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Flying creates a dilemma for travelers concerned about climate change
When you clicked “buy” to book that cut-rate flight to your last vacation getaway, chances are, climate change didn’t w ...
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‘Treat your body like you treat your candidate’ – the health trials of a campaign worker
Long hours, lots of stress, very little sleep, and loads of junk food – veteran campaign worker Ken Snyder says he has done his bod ...
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The history of Heinrich Hertz and the discovery of radio waves
For those who love science and radio (and who doesn’t), the German city of Karlsruhe should have a special place in their hearts. I ...
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Going on a cruise? Watch out for the notorious norovirus
If you’ve ever spent a day crawling back and forth between your bed and the bathroom – secretly wishing you were dead just so tha ...
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Turbulence: it’s not as scary as it seems
Confession: I am an anxious flyer. It hasn’t stopped me from flying, but I walk down the jet bridge as if down a plank, doomed t ...
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Rick Rothrock: Carved In Stone
Rick Rothrock was born into a two-generation family of manufacturing silversmiths, which indelibly marked him with the knowledge of tools ...
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Two veteran political writers assess effects of last week’s shootings on presidential campaign
Turmoil followed the police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the ambush killing of five police officers in Dallas. W ...
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From Richmond to Philadelphia, a quicker, more comfortable ride to treatment
On a brisk morning, William Moore revs up his Beechcraft A36 Bonanza to fly cancer patient Michael Valdrighi home after a serie ...
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Produced by Monica Rogozinski The Fringe Festival, presented by FringeArts, is a 17-day, city-wide celebration of i ...
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A quest for benefits over illness linked to former Naval Air Station in Willow Grove
Wade Woxland served in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, including more than three years at the former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in ...
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Boyle introduces measures to protect endangered species
The recent shooting of a gorilla in a zoo in Cincinnati focused attention on endangered species and the loophole that allows them to come ...
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Doctors disagree about the ethics of treating friends and family
Friends do each other favors. And if your friend is a physician, that favor might be lending you medical expertise or a prescription pad. ...
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How to get help when you don’t believe you need it
Just outside of New York City in a farmhouse in Bedford, New York, Katherine Flannery Dering is looking at photos of her brother, Paul. P ...
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Are good care and compassion lost in efforts to curb opioid prescriptions?
“I feel like I have to re-prove myself every time I go to the doctor” — a patient and a health policy expert weigh in on Am ...
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50 years later, a letter reminds a doctor of the life he saved
When Michael LaCombe was training to be a doctor, he met a woman in the psychiatry ward on one of his rotations. He would sit and talk to ...
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