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Health & Science

Dr. Jill Biden speaks about Cancer Moonshot, an initiative to advance scientific research for cancer, at The Social Good Summit at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. (Stuart Ramson/AP Images for UN Foundation)
Health

WHYY hosts Biden Cancer Initiative session with Jill Biden

Wife of former vice president says part of the plan is to come up with a roadmap to help cancer patients manage their care.

7 years ago

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A public announcement about preventing influenza published in the Illustrated Current News in 1918 during the Spanish flu pandemic. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

100 years later, we’re still learning from deadly Spanish flu

Philadelphia was particularly hard hit by the flu epidemic of 1918.

7 years ago

Listen 2:00
The Pulse
Health

Who’s in Control – Tech or Us?

Technology helps us run our lives, do our jobs, get directions and keep track of our calendars. Right? Or, is technology taking control o ...

Air Date: September 21, 2018

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Immature human eggs (pink) were created by Japanese researchers using stem cells that were derived from blood cells. (Saitou Lab)
NPR
Science

Scientists create immature human eggs from stem cells

A team of Japanese scientists turned human blood cells into stem cells, which they then transformed into very immature human eggs.

7 years ago

Physicians face long hours, frustrating paperwork and sometimes difficult patients. But researchers aren't so clear on whether burnout is the right word to describe their problems. (ERproductions Ltd/Blend Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Doctors today may be miserable, but are they ‘burnt out’?

This week, JAMA publishes two major studies on a hot topic: physician burnout.

7 years ago

Dessa went looking for the source of love in her brain, and then turned to the frontiers of neuroscience to try and heal a broken heart. (NPR's Skunk Bear YouTube)
NPR
Science

This rapper tried to use neuroscience to get over her ex

Clinicians have used neurofeedback to try and treat all kinds of mental health issues, and they say they've seen some positive results.

7 years ago

Residents in Ellendale, Delaware, voted Saturday to have public water. For decades, many have contended with smelly, discolored water from wells. (Courtesy of Jean Holloway)
Health

Residents of rural Delaware town approve public water system

A previous vote fell short. This time around, Ellendale residents OK'd a referendum 81-21.

7 years ago

People ride bikes and walk the Atlantic City boardwalk Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 28, 2016.
Health

N.J. lawmaker wants to expand smoking ban to boardwalks, marinas, racetracks

Proposal follows smoking prohibition at state beaches and parks taking effect in 2019.

7 years ago

Skytalk
Science

Only Pluto Knows For Sure

A group of researchers, including the Principle Investigator for the New Horizons program, Alan Stern, have found that after a review of ...

Air Date: September 17, 2018

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Daily low-dose aspirin can be of help to older people with an elevated risk for a heart attack. But for healthy older people, the risk outweighs the benefit. (Bruno Ehrs/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Study: A daily baby aspirin has no benefit for healthy older people

There is still strong evidence that a daily baby aspirin can reduce the risk that many people who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke will suffer another attack.

7 years ago

Hannah Barczyk for NPR
NPR
Health

To manage dementia well, start with the caregivers

One of the most important aspects of caring for someone with Alzheimer's and other dementias is understanding the diseases.

7 years ago

A man peers from his flooded home in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Science

Florence death toll swells as rivers rise

"The risk to life is rising with the angry waters," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared as the storm's death toll climbed to 15.

7 years ago

Ornamental St. Johns Wort, found in The Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant Garden located at The Mütter Museum, was used to treat depression. Early herbalists found it to have a calming affect. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Mütter gives new life to Founding Father’s medicinal garden

The garden is visible from the iron fence that fronts the museum on 22nd Street near Market.

7 years ago

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Avalon's new weather station is mounted high above rooflines for accurate information (Borough of Avalon)
Science

Avalon adds high-tech weather equipment for real-time storm information

Avalon has invested in tracking equipment that will allow it to make weather conditions easily available to residents of the borough at t ...

7 years ago

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are studying barn owls to understand how the brain maintains focus.
(Meredith Rizzo/NPR)
NPR
Science

Scientists study barn owls to understand why people with ADHD struggle to focus

Kids with ADHD are easily distracted. Barn owls are not.

7 years ago

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