Todd Bookman
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Pet hospice: providing comfort in the final stages
Palliative care is a growing trend in animal medicine. Paul Rozin has seen lots of dogs come and go during his 79 years. Suk ...
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Sean Parker, a Silicon Valley billionaire and the founder of Napster, announced Wednesday that he is donating $250 million toward cancer ...
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National non-profit expands coding classes to Delaware [video]
Girl Develop It provides a new option for women looking to improve their technology skills. The non-profit group Girl Develop It i ...
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Fun side of ‘serious games’ could aid in rehab
Specialized video games look to make physical therapy more engaging. Before her stroke, Maria operated a butcher shop in her nativ ...
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ListenA few miles and a world of difference as study finds wide disparity in Philly life expectancies
Strawberry Mansion is only about five miles from Society Hill. But a child born today in the low-income North Philadelphia neighborhood c ...
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Pa. awash in tide of last-minute voter registrations
County election officials in Pennsylvania are working their way through a wave of last-minute voter registration requests. Since t ...
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In pending Pa. bill, autism qualifies for marijuana prescription
Pennsylvania is poised to become the first state to explicitly include autism in its list of qualifying conditions under a medical mariju ...
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ListenA kidney donation, with an assist from above
Did a religious epiphany save Terry Sukeena’s life? When he was 46 years old, Terry Sukeena had the first major health scare ...
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ListenPainkiller prescription guidelines hailed as step toward cutting abuse
Area doctors and addiction specialists are praising a new set of federal guidelines aimed at reducing prescription opioid use. &nb ...
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‘Lower your seed’ with a March Madness vasectomy
With the 30-minute outpatient procedure requiring a couple days of rest on the couch, the March timing is being touted as a natural fit.& ...
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ListenPhilly tech ambassadors trying to spread the word at SXSW
Representatives from the Philadelphia region’s tech scene are packing their bags for Texas. This Friday, the 2016 edition of ...
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Climate researcher Dr. James Hansen headlines gathering at Arcadia University
It’s not what you say, but how you say it. That’s part of the message climate change activists can expect to hear as t ...
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