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Health & Science

Invasive tick (NJ.com / youtu.be/r5e8_mjxY8Q)
Science

Invasive Asian longhorn ticks found in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Here's what to do if you find one.

7 years ago

Thom ?? holds a container of dry-leaf marijuana, which was made available for sale at dispensaries in Pennsylvania for the first time. About 50 people lined up outside TerraVida Holistic Centers in Abington hours before the dispensary opened at 10 a.m.
Health

Cheaper ‘dry-leaf’ medical marijuana draws crowds to Philly-area dispensaries

The dried, cured flower is now legal for sale at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Nurses crammed onto the Capitol rotunda steps for a rally aimed at convincing lawmakers to pass mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Health

Nurses push for staff changes, against wishes of nurse and hospital associations

More than 100 scrubs-clad nurses filled the Capitol rotunda Tuesday in an effort to convince lawmakers they're overworked, and the state needs to do something about it.

7 years ago

Stacy Zeigler stands for a portrait outside Open Arms Recovery Center in Hanover, York County. Zeigler has been off heroin for more than three years. She takes two doses of buprenorphine combined with naloxone each day. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
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Transforming Health

For some addicted to opioids, drug replacement therapy can be key to recovery

Former heroin users who go on an opioid replacement drug and who also participate in the clinic's counseling sessions are less likely to relapse.

7 years ago

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took photos from the Vera Rubin Ridge showing the interior and rim of Gale Crater. The full image features 16 photos stitched together.
(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Skytalk
Science

A Plethora of Planets

Mars’ close approach is Tuesday, July 31. A large subglacial lake of (very salty) liquid water has been found on Mars. This conclus ...

Air Date: July 31, 2018

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Damage caused by traumatic brain injuries isn’t just the result of the physical blow, but it is connected to the release of a neurotransmitter called glutamate. But the brain has a natural defense against damage caused by glutamate — a compound called cypin. (Bigstock/DedMityay)
Science

Rutgers study proposes novel approach for treating traumatic brain injury

More than 2 million are hospitalized in the U.S. every year for traumatic brain injuries. Long-term effects can include epilepsy, depression, and impaired cognitive function.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Health

Predicting and preventing suicide

Guests: Maria Oquendo, Matthew Nock Suicide rates have been rising for almost three decades across all age groups ...

Air Date: July 30, 2018 10:00 am

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Using a mannequin to simulate dangerous scenarios, a team at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center learns standard treatments for obstetric emergencies like hemorrhage. (Bethany Mollenkof for NPR)
NPR
Health

To keep women from dying in childbirth, look to California

Since 2006, California has cut its rate of women dying in childbirth by more than half. And it's a state whose impact could make a big difference.

7 years ago

Health

Child victims of toxic stress face a long road to healing

Reuniting families separated at the U.S. border is only a start.

7 years ago

An ambulance threads through traffic on Allegheny Avenue, an area that experienced an uptick in overdoses apparently caused by heroin cut with a synthetic cannabinoid.
Health

Synthetic marijuana detected in drug sample from Philly overdose spike

Sometimes known on the street as 'K2,' synthetic cannabinoids are a growing problem in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Amyloid plaques accumulate outside neurons
Science

Encouraging results from experimental Alzheimer’s drug

Results from an early trial give doctors hope that an effective treatment could be within reach.

7 years ago

Image: Krudller/Wikimedia Commons
The Pulse
Science

Unintended Consequences

In science and medicine, we often fail to predict the outcomes of our experiments and actions. The result: unintended consequences. Somet ...

Air Date: July 27, 2018

Listen 48:59
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

EPA urged to set national standards to protect public health from PFAS chemicals

7 years ago

Sarah Gonzales for NPR
NPR
Health

Marines who fired rocket launchers now worry about their brains

Studies show that troops who repeatedly fire powerful, shoulder-launched weapons can experience short-term problems with memory and thinking.

7 years ago

This is the south polar cap of Mars as it appeared to the Mars Orbiter Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor on April 17, 2000. An underground lake was found near here. (NASA/JPL/MSSS)
NPR
Science

Underground lake found on Mars beneath a mile of ice

An Italian team of scientists says it has strong evidence of a subsurface lake of liquid water on Mars.

7 years ago

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