Medicine
For these teens, the only way to overcome pain is to face it
Savannah Fleeman, 17, has a rare pain syndrome and says even the lightest touch felt like “being stabbed.” A controversial therapy pushed her to feel that pain over and over.
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Listen 10:57County planners come away with more questions than answers on roll out of Pa. medical marijuana
The implementation of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania was the focus of a session Tuesday during the annual conference of Pennsylvania county planners.
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University of Delaware breaks ground on biopharmaceutical research center
The facility, to be located on UD’s STAR campus, will house the national headquarters for the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals,
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Black women at higher risk for pregnancy-related heart failure, prolonged recovery
A new study suggests that African-American women are more likely to suffer from Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and are more likely to worsen before getting better.
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FDA approves gene therapy to treat cancer in white blood cells
Some say this is a turning point in using these treatments for cancer, and expect more developments in the future.
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What we eat and how we feed ourselves is inherently cultural and political in nature.
Air Date: October 20, 2017
Listen 0:00Feeding your baby another woman’s milk
Humans have a long history of sharing breast milk, but society’s acceptance has ebbed and flowed.
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Listen 0:00Pennsylvania near the bottom for prison health care spending, Delaware near top
State-by-state analysis of spending on prison health care shows Pennsylvania near the bottom.
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Lindsey Fitzharris on “The Butchering Art”
Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, pain, saws and no sanitation. In fact, operating theaters use ...
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Listen 35:30“The Butchering Art” / Bergdahl pleads guilty
Guests: Lindsey Fitzharris, Dan Lamothe Surgery in the nineteenth-century was pretty gruesome – a lot of blood, ...
Air Date: October 17, 2017
Listen 49:00President Trump has been taking steps to undermine the ACA through executive order, as Congress has been able to repeal and replace the l ...
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Listen 17:00Recent overdoses highlight the difficulty of keeping drugs out of jails
On the first Friday of this month, four inmates at the Cumberland County jail in South Jersey overdosed in their cells almost simultaneously.
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Girls in the Boy Scouts / Iran deal / Undermining the ACA
Guests: Kate Tuttle, Dan De Luce, Mary Agnes Carey We begin our show today talking about the Boy Scouts and their ...
Air Date: October 16, 2017
Listen 49:00FDA panel backs gene therapy from Philly's Spark Therapeutics
The therapy can help children with a rare genetic eye disorder see better. It comes after two other recent significant developments in gene therapy.
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Listen 0:00Biden foundation partners with Doylestown Health to help prevent sex abuse of kids
Former Vice President Joe Biden visits Warminster to announce efforts of son's foundation to train medical professionals in better recognizing signs of molestation.
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