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Andrea Avery, second from left, playing the piano with a friend when she was 10 years old. (Courtesy of Andrea Avery)
The Pulse
Health

Between health and illness

Andrea Avery was a piano whiz kid until she developed rheumatoid arthritis at age 12. The disease symptoms can leave her feeling able-bodied one day, disabled the next.

7 years ago

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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia
Health

In midst of ‘merger boom,’ Jefferson moves toward acquiring Einstein hospital network

Acquisition of Einstein would give Jefferson a network of 18 Philadelphia-area hospitals worth $6 billion.

7 years ago

This Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen  (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Radio Times
Health

Prescribing opioids

Guests: Anupam Jena, Jonathan Reisman The staggering rise of opioid-related deaths in America has reached critica ...

Air Date: March 27, 2018 10:00 am

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Health

N.J. may add 12 medical marijuana dispensaries

Measure under consideration by state lawmakers also calls for including chronic pain as qualifying condition.

7 years ago

Frederica von Stade portrays a woman with Alzheimer's disease who falls in love in Opera Philadelphia's
Arts & Entertainment

Opera Philadelphia will premiere work about Alzheimer’s in the fall

Opera Philadelphia announces its 2018-2019 season, including the world premiere of an opera about Alzheimer's disease.

7 years ago

A family stand next to their belongings, in front of the remains of their home destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)
Health

Puerto Rican evacuees’ medical needs include mental health services

“Folks are coming with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, with anxiety."

7 years ago

Members of the University of Pennsylvania's nurse-midwifery program's Class of 2017 are working to establish a scholarship fund for students of color. (Courtesy of Nicole Chaney)
Education

Scholarship fund aims to make Philly midwife ranks more diverse

The vast majority — more than 90 percent — of American College of Nurse-Midwives members are white. Some recent grads of Penn’s nurse-midwifery program want to change that.

7 years ago

This November 2017 photo provided by Betsy Boyd shows Stanley, (left), recovering in Baltimore following his $19,000 kidney transplant alongside his kidney donor, Jay. Both cats are thriving post-surgery. (Betsy Boyd via AP)
Community

Baltimore cat, 17, has $19,000 kidney transplant at Penn

After his mandated one-month confinement to a dog crate had ended, he returned happily to his old routines, which include walks at the end of a purple leash.

7 years ago

Shelagh Collins walks from her car to a job search appointment on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in Forest Hills, Pa., an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh. Collins gets by on occasional secretarial temp work and unemployment compensation checks, but she can't afford specialized treatment for her various health conditions that limit her ability to do certain jobs. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. grapples with potential Medicaid work requirements

As more states begin creating work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients, calls to do the same in Pennsylvania are building.

7 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Delaware measure calls for mandating insurers cover infertility treatment

The Delaware Fertility Care and Preservation Bill would help couples struggling to conceive by requiring private insurance companies cover infertility.

7 years ago

People 6 months and older should get vaccinated against the flu, says this government poster on display  in a health center in Decatur, Ga
Health

Flu ‘very much active’ in Delaware, records reach 14-year high

Over the past week, 1,521 more Delawareans were diagnosed with the flu, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 5,758. There also were five flu-related deaths.

7 years ago

A man walks into the Center for American Progress, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018, at their office in Washington. The major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all. Called “Medicare Extra for All,” the proposal to be released Feb. 22, 2018, by the Center for American Progress gives politically energized Democrats more options to achieve a long-sought goal. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Leading liberal policy group unveils ‘coverage for all’ plan

Called "Medicare Extra for All," the proposal from CAP, gives politically energized Democrats more options to fulfill a long-sought goal.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of CM Baker)
Health

Mobile cancer screening funding in jeopardy

Hundreds of Delaware women who receive services on the state-funded Mobile Health Screening Van may have to seek other providers if the state decides to cut its funding.

7 years ago

In this April 2, 2015, file photo, Dr. Salomon Melgen arrives at the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Courthouse for his arraignment, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Florida eye doctor gets 17 years for Medicare fraud

A prominent Florida eye doctor once accused of bribing Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey received a 17-year sentence Thursday for stealing $73 million from Medicare.

7 years ago

Flu vaccine
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Health

Flu cases in Delaware prisons mirror statewide trends

As of Wednesday, 87 Delaware inmates have been diagnosed with the flu within the past two to three weeks.

7 years ago

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