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Better state regulation of dietary supplements needed, Temple study finds
A public-health lawyer at Temple University says individual states need to step in an area where the federal government has failed — ...
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Does urban greening boost public health?
Philadelphia has invested in dozens of urban greening projects to prevent stormwater runoff. Now a team of mapmakers and data analysts is ...
11 years ago
ListenU.S. grants help Philly-area agencies help hundreds of moms-to-be
Programs to support pregnant women and their families are scaling up to expand their services to hundreds more women in Delaware County a ...
11 years ago
Federal health officials have released their annual reminder: Flu season is coming and most people should get a vaccine. Attending ...
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Are lawmakers interfering with the doctor-patient relationship?
Doctors are sending up red flags about laws that they say block them from giving patients independent medical care and advice. They call ...
11 years ago
ListenCasey, nurses stress need for health professionals in schools
With the deaths of two Philadelphia schoolchildren still in the news, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is proposing more funding for school nurses. ...
11 years ago
In Philly visit, new VA leader pledges to ‘earn back’ trust
In the wake of the scandal over long wait times and the cover-up of delays in treatment, the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McD ...
11 years ago
ListenWhat the Medicaid expansion means for those ‘in the gap’
Last week, the Corbett administration announced a Medicaid-alternative agreement with the federal government that would allow more people ...
11 years ago
ListenDelving into details of Corbett’s Healthy PA plan
Don’t call it an expansion, caution supporters of Gov. Tom Corbett’s modified Healthy Pennsylvania ...
11 years ago
Reviving the fading tradition of family dinner
Is family dinner making a comeback? It’s one of the newest ideas to fight childhood obesity in Philadelphia. Senbagam Viruda ...
11 years ago
ListenDebating wider participation in medical research
Author Ruha Benjamin says “the legacy of Tuskegee” is too often used as shorthand to refer to a perceived mistrust among blac ...
11 years ago
ListenGlaxoSmithKline settles with U.S. over hazardous waste at King of Prussia plant
GlaxoSmithKline will pay a fine to the federal government for hazardous waste violations uncovered at its facility in King of Prussia, Mo ...
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