Medicine

The first meeting of a task force studying issues around legalizing recreational marijuana in Delaware did little to bring polarizing opi ...

In India, there is an old saying that doctors are second to god on this earth. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, ...

There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...

There was exciting news in the world of cancer research this week. On Wednesday, the FDA approved the first gene therapy to treat a form ...

The company that had planned to open a dispensary for medical marijuana in Mt. Airy will look for another site after a huge outpouring of ...

Senator Tom Carper is back with us on First this week. He created a national sensation a couple weeks ago by simply stating th ...

Guests: Stephan Grupp, Robert Vonderheide The FDA just announced approval of the first gene therapy treatment. Th ...

One of the root causes of opioid addiction is over-prescription of addictive drugs. A major reason it occurs is the practice of do ...

If you’re a Pennsylvania public school parent hemming and hawing over when to bring your child in for a vaccination shot, the commo ...

A Pennsylvania woman who gets paid to pronounce people dead is being credited with helping save the life of a heroin overdose victim. ...

First Person this week is the head of Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Services Dr. Kara Odom Walker. We discuss t ...

One third of adults in Philadelphia have used an opioid in the last year, and the majority of those drugs came directly from a doctor. Th ...

A horse in Delaware was euthanized after it was infected with West Nile Virus. This is the first time this year a horse has been i ...

Droves of residents who live near a proposed medical marijuana dispensary in Northwest Philadelphia packed a heated zoning appeals hearin ...

We do a lot of walking during the summer, slogging a few blocks to the beach in the blazing sun, carrying those pesky chairs and the umbr ...