Health & Science
A precarious 101 days for a premature baby
When I went to the doctor on a cold November evening to find out whether I was having a boy or a girl, the last thing I was expecting to
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From ’80s to now: Waves of investment in drug treatment can help, hurt patients
Just as the clothes we wear and the restaurants we visit follow trends, the illicit drugs we ingest cycle in and out of fashion.
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This research subject calls himself a ‘professional guinea pig’
Alex Spencer has earned thousands of dollars as a research subject.
“That vein right here on the left side of my left arm ha
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With the return of the summer constellations rising around midnight, the Milky Way rises up from ringing the horizon and will arc slowly
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Air Date: May 8, 2017
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A newborn boy with a genetic heart condition; a father’s joy and dread
On Aug. 10, 2016, less than one month before my wife Kate was due to give birth to our second child, she and I received news that would change our lives forever.
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Some Pa. water systems still struggle to reach federal health standards, report says
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Christie: Doctors key to cutting through opioid epidemic — yet some share blame
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s latest stop on a state-wide anti-opioid abuse tour was on Monday, in Princeton. Nearly 200 health
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Can negative people learn to look on the bright side?
Most of us know somebody who is always negative – predicting worst-case scenarios, seeing only what wen
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Air Date: May 1, 2017
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Now more commonly observed as a celebration of spring, in older times May 1st was considered the first day of summer in some European cou
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Air Date: May 1, 2017
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