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Kids with ADHD

Guest: Sharon Saline For children with ADHD the daily tasks of ordinary life can be challenging. Getting out the ...

Air Date: December 6, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:39
In several European countries and Canada, patients with longterm opioid addiction are prescribed pharmaceutical grade heroin which they inject in clinics like the Patrida Medical Clinic in Berlin. Some addiction specialists want to pilot similar programs in the U.S. (Picture alliance/picture alliance via Getty Image)
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Is America ready for prescription heroin?

Prescription heroin as a form of maintenance therapy dates back to the early 1920s in the UK.

7 years ago

Police investigate a drive-by shooting in Germantown on Oct. 3, 2018. Five young men aged 19 to 23 were shot. One died. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
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Running early: How Philadelphia’s ‘scoop and run’ practice saves lives

In Philly and Camden, many shooting victims arrive at trauma centers in the back of police vehicles. Is this "scoop and run" practice saving lives?

Air Date: December 6, 2018

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, plumes of smoke rise from Europe's largest lignite power plant in Belchatow, central Poland. After several years of little growth, global emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide surged in 2018 with the largest jump in seven years, discouraged scientists announced Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)
Science

Climate reality check: Global carbon pollution up in 2018

The Global Carbon Project uses government and industry reports to come up with final emission figures.

7 years ago

Offering therapy to children in need at school makes sense, says Sarah Nadeau, who adopted two girls from a family that struggled with addiction, because sometimes school is the only stable place they have (Getty Images)
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School-based counselors help kids cope with fallout from drug addiction

Congress authorized millions to fund mental health services to help schools treat students who have experienced trauma due to the opioid epidemic.

7 years ago

Jeff Sterner adjusts a flower display on his son Joshua’s grave. Josh was 19 in 2012 when he died by suicide. (Brett Sholtis / Transforming Health)
Health

‘There are no answers’: One family pushes forward after losing teenager to suicide

Josh Sterner had good psychiatric care, a therapist and access to medication. None of that prevented his death.

7 years ago

Currently students of color are underrepresented in medical schools, but their numbers are slowly growing. (Getty Images)
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A push for diversity in medical school is slowly paying off

In 2012, the percentage of female and black students starting medical school began a steady, albeit slow, increase.

7 years ago

Police cruisers are seen parked near the entrance of the Wanaque Center For Nursing And Rehabilitation, where New Jersey state Health Department confirmed the 18 cases of adenovirus, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Haskell, N.J.  (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Health

N.J. lawmakers looking into viral outbreak that killed 11 children

It remains unclear what exactly caused the outbreak or how it became so severe.

7 years ago

NASA astronaut Anne McClain (from left), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency successfully blasted into space on Monday morning. It is the first mission since an aborted launch in October.
NPR
Science

Soyuz rocket launches, docks successfully to relief of NASA, Russia space agency

Nearly two months after a rocket malfunction forced NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos to abort the launch of a Soyuz mission, a new crew blasted off on Monday

7 years ago

A power plant near Katowice, Poland, the host city for a major global climate conference that began on Sunday. It is the most important climate meeting since the 2015 Paris climate agreement was signed. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
NPR
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High stakes as International Climate Conference begins

A major international climate conference kicked off Sunday in Poland.

7 years ago

Skytalk
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Early Sunsets in Early December

Starting on Monday, December 3rd, we’ll embark on a ten-day period when sunset arrives around 4:35 in the afternoon, marking the ea ...

Air Date: December 3, 2018

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Radio Times
Health

Why spanking is bad for kids

Guests: Stacey Patton, Elizabeth Gershoff Parents shouldn’t spank their children, according to the American Aca ...

Air Date: December 3, 2018 10:00 am

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The study offers several reasons why conduct problems might precede marijuana use. Kids with conduct problems are more likely to be attracted to rebellious behaviors. And marijuana is a way for troubled kids to self-medicate. (Big Stock)
Health

Penn study: Marijuana doesn’t cause bad behavior — it’s the other way around

Results of a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers contradict previous reports showing a connection between conduct problems and marijuana use.

7 years ago

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Philabundance volunteers fill bags and boxes with fresh produce during a free farmers market at Lillian Marrero Library in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood, March 14, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health
Broke in Philly

Drexel research links racism and hunger

People who experience discrimination firsthand struggle with hunger twice as often as others.

7 years ago

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People have enjoyed seltzer and other sparkling drinks for decades. Some of the bottles at the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys go back to the 1950s. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Why we like sparkling water: The science behind the fizz

Bubbly water purveyors say “a good seltzer should hurt.” The acidity in carbonated drinks lights up the pain receptors in nerve endings — in a way that pleases the tongue.

7 years ago

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