
Health Care
With Kavanaugh confirmed, both sides of abortion debate gear up for battle
Planned Parenthood is unveiling a new strategy. Several states have passed abortion restrictions that are currently being litigated.
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Patients give doctors high marks for prescribing antibiotics for common sniffles
Doctors are often rated on Yelp or other online platforms.
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Acupuncture: real relief or theatrical placebo?
Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.
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Listen 13:20At hospitals in India, waiting family become health care helpers
Visitors line the hallways — even sleep on the floor — anxious for loved ones to recover. Noora Health trains overflow family to care for patients once they return home.
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Listen 5:58The roots of the overdose crisis
Guests: Beth Macy, Aubrey Whelan A “bad batch” of drugs, most likely a mix of heroine, fentanyl and K2, kille ...
Air Date: September 26, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:56Delaware schools win $9M grant to improve mental health services
The program will prevent young students from falling through the cracks.
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Biden Cancer Summit at WHYY highlights advances, disparities in cancer care
Cancer researchers, doctors, and patients gathered at WHYY’s Philadelphia studios on Friday to focus attention on the latest efforts to ...
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WHYY hosts Biden Cancer Initiative session with Jill Biden
Wife of former vice president says part of the plan is to come up with a roadmap to help cancer patients manage their care.
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Listen 4:14Doctors today may be miserable, but are they ‘burnt out’?
This week, JAMA publishes two major studies on a hot topic: physician burnout.
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Telemedicine bill draws support from providers, concern from insurers
The bill has already passed in the state senate and will go up for a vote in the house of representatives during the fall legislative session.
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Philly hospital uses ‘escape room’ to take the mystery out of sepsis
Sepsis is a potentially fatal condition that's responsible for 270,000 deaths every year.
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Listen 2:16N.J. joins states launching reinsurance programs to shore up Obamacare plans
New Jersey projects its reinsurance program will cut premiums by 15 percent.
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His $109K heart attack bill is now down to $332 after NPR told his story
The story of Drew Calver was first reported by NPR and Kaiser Health News on Monday as part of the "Bill of the Month" series.
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Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction
Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.
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Guests: Steve Twedt, Marcel Bonn-Miller, Shalawn James Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania more than ...
Air Date: August 29, 2018 10:00 am
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