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Stigma keeps some doctors from treating drug addiction
Most primary care doctors aren’t able to prescribe Rx anti-addiction medicine. Internal medicine physician Chinazo Cunningha ...
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ListenChild safety campaign urges parents to ask about unlocked guns
Wednesday was National ASK Day — part of a campaign urging parents to prevent tragedy by simply asking, “Is there an unlocke ...
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ListenMental Health Partnerships brings expanded care to tri-state region
Joining NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller is Michael Brody, President and CEO of Mental Health Partnerships. The Mental Health As ...
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Philadelphia health commissioner pushes back against newspaper story on lead dangers
The Philadelphia Daily News “Toxic City” series t ...
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Poet laureate hopes to use tenure to promote love and understanding
Poetry is the language of the soul, and America’s soul has a new spokesperson in Tracy K. Smith. The Princeton profess ...
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Monica Rogozinski In early 2017 a healthy breakfast cake, Rebel Crumbles, was introduced at all Philadelphia area ...
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Fuel, oxygen, and ignition: the science of fireworks
A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...
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Listen 4:47Science can make blockbuster movies better
Hollywood directors have a direct line to consulting scientists. Let’s say you’re a filmmaker. You want to put a littl ...
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Listen 7:49‘Positive scientists’ say you can learn to be happier
A busy journalist and mom test drives tools from “happiness science.” When the architects of America wrote about the p ...
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Listen 6:11A reformed fireworks enthusiast now stays inside on the Fourth
Each year, a Missouri man created a bigger and more explosive pyrotechnics display — until the summer an ATF agent showed up at his d ...
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Listen 5:10Weighing the health of hot dogs without killing the BBQ
Hot dogs are a staple of summer barbecues, but they’re also notoriously bad for you. Franks are typically a processed food, which ...
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Listen 4:51Producer: Michael O’Reilly The stretch of Front Street located directly under the Market Frankford El just nort ...
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Philadelphia wins 5 of the 33 Knight City Challenge awards
Grant recipients in the third and final round of the Knight Cities Challenge have been announced. The foundation supports groups that are ...
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ListenAdjusting to two new identities: mother and cancer survivor
Jenny Leyh was 28 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She used to dread walking into the waiting room for ea ...
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ListenSmoking is often the hardest ‘vice’ to quit
Public health experts say: Ditch your smokes. And if you have HIV, there are a few extra reasons to kick the habit soon. At ...
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