Public Health
Rural Americans are OK with ‘outside’ help to beat opioid crisis and boost economy
Rural Americans willing to allow people from outside their communities to help with the opioid epidemic.
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Minnesota sues two N.J. drugmakers over ‘deceptive’ insulin price hikes
Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.
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Pa. moves to loosen requirements for court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment
The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.
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Report: Women everywhere don’t know enough about ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the eighth leading cause of cancer in women, according to the World Health Organization.
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So what’s the climate change/asthma connection?
Warming temperatures worsen ozone pollution. Excess carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) causes plants to grow faster and release more pollen — extending the “allergy” season.
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Listen 8:46After months in legislative limbo, protections for human-trafficking victims pass in Pa.
Gov. Tom Wolf has said he will sign the bill into law.
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DEP awards water quality-related grants funded by $12.6M penalty against Sunoco
Money will go to efforts in 14 Pa. counties.
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Guests: Marla Gold, Astra Czerny, Jim Hopper Feeling exhausted and upset after the Kavanaugh/Ford testimony? Many ...
Air Date: October 15, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:57Last year, the flu put him in a coma. This year he’s getting the shot
Many flu-related deaths are caused not by the flu itself but by secondary infections and complications.
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Cutting salt in Chinese takeout to curb heart disease
With poverty and stress driving up high blood pressure in communities of color, will it help to cut sodium in Chinese food? Health officials say it’s a worthy effort.
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Listen 8:57Untested stimulants surface in pre-workout supplements
A Harvard researcher is sending up red flags about a popular class of supplements, some of which contain amphetamine-like drugs.
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Listen 8:01Delaware AG: More treatment beds needed to fight opioid crisis
In the past four years, about 1,000 Delawareans have died from drug overdoses, mostly as a result of opioids.
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At Philly health and re-entry conference, activists tout benefits of decriminalizing sex work
Poor health care and criminalization of sex workers feed into each other to create a cycle, says an organizer with Project SAFE Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia wary of Hepatitis A outbreak as Kensington homeless population grows
The disease is usually spread through contaminated feces.
7 years ago
Drexel profs studying how engaging with the autism community could lead to better research
A three-year study will investigate to what extent autism researchers include stakeholder groups in the design phase, and whether that affects what research is done.
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