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My dad hasn’t had anything to eat or drink in two years
When I ask him what the last meal he ate was, he hesitates, trying to remember: “I love chicken, maybe it was chicken? I don’ ...
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ListenParents face dilemma with tongue-tied babies: to snip or not to snip
Is a procedure aimed at fixing breastfeeding complications a medical necessity, or trendy diagnosis? Ear, nose and throat surgeon ...
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ListenDentists reassess their role amid growing opioid crisis
Firsts can be life changing. Think about your first kiss. Your first time behind the wheel of a car. But what about the first time y ...
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ListenThe Dali Quartet, Kosher USA, Ann Hamilton: habitus
The Dali Quartet: Classical Roots, Latin Souls Produced by: Karen Smyles The Dalí Quartet ...
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Preview: The Dali Quartet, Kosher USA, Ann Hamilton: habitus
The Dali Quartet: Classical Roots, Latin Souls Produced by: Karen Smyles The Dalí Quartet ...
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Grillz have always been a big deal from the Etruscans to Meek Mill
Who is the new aristocracy investing in mouth décor? One sales representative says his clientele includes “a lot of athletes, a lot of ...
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ListenBiomes of buildings: fungal geneticist investigates healthier design
If your stomach has been feeling off lately, you may try taking a probiotic or eating a new kind of yogurt to correct your gut biome. But ...
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ListenMy great-uncle Mace Bugen, a professional photo-bomber
My Great-Uncle Moishe Morris “Mace” Bugen was a legendary character in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania where he lived all o ...
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ListenTeaching medicine with fake cadavers that bleed, blink and breathe
The back of a sprawling warehouse in Tampa, Florida, looks kind of like entering the Matrix, or some sort of science-fiction movie. There ...
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ListenRecovering from addiction within the isolation of a remote island
A hundred years ago, Penikese Island was home to a leper colony, then a school for troubled boys and a bird sanctuary. This past fall, Pe ...
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ListenFiguring out the future when illness is your new normal
When something goes wrong, we all hope a doctor will find the problem and fix it, so that sooner or later, we can get back to our real li ...
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At Bob and Barbara’s, the show — and all the trimmings — will go on Thanksgiving night
Bob and Barbara’s is a bar on South Street west of Broad, a divey holdover from the days before this Center City neighborhood gentr ...
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ListenIs this crime-fighting technique invading your privacy?
A law enforcement tool designed to combat gun violence has found a new use as a high tech evidence collector. Sounds good, right? Well, w ...
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ListenHairy evidence: how a misconstrued forensic tool led to time behind bars
Kirk Odom spent more than two decades in prison for a crime that was later proven he didn’t do. “It was something that ...
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