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Behavioral Health

Radio Times
Health

Kids with ADHD

Guest: Sharon Saline For children with ADHD the daily tasks of ordinary life can be challenging. Getting out the ...

Air Date: December 6, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:39
The study offers several reasons why conduct problems might precede marijuana use. Kids with conduct problems are more likely to be attracted to rebellious behaviors. And marijuana is a way for troubled kids to self-medicate. (Big Stock)
Health

Penn study: Marijuana doesn’t cause bad behavior — it’s the other way around

Results of a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers contradict previous reports showing a connection between conduct problems and marijuana use.

7 years ago

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Researchers zeroed in on the ages of kids when they enrolled in kindergarten to investigate discrepancies in ADHD diagnoses. (Westend61/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Youngest children in a class are most likely to get ADHD diagnosis

These results underscore the shortcomings in how ADHD is identified.

7 years ago

Katherine Taylor pets her dog Lapis. (Julian Harris/For WHYY’s The Pulse)
The Pulse
Health

Is it safe for your dog to drink from the toilet?

Dogs who drink toilet water are a health risk to themselves and maybe to the entire family.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Lifestyle

What is self-awareness?

Guests: Tasha Eurich, David Dunning We all know someone–a co-worker, friend, or family member–who is ...

Air Date: November 23, 2018 10:00 am

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Facebook has been using artificial intelligence to detect if a user might be about engage in self-harm. The same technology may soon be used in other scenarios. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
NPR
Health

Facebook increasingly reliant on A.I. to predict suicide risk

A year ago, Facebook started using artificial intelligence to scan people's accounts for danger signs of imminent self-harm.

7 years ago

An American flag blows in the wind surrounded by the color of autumn leaves at Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Md., Thursday, November 8, 2018. November 11, 2018 is Veterans Day and marks 100 years since the end of World War I.  (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)
Radio Times
Community

Veterans roundtable

Guests: Mike Felker, Anna Stormer, Patrick Dugan Veterans Day was Sunday so we thought we’d talk with a couple ...

Air Date: November 12, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
Carol Erzen (right) of Merakey Allegheny Valley School in Pittsburgh trains special-needs caregivers in how to identify signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia and adjust a patient’s surroundings accordingly. (Merakey Allegheny Valley School)
Health

Special-needs caregivers learn how to spot, treat dementia

Those with special needs are living longer, but that means they are more susceptible to age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's

7 years ago

Radio Times
Lifestyle

The ups and downs of optimism and pessimism

Guests: Julie Norem, Emiliana Simon-Thomas It’s hard to be an optimist these days. The synagogue shooting a ...

Air Date: November 5, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 47:51
Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health installed needle drop boxes at SEPTA stations at three stops off the elevated train in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Needle drop boxes land in Kensington parks and SEPTA stations

Sharps deposit boxes are Philadelphia’s newest tool in its four-week-old recovery campaign for opioid-plagued Kensington.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Transgender rights: #WontBeErased

Guests: Heath Fogg Davis, Leonore Carpenter, Nadia Dowshen The Trump administration is considering legally defini ...

Air Date: November 1, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
Social worker, Lauren Rainbow (right), along with Police Officer Mike Buell (left) meet a man illegally camped in the woods in Snohomish County. They are part of a new program in the county that helps people with addiction, instead of arresting them. (Leah Nash for Finding Fixes Podcast)
NPR
Health

A rural community decided to treat its opioid problem like a natural disaster

While the bulk of fatal overdoses still happen in urban areas, the rural overdose rate has increased to slightly surpass that of cities.

7 years ago

The Pulse
Health

Facing Our Fears

Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.

Air Date: October 26, 2018

Listen 49:07
U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss details a new task force led by the DEA to arrest and prosecute those who distribute heroin and fentanyl. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware launches overdose task force to prevent opioid deaths

Joel Davis thought he was taking a dose of heroin inside his Newark home on Feb. 15, 2017. What he didn’t know was that the drug had be ...

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf is considering legislation that would broaden Pennsylvania's standards for allowing courts to order treatment of a mental illness. The measure has passed in the state House and Senate. (Chinnapong/Bigstock)
Health

Pa. moves to loosen requirements for court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment

The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.

7 years ago

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