Medicine
Mütter 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.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Insulin’s high cost leads to lethal rationing
Insulin is an unlikely symbol of America's problem with rising prescription costs.
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Aroused: how hormones control us
Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...
Air Date: September 3, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Delaware 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.
7 years ago
Mental health and black communities
Guests: Delane Casiano, Karriem Salaam, Howard Stevenson African Americans are more likely to report mental healt ...
Air Date: August 27, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Times have changed. Is sex ed ready?
The LGBTQ and #MeToo movements are shifting our cultural attitudes. Is what we teach in the classroom shifting, too?
7 years ago
Listen 7:46Pregnancy debate revisited: to induce labor, or not?
Healthy women with normal pregnancies can opt to have labor induced without worrying that the decision will make a cesarean section more likely.
7 years ago
Genetic tests can hurt your chances of getting some types of insurance
Taking a genetic test in your 20s or 30s could, indeed, affect your ability to get long-term-care insurance later.
8 years ago
Doctors with disabilities push for culture change in medicine
The Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990, But culture change has been slow to take hold in the medical profession.
8 years ago
Cheaper ‘dry-leaf’ medical marijuana draws crowds to Philly-area dispensaries
The dried, cured flower is now legal for sale at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania.
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