Medicine

This year there’s some good news in the fight against childhood obesity – particularly for Philadelphia. Rates of childhood obesity h ...

In an effort to provide thoughtful perspective on the tragic shootings that killed 20 children aged 6-7 and 6 educators at Sandy Hook E ...

Among the many changes in American families over the past few decades is the increasing number of parents who are having children later i ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics came out with a recommendation recently to increase teen access to emergency contraception. In a new p ...

Doctors are increasingly turning to genetic testing to track down diseases, uncover a patient’s risk and better target treatments. Ever ...

BETH ANN SWAN is dean and profe ...

Choosing a medication to treat mental illness can be a gamble. Some patients don’t respond at all. Others see marked improvement. ...

Sound is everywhere in this world – you can’t escape it.  Our ears process millions of noises all day long –laughter, car horns, m ...

Last week Colorado and Washington voters passed ballot initiatives in support of the use of legal recreational marijuana. This is in addi ...

Hour 2 [REBROADCAST] When journalist DAVID ...

Hour 2 Many patients with serious illness and their families struggle with making end-of life decisions. Is there ...

Hour 1 Avian flu. Ebola. SARS. AIDS. All of us have been exposed, at least in the media, to diseases that have mi ...

Hour 2 Our hair says a lot about who we are.  That’s why losing it can be so traumatic. But for balding men, ...

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