
Health & Science
From panic disorders to social phobia, anxiety is the most common mental health condition in the United States. What toll does anxiety ta ...
Air Date: August 17, 2018
Listen 48:36Our bodies are programmed to go on alert in the face of danger. But what happens when that reflex goes haywire?
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Listen 4:47With scarce access to interpreters, immigrants struggle to understand doctors’ orders
The 1964 Civil Rights Act require hospitals and other facilities that offer medical services and receive federal funds to provide "meaningful access" to patients.
7 years ago
Ahead of climate change projections, some Pa. farmers make adaptations to new weather patterns
For many farmers in the state, last month's intense precipitation is part of a pattern of weather changes of which they are trying to adapt.
7 years ago
For first time in at least 20 years, swimming prohibited at Seaside Heights beaches Thursday
It's a historic day in Seaside Heights but not for a good reason.
7 years ago
Under the sea, marine heat waves can wreak havoc on wildlife
Even the oceans are breaking temperature records in this summer of heat waves.
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India aims for the world’s biggest health care overhaul
In his annual Independence Day speech on Wednesday, Narendra Modi is expected to unveil the biggest government health care program in the world.
7 years ago
To fix that pain in your back, you might have to change the way you sit
It really doesn't matter where I am — at work, at a restaurant, even on our couch at home. My lower back screams, "Stop sitting!"
7 years ago
Parents, Put Down Your Devices
Parents spend a lot of time arguing with their kids about screen time, trying to limit access to smart phones, and social media. B ...
Air Date: August 13, 2018
Listen 04:29Ambitious ‘Human Cell Atlas’ aims to catalog every type of cell in the body
The Human Cell Atlas Consortium aims to account for and better understand every cell type and sub-type, and how they interact.
7 years ago
Time to Start Spotting Sunspots
The current (approximately 11-year-long) Solar Cycle is about to come to an end. Several years of long stretches of days without sunspot ...
Air Date: August 13, 2018
Listen 07:40Don’t call people ‘addicts,’ Penn researchers say
'Terms that seem to label the person have the higher levels of bias,' researcher says.
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Pregnancy debate revisited: to induce labor, or not?
Healthy women with normal pregnancies can opt to have labor induced without worrying that the decision will make a cesarean section more likely.
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NASA braves the heat to get up close and personal with our sun
Early Saturday morning, if all goes as planned, 91-year-old Eugene Parker will watch a NASA spacecraft named after him blast off on an unprecedented mission to study the sun.
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