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Each year, hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvania patients must receive approval from a physician if they want to legally use cannabis in the state.
(Leise Hook / For Spotlight PA)
Health

Pa. health department faces lawmaker questioning over medical marijuana doctor data

The agency has sued to keep secret how often individual doctors approve patients for medical marijuana.

3 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

When Healing Happens But We Don’t Know Why

We step outside the boundaries of Western medicine to explore those questions!

Air Date: May 12, 2023

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As a kid, Chris Lundy had a debilitating, painful cough. Nothing seemed to help, until his mother, a Haitian immigrant, took him to see a Vodou priest
The Pulse
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Unraveling the mystery of a childhood illness and a treatment rooted in Vodou

Chris Lundy has always wanted to figure out why his family took him to see a Vodou priest and how this treatment made him better.

3 years ago

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Acupuncturist Toto Cheng performs acupuncture on an athlete. (Lin Tin Nok/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Should there be standards for acupuncture in the U.S.?

If you get acupuncture in the U.S., chances are you will pay for it out of pocket. Some acupuncturists say having standards for the industry gives more people access.

3 years ago

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Nurses hold picket signs.
Health

‘We’re burned out’: Philly nurses raise concerns over hospital jobs and workplace safety

About 900 unionized registered nurses at Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia are in contract negotiations with parent company, Jefferson Health.

3 years ago

File photo: Tubes direct blood from a donor into a bag in Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. The U.S. is moving to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men and other groups that traditionally face higher risks of HIV. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, announced draft guidelines that would do away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have sex with men
Health

New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in U.S.

The new approach does away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood.

3 years ago

An illustration of a man standing on a road that transfrorms into the shape of a human brain.
NPR
Health

Millions of people have long COVID brain fog — and there’s a shortage of answers

Psychologist James Jackson says people with long COVID experience impaired brain function and mental health issues. He offers some practical advice and support in his new book

3 years ago

a pump connected to a water well.
Health

Temple researchers to study how drinking water from private wells impacts children’s health

Families participating in the study will either receive a treatment system — or a placebo device — to help scientists assess the correlation between water quality and health.

3 years ago

 This is a March 2002 file photo of a deer tick under a microscope in the entomology lab at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, R.I. Lyme disease is about 10 times more common than previously reported, health officials said Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. (Victoria Arocho/AP Photo, file)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania leads the nation in Lyme disease. The state is responding with new tick testing, research and education

The PA Tick Research Lab, one of only three labs nationwide engaged in tick testing and research, is analyzing data from 30,000 tick exposures in Pennsylvania from 2019-2021.

3 years ago

Box of oral contraceptive pills.
NPR
Health

Advisers to the FDA back first over-the-counter birth control pill

In a unanimous vote, 17-0, a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended that the agency approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill.

3 years ago

A bird sitting on a tree branch
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

In Pa., climate change threatens the state tree, bird and fish. Work is under way to help the native species

Experts say climate change is fueling and favoring the growth of invasive species—in many cases, at the expense of Pennsylvania’s cherished symbols. 

3 years ago

This file photo shows the production department at fashion giant Inditex's headquarters where Zara fashion garments are designed in La Coruna, Spain. Inditex, the retail giant that owns Zara, H&M and many other brands, wants all its clothes to be made from sustainable or recycled fabrics by 2025.  (AP Photo/Jesus Sancho, File)
Studio 2
Health

COVID Emergency Ending, Trust in Philly’s Tap Water, Shopping Sustainably

With the end of the COVID public health emergency, what to know about vaccines, variants, testing and more. Also, eroding trust in Philly water and sustainable fashion.

Air Date: May 10, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 45:31
Doctor performing a mammogram on a patient.
NPR
Health

If you’re 40, it’s time to start mammograms, according to new guidelines

New draft recommendations released Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force urges all women to get screened every other year, starting at age 40.

3 years ago

Stephanie Wein speaks at a podium.
Science

Power plants among the largest industrial climate polluters in Pennsylvania

In a new report, environmental advocates crunched EPA data to call out Pennsylvania’s “dirty dozen.”

3 years ago

Listen 1:23
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will make a recommendation about whether the agency should approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S.
NPR
Health

The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription

An advisory committee opens a two-day hearing Tuesday.

3 years ago

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