
Medicine
Astronaut Scott Kelly’s view from space; Jeff Sessions’ firing
Guests: Mark Mazzetti, Scott Kelly SCOTT KELLY spent 3 ...
Air Date: November 8, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Can skin become addicted to topical steroids?
Inside one woman's experience with topical steroids — and why she says the cure was worse than the disease.
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Listen 11:56Transgender 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 48:56Nerve-racking. Sickening. Facing your fear can be all of that — and sometimes a little thrilling, too.
Air Date: October 26, 2018
Listen 49:07Living in Philly without English
Guests: Orlando Almonte, Nelson Flores, Alicia Fernandez The United States doesn’t have an official language, ...
Air Date: October 25, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00The ACA and the politics of health care
Guests: Julie Rovner, Sabrina Corlette There’s some good news around the Affordable Care Act: premium prices ar ...
Air Date: October 23, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Who has time to read the small print — to go over all the “stuff” that’s in our food, medicine, or supplements? And what’s carr ...
Air Date: October 12, 2018
Listen 48:07Advances in science don’t just happen — sometimes, real progress requires heroic measures. On this show, we explore the lengths peopl ...
Air Date: October 5, 2018
Listen 47:15Acupuncture: real relief or theatrical placebo?
Alan Yu heads home to Hong Kong to investigate the ways acupuncture is used in the medical system there.
7 years ago
Listen 13:20Mütter gives new life to Founding Father’s medicinal garden
The garden is visible from the iron fence that fronts the museum on 22nd Street near Market.
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Listen 4:56NewsWorks Tonight, September 14, 2018
One of Camden’s newest employers finds itself in hot water. Philadelphia’s Historical Commission hears hours of testimony on ...
Air Date: September 14, 2018
Listen 22:57NewsWorks Tonight, September 13, 2018
Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney and the council come to compromise on a 15-month-long battle over funding affordable housing. A local hospi ...
Air Date: September 13, 2018
Listen 19:52NewsWorks Tonight, September 11, 2018
President Trump speaks at the Flight 93 memorial in western Pennsylvania today. SNAP and victims of Larry Nassar advocate for a 2 year ...
Air Date: September 11, 2018
Listen 21:58Major opioid maker to pay for overdose-antidote development
OxyContin maker announced that it's making a $3.4 million grant to help develop a low-cost naloxone nasal spray.
7 years ago
Delaware, other state Medicaid programs consider acupuncture as opioid alternative
State governments are thinking about how to treat pain other than opioids.
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