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Mental Health

Third year medical students Kelsey Coolahan, Sami Kennedy and Priyanka Chugh have been advocating for disabilities awareness at Cooper Medical School at Rowan University.
Health

Cooper medical students with disabilities push for culture change in medicine

Many doctors and students hide disabilities out of a real 'fear of judgment, bias, and skewed perception of ability,' a report finds.

7 years ago

Health

Drawing from another perspective, City Hall exhibit features work by artists with autism

The work is part of the 2018 Philadelphia Autism Project Art Show, which called on the autistic community to submit works conveying their experiences of the city.

7 years ago

Cows from a dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)
Health

As milk prices fall, dairy farmers in Pennsylvania seek mental health support

Milk prices have been falling for several years because supply is outpacing demand. Milk prices are so low, some farmers are losing money every day.

7 years ago

Mounting research suggests that African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed late because of bias on the part of health care providers or a lack of information among patient families.
NPR
Health

Black and Latino children are often overlooked when it comes to autism

Sherry Alvarez says she knew there was something different about her son since he was about 9 months old

7 years ago

Professional poker player Annie Duke shuffles her chips during the US$50,000 buy-in HORSE event of World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Monday, June 25, 2007.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Applying poker strategy to your life

Guest: Annie Duke After two decades, champion poker player ANNIE DUKE ...

Air Date: March 20, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
Philadelphia students participate in a national school walkout commemorating the one month anniversary of Parkland, Fl. high school shooting
Politics & Policy

Students: 1 million expected at anti-gun-violence marches

More than 800 March for Our Lives demonstrations are planned around the world this Saturday.

7 years ago

Voices in the Family
Health

The Power of Touch

When couples hold hands, their breathing and heart rates synchronize. If one of the partners is in pain, it diminishes the more the brain ...

Air Date: March 19, 2018

Listen 02:42
A family stand next to their belongings, in front of the remains of their home destroyed by Hurricane Maria, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017. (Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)
Health

Puerto Rican evacuees’ medical needs include mental health services

“Folks are coming with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, with anxiety."

7 years ago

Voices in the Family
Health

Adding hope to health messages may lead to better outcomes

Doctors often have to talk to their patients about different health risks – obesity, smoking, too much alcohol – but WHAT sho ...

Air Date: March 12, 2018

Listen 03:24
Health

Using awkward silences for potentially life-saving conversation about depression

A new ad campaign from the Jed Foundation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Ad Council encourages teens to talk to friends about depression.

7 years ago

Voices in the Family
Health

How to help teens look beyond their screens

We often think of teenagers as obsessed with their phones, selfies, or being popular. Researchers are learning more about what help ...

Air Date: March 5, 2018

Listen 03:36
Paul Birmingham, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, writes on a cross placed in memory of student Gina Montaldo outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Let’s do something about guns before we have to offer more ‘thoughts and prayers’

I'm not a "thoughts and prayers" kind of guy. For all those we’ve lost and all those we can possibly save, let’s do something before we must once again offer our condolences.

7 years ago

(Hope Loves Company)
Health

New Jersey camp for family of ALS patients expands to five states

Many children and grandchildren of those with ALS become caregivers, and watching a loved one’s health deteriorate can be stressful and isolating.

7 years ago

Listen 1:21
Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Mike Stocker/AP)
NPR
Community

Logs of 911 calls reveal the troubled history of Florida school shooter

On Thursday, Sheriff Scott Israel announced that two deputies are on restrictive duty pending an investigation into whether they followed policy in responding to 911 calls.

7 years ago

Community discussion on trauma, PTSD and access to mental health services at the Blackwell Regional Library in West Philadelphia, on Wednesday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Health

In Philly’s black community, charting a way beyond decades of pain toward mental health

Nearly 50 people gathered at the West Philly Library on 52nd Street to talk about mental health in the black community.

7 years ago

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