Health & Science
Report: U.S. high-tide flooding twice what it was 30 years ago
"Across the whole of the U.S. coastline, we are in dire need of action."
6 years ago
Clinic claims success in making babies with 3 parents’ DNA
Some scientists are welcoming this as a potentially exciting new option for some women.
6 years ago
Pa. Game Commission is building better bat caves
To save the bats of Pennsylvania, Greg Turner wants to build a better bat cave.
6 years ago
Listen 5:45Five South Jersey hospitals will pool info to better keep patients, docs in treatment loop
Under the new program, when a patient is admitted, a tailored care plan will pop up next to his name in the system — describing previous treatment and any preferences.
6 years ago
Air Date: June 4, 2018
Listen 04:43Baking soda could improve cancer treatment, study finds
It's not the first time that baking soda has been investigated as a potential aid to cancer therapy, but it’s the first study to reveal how and why it’s able to help.
6 years ago
POLL: Genealogical curiosity a top reason for DNA tests; privacy a concern
The proportion of interested people who said they or a family member had ever ordered a direct-to-consumer test was 32 percent.
6 years ago
Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study finds
The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere.
6 years ago
‘Right to Try’ may not meaningfully change access to drugs for dying patients
Yardley woman waits to see if new law allows her husband to get experimental medication for ALS.
6 years ago
On this week’s show, we talk with people taking their health and wellness into their own hands — with varying results.
Air Date: June 1, 2018
Listen 48:12Fears and evidence clash in the battle over kratom
The government is reviewing the status of an herbal supplement touted to ease opioid addiction.
6 years ago
Listen 9:58Home-cooked meals and sisterhood — an antidote for Hurricane Maria blues
Still reeling after lasts year’s storm season, women in the town of Mariana, Puerto Rico, spend time together and prepare meals for others to ease depression.
6 years ago
Listen 5:20The American Plan: the government’s incarceration of ‘promiscuous’ women
Air Date: May 31, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Philadelphia clears encampments of homeless drug users in Kensington
More than 100 displaced people accepted help in the form or treatment or shelter while demonstrators protested the eviction.
6 years ago
Listen 2:40Toomey calls for Medicare, Medicaid to expand monitoring of opioid prescriptions
One out of three people enrolled in Medicare’s prescription drug benefit plan received an opioid in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
6 years ago
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