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Drexel trying to make roads safe for snakes near the Pine Barrens
Biologists at Drexel University are championing the cause of the northern pine snake, which often ends up as road kill during the summer. ...
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Some school districts scrap new U.S. nutrition guidelines — and accompanying funds
Most school districts across the region will begin following new federal nutrition ...
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Do 3D mammograms detect more invasive cancers?
New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association compares standard 2D mammography to 3D mammography. Two ...
11 years ago
ListenEconomists propose ditching penalty for companies that don’t offer health coverage
The employer mandate has been one of the most unpopular parts of the Affordable Care Act — especially among business owners. Now he ...
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Study finds teen ‘sexting’ more prevalent than previously thought
A new study indicates that more teens are “sexting” ...
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315,000 Pennsylvanians fall into gap between Medicaid, Obamacare
For months, consumer groups have been sounding alarms about a group of Pennsylvanians who earn too much to enroll in Medicaid. At the sam ...
11 years ago
When it comes to salt, how much is too much?
Philly health officials want you to cut the salt—most of us anyway. The city’s new sodium-reduction ...
11 years ago
ListenJudge orders mediated talks over claims of contaminated soil dumping in N.J.
A judge has ordered a soil cleanup company and an environmental group to meet at the mediation table within the next 30 days. It ...
11 years ago
Encouraging healthier habits through active design
Some architects and planners are now intentionally designing-in building features that push people to be healthier. Devin Madden, ...
11 years ago
ListenSouth Jersey hospital fights C. diff with ultraviolet light
Some hospitals are putting hard-to-clean germs under ultraviolet scrutiny. Timothy Bowers, a director of infection p ...
11 years ago
Crozer-Keystone tailors treatment to help ‘super users’
A family practice affiliated with Crozer-Keystone Health System is trying a “high touch, low-tech” approach for a certain pop ...
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Pa., Del., N.J. share in $105 million settlement with GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has settled a lawsuit over claims it illegally promoted three of its brand-name prescription drugs. ...
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