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NewsWorks Tonight, June 28, 2018

Two new casinos have opened in Atlantic City. Is it a sign that the city is making a recovery?  A Philadelphia nonprofit is sending mor ...

Air Date: June 28, 2018

Listen 15:51
Penn State graduate student Alison Franklin holds up one of five prescriptions in her medicine closet. (Katie Colaneri/for The Pulse)
PBS NewsHour
Health

FDA increasingly approves drugs without conclusive proof they work

The FDA is increasingly green-lighting expensive drugs despite dangerous or little-known side effects and inconclusive evidence that they curb or cure disease

8 years ago

The Blood Bank of Delmarva has declared a blood emergency because supplies have fallen below the three-day level of reserves for the 19 hospitals it serves. (Courtesy of Blood Bank of Delmarva)
Health

Blood emergency declared in Delaware as supplies hit ‘critically low levels’

Officials say supplies have fallen below the three-day inventory.

8 years ago

Some legislation under consideration in Congress focuses on the safe disposal of prescription opioids. (AP file photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Dueling legal prescriptions for opioid crisis, but will Congress spend more?

All hands will be needed on deck to stem the overdose crisis that is claiming as many lives a year as were lost in the entire Vietnam War, one lawmaker says.

8 years ago

Listen 4:37
In New Jersey, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state identification card for those lacking the personal documents required to get a federally compliant driver’s license. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey may require pharma sales reps get to have state license

As a condition of getting a license, the drug reps would have to complete training on ethics and alternatives to opioids for managing and treating pain.

8 years ago

The doctor examines neoplasms or moles on the patient's skin. (Kalinovskiy/Bigstock)
Health

Older patients respond better to melanoma immunotherapy, Wistar study finds

Researchers found that for each decade of life, the chances that a patient’s melanoma would advance dropped 13 percent.

8 years ago

NPR
Science

Shortage of rural veterinarians puts farmers, food supply at risk

There's been a shortage of large-animal vets in rural areas since 2003. That's because of low wages, long hours and fewer new graduates wanting to live outside a major city.

8 years ago

A doctor holds a stethoscope on a pregnant person's belly.
Science

New blood test for pregnant women could predict preterm birth

In 2016, one in 10 babies in the U.S. were born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Worldwide, preterm birth complications are the leading cause of death for children under 5

8 years ago

The headquarters of Gilead Sciences in Foster City, California. Confronting the consequences of high-priced drugs, the Obama administration in 2015 reminded states they cannot legally restrict access by low-income people to revolutionary cures for liver-wasting hepatitis C infection. Among the companies getting federal letters was Gilead Sciences, maker of market-leading Harvoni.  (Eric Risberg/AP file)
Health

Private insurers deny drug coverage for half of hepatitis C patients

The high price tag has led many insurers — public and private — to cover the drugs only for the sickest patients and those who aren’t using drugs or alcohol.

8 years ago

Three mice climb on and around a clear transport tube. These mice also have crinkled paper nesting material, which they have gathered into one end of their cage in preparation for building a nest. Photo credit: Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography
The Pulse
Science

Is it important to keep lab rats happy?

Veterinarians say bored mice and rats that live in barren cages are bad test subjects.

8 years ago

Neuroscientist Ashley Juavinett looks at the cells in a mouse's brain (marked in green) while the mouse looks at something. Part of her research is studying the neurons and circuits in the brain that help us (and mice) see the world. Photo provided by Ashely Juavinett
The Pulse
Science

When your job includes experimenting on animals

Neuroscientist Ashley Juavinett says, “we have medicine and amazing treatments because of all the animal research we’ve done.”

8 years ago

Listen 4:39
In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Pa. attorney general fights Trump rule to cut birth control from health insurance plans

The case has moved to the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

A novelist and psychiatrist reflect on school shootings

Guests: Tom McAllister, Steven Berkowitz The aftermath of a school shooting is the subject of Philadelphia author ...

Air Date: June 4, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, Adine Usher, 78, meets with breast cancer study leader Dr. Joseph Sparano at the Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx borough of New York. Usher was one of about 10,000 participants in the study which shows women at low or intermediate risk for breast cancer recurrence may safely skip chemotherapy without hurting their chances of survival. (AP Photo/Kathy Young)
Health

Many breast cancer patients can skip chemo, big study finds

The study is the largest ever done of breast cancer treatment, and the results are expected to spare up to 70,000 patients a year in the United States and many more elsewhere.

8 years ago

ALS patient Frank Mongiello communicates with his wife, Marilyn, and his son during a news conference following the passage of the
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

‘Right to Try’ may not meaningfully change access to drugs for dying patients

Yardley woman waits to see if new law allows her husband to get experimental medication for ALS.

8 years ago

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