the overdose crisis
Air Date: September 26, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Science reveals how fruit keeps a lid on ripening until the time is right
If you've ever tried to ripen a piece of fruit by sticking it in a bag with a banana, you've harnessed the power of ethylene.
6 years ago
Dozens possibly exposed to tuberculosis at Delaware school
6 years ago
Philly says it’s simple: Narcan saves lives. Knowing when to use it can be more complicated
Philadelphia wants residents to carry Narcan to prevent overdose deaths. But in the face of a possible emergency, a reporter found the reality is harder than it seems.
6 years ago
Listen 6:12Hot, humid summer of discontent comes to an end
The summer of 2018 will be remembered as one of the hottest ever in New Jersey.
6 years ago
Now arriving at SEPTA stations, quick CPR classes
At its most essential: Call 911, and push hard and fast in the center of the chest.
6 years ago
U.S. obesity rates ‘highest ever documented’ in report
The findings show 39.6 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children fit the body mass index definition of obesity.
6 years ago
In Philly, U.S. surgeon general calls for opioid crisis ‘interventions that are legal’
Nearly 30,000 people gathered Saturday morning at Penn’s Landing for Philadelphia's 17th annual Recovery Walk.
6 years ago
Drug overdose deaths have been rising for 40 years, and opioids aren’t the only problem
Drug overdose deaths "have been on an exponential growth curve" that began years before the rise in opioid prescriptions seen in the mid-1990s.
6 years ago
Biden Cancer Summit at WHYY highlights advances, disparities in cancer care
6 years ago
Air Date: September 21, 2018 10:00 am
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