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Health & Science

 Transdermal Fentanyl patch (Image courtesy of Leslie Handler)
Speak Easy
Health

Insurance companies are part of the opioid addiction problem

At first, I just felt very anxious, but anxiety soon led to physical shaking. My stomach felt like someone who weighed 300 pounds was sta ...

9 years ago

stars
Skytalk
Science

Shining Star (but just barely)

The smallest star ever just found, called ELBM-J0555-57Ab, is just about the size of Saturn but 300 times as massive. That makes it just ...

Air Date: July 18, 2017

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Caesar
Radio Times
Science

Ivanka the brand; ‘Caesar’s Last Breath’

Guests: Matea Gold, Sam Kean SAM KEAN’s new book says we’re all inhaling history with each b ...

Air Date: July 18, 2017

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 Mark Kelly, left, and his identical twin brother Scott Kelly, right. (<a href=Photo via NASA) " title="kellytwins" width="1" height="1"/>
The Pulse
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Double the data: studying space’s impact on identical twins

Astronauts often become lab rats of sorts – scientists have an intense interest in studying how space affects their bodies and mind ...

9 years ago

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A concept photo illustrates what it could look like if an astronaut had freshly baked bread in space. (Courtesy of NASA/ Bake in Space GmbH)
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Science

3, 2, 1…Bake off! The mission to make bread in space

Crumbs may seem harmless here on Earth, but they can be a hazard in microgravity — they could get in an astronaut’s eye, or get i ...

9 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

Houston, we have a people problem: the first ‘mutiny’ in space

In 1973, a communication snafu between astronauts in space and their colleagues on Earth, alerted NASA to the need for people skills and ...

9 years ago

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Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab in New Jersey put up a picture of the nuclear fusion drive they’re building in their workspace. (Alan Yu/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Inside the NASA program that makes science fiction technology real

Physicists and engineers in New Jersey are working on a power source that can take humans far out into our solar system. We have l ...

9 years ago

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Debbie Holbrook has been a sexual assault nurse examiner for 20 years. (Kevin Parks/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

The health care shortage that impacts victims of sexual assault

Some rape victims have to travel hours to get an exam from a nurse with special training and forensic expertise. Debbie Holbrook s ...

9 years ago

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PA capitol
Radio Times
Health

Unbalanced PA budget/Healthcare overhaul

Guests: Katie Meyer, Sarah Karlin-Smith, Robert Field For the second year in a row, Governor Tom Wolf allowed an ...

Air Date: July 13, 2017

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NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Ending stigma of opioid addiction behind major N.J. agency overhaul

Gov. Chris Christie wants to transfer responsibility for New Jersey’s four state psychiatric hospitals, community-based mental health a ...

9 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks with children before announcing the new health initiative.
Health

Reshuffling resources and tapping enthusiasm, Philly launches kids health initiative

Philadelphia is starting a new push to improve the health of impoverished children.  For now — it will rely on reshuffling existing re ...

9 years ago

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Science

Margate mayor: Aren’t we lucky?

A massive dune building project by the Army Corps of Engineers, one which Margate didn’t want to go ahead at all, is underway on Ma ...

9 years ago

Detail from a collage by Kensington Blues creator Jeffrey Stockbridge. The blog and book is a portrait photography project of the residents who live along Kensington Avenue in North Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of Jeffrey Stockbridge)
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On being addicted to heroin

I told myself that as long as I maintained that appearance, the rotten blackness steadily devouring me from within was under control and would eventually recede.

9 years ago

Raul Mora assesses his dwindling blood supplies at the Red Cross Chicago office in late June. (Jake J. Smith/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Searching for solutions to summer blood bank shortfalls

When schools and offices take vacation — people do too — blood donations slow down, leaving hospitals and blood banks to hustle for b ...

9 years ago

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Voices in the Family
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Could magnesium help treat depression?

Millions of Americans suffer with depression – and traditional medications used to treat the illness are expensive, and can have a ...

Air Date: July 10, 2017

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