Medicine
Saving Philly’s bats, one DIY condo at a time
A Penn project could help keep urban bats out of your attic and support them in their fight against a deadly disease.
3 months ago
Listen 1:06The powerful animal tranquilizer has started appearing in the illicit heroin and fentanyl market in recent years.
3 months ago
Listen 1:47Does it matter what time you take your medicine?
Years of research show it matters when a patient takes medicine. So why don't drugs come with those instructions?
3 months ago
Listen 9:48Even as Delaware cancer rates are declining, there’s still persistent disparities in cases. Experts emphasize the need for early detection.
3 months ago
Listen 1:34The regional coalition of health systems is reevaluating the role of race in tools used to assess kidney and lung function and other health conditions.
3 months ago
Dr. Audrey Evans is the subject of new biopic “Audrey’s Children,” a film set and shot in Philadelphia and written and produced by Philadelphians.
3 months ago
Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.
4 months ago
Listen 4:28The vaccine program is open to all county residents and offers shots for COVID, flu, RSV and other diseases.
4 months ago
Listen 2:11Penn Medicine residents vote to approve union contract, a first for Pennsylvania
The negotiations took more than a year and included a large public rally and a recent incident where hospital security drove residents off a sidewalk.
4 months ago
Listen 1:26How close are we to artificial hearts? New advancements in heart health
Cardiac researcher Sian Harding discusses scientific advances in heart health including growing artificial hearts from stem cells.
4 months ago
Listen 11:51Dr. Francis Collins on reconciling science and faith
Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the NIH and the Human Genome Project, on finding common ground and the role of science and faith in his life.
Air Date: September 27, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:53Penn researchers develop new gene therapy for previously untreatable eye disorder
The gene therapy comes seven years after another research group at the university helped come up with the first FDA approved gene therapy for an inherited disease.
4 months ago
Listen 1:44It’s time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots
The CDC urges both an updated COVID-19 shot and yearly flu vaccine for everyone ages 6 months and older.
4 months ago
What ails you? This garden in Kensington mixes a traditional Puerto Rican alcoholado cure
For 40 years, a network of community gardens has kept Puerto Rican folk remedies alive.
4 months ago
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