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Research suggests fish oil might protect against brain trauma
As football’s link to CTE strengthens, players and coaches go looking for prevention, one stinky spoonful at a time. In Marc ...
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To lower suicide rates, connecting with men is key
Since 2005, the country’s suicide rate has been steadily rising, and if public health officials want to reverse that trend, they ...
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Experience not a rarity for this musician
Live shows. Records. Teaching gigs. Session work. The life of an indie musician can be a patchwork quilt of plying your trade wherever it ...
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Le Cirque Chef Alumni Dinner: A Reunion at Nectar
Produced by Monica Rogozinski No one can deny the influence of Le Cirque, th ...
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Many Cuban doctors find sanctuary in the U.S., far fewer ever practice again
America symbolizes a fresh start for many immigrants, but for medical professionals, the message isn’t as positive. It’ ...
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Being a world leader may be hazardous to your health
We have all seen enough “before” and “after” pictures of American presidents to understand that being the most po ...
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Using tiny points of light to shatter limitations in microscopy
It was a trace on a computer screen, a quick blip. But a team of scientists led by W.E Moerner knew they had just seen a game changer. ...
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No one could handle Dick Allen, not even ‘God Almighty Hisself’
Opening day is just around the corner for the Phillies — so it’s an appropriate time to look back at the legacy of one of the bes ...
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Six months after Pope Francis’s visit, does Easter week seem different?
The Rev. James Martin sat down with NewsWorks Tonight producer Kimberly Haas for this commentary. The best thing, to my mind, abou ...
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Looking at the roots of hypersegregation in Philadelphia
Philadelphia is a city of evolving neighborhoods. What some of those sections evolved from is the topic taken up in “R ...
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The story of two women who found out they were identical strangers
What is it that makes us…us? DNA or life experience? Genes or environment? Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein sh ...
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What it’s like to relearn to hear through cochlear implants
Rob Jefferson started losing his hearing when he was in his late teens. Sensorineural hearing loss, a progressive degenerative con ...
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Obama’s ‘more perfect union,’ eight years later
“Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now.” Then-presidential candidate Barack Ob ...
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Produced by Michael O’Reilly In 2014, the book ...
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Where medicine and literature overlap, the excellence of both professions is at play
The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...
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