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Health & Science

This undated microscope image provided by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in January 2018 shows a trophectoderm biopsy, in which cells from the outer layer of an embryo that develop into the placenta and amniotic membranes are removed and can be used for genetic testing. When a couple is known to be at risk for having a child with a specific genetic disorder, the woman undergoes a procedure to remove some of her eggs. After fertilization, some cells can be plucked from the embryos and examined to identify those without carry the disease-causing abnormality. (ASRM via AP)
Science

Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile

You've probably read about concerns over "designer babies," whose DNA is shaped by gene editing.

8 years ago

Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Debate over Philly’s safe injection site plan gets personal

Evan and Darlene love each other. But they do not see eye to eye on safe injection sites. The debate has infused their conversations, in all hours of the day and night.

8 years ago

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Health

Penn study finds most black men with trauma aren’t getting treatment

Among black men in Philadelphia who’ve suffered traumatic injuries, most psychological symptoms are not treated.

8 years ago

Skytalk
Science

Shedding Light on Dark Matter

Scientists at the University of Washington have developed the tech to ‘see’ what could be a low-mass particle responsible for ...

Air Date: April 17, 2018

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(Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)
Health

Pa. medical marijuana rule change will let patients vape

Soon, medical marijuana patients in Pennsylvania won’t just be limited to taking oils, pills, and liquid forms of the drug.

8 years ago

Sarah Evans, a senior program officer at the Open Society Foundations, speaks to Philadelphia's opioid task force in March 2017 about Vancouver's safe injection site. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)
Speak Easy
Health

Safe injection sites are one answer to the opioid crisis

With 1,200 overdose-related deaths in 2017, Philadelphia is suffering some of the worst effects of the nation’s opioid crisis.

8 years ago

The Greenland ice sheet, the second largest body of ice in the world which covers roughly 80 percent of the country, has been melting and its glaciers retreating at an accelerated pace in recent years due to warmer temperatures. (David Goldman/AP)
NPR
Science

Atlantic Ocean current slows down to 1,000-year low, studies show

While scientists disagree about what's behind the sluggish ocean current, the shift could mean bad news for the climate.

8 years ago

This March 2018 photo shows Kristina Olson in her laboratory in Seattle. She is the creator and leader of the TransYouth Project, which is considered the first large-scale long-term study of transgender children in the U.S. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Olson was named winner of the NSF's annual Alan T. Waterman Award, the government's highest honor for scientists still in the early phases of their careers. (Dennis Wise/University of Washington via AP)
Health

$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids

The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.

8 years ago

The Pulse
Health

Make (a) Way: Transcript

This is a transcript of our "Make (a) Way" episode.

8 years ago

Feranmi Okanlami is a doctor at Michigan Medicine and became partially paralyzed after an accident in 2013, during his medical residency. (Courtesy Feranmi Okanlami)
The Pulse
Health

What does it mean to be a doctor with a disability?

Medical culture has long viewed doctors as “able-bodied in the extreme.” A growing wave of doctors with disabilities wants to challenge that.

8 years ago

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Sculpture work by artist Sophie Kahn in Phantom Limb at the Esther Klein Gallery. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

Philly exhibit explores idea of technology as 21st-century phantom limb

The idea is that technology has distorted how we view ourselves and society — and yet, it is an inescapable part of us.

8 years ago

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Brian Smith plays a racing game blindfolded. He made a user interface for blind players to drive in video games, just like sighted players. He tested it with blind volunteers, as well as blindfolded sighted volunteers.
The Pulse
Science

Playing video games when you can’t see the screen

A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.

8 years ago

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Andrea Avery, second from left, playing the piano with a friend when she was 10 years old. (Courtesy of Andrea Avery)
The Pulse
Health

Between health and illness

Andrea Avery was a piano whiz kid until she developed rheumatoid arthritis at age 12. The disease symptoms can leave her feeling able-bodied one day, disabled the next.

8 years ago

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Matt Roda takes a test on the Reflexion Edge. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

How a high school concussion inspired a tech startup

Matt Roda of Lancaster County was a junior in high school when a single hockey game changed his entire life.

8 years ago

A woman holds her 49-day-old grandson who was being treated for neonatal drug withdrawal after his mother took opioids during pregnancy. The baby was treated at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township, New Jersey. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Health

As rate of infants exposed to opioids rises, N.J. urging pregnant substance abusers to get help

Since 2008, the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome has doubled in the Garden State.

8 years ago

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