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In Philadelphia, bystander first aid turns everyday citizens into first responders
In Philadelphia, it’s gun violence that makes first aid skills so necessary for ordinary residents. After the Paris bombings ...
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ListenKeeping lives on track through early psychosis intervention
Oberon Wackwitz has a boyish face and easy smile, he’s a sharp dresser. He’s 20 years old, and in college. With his friendly, ...
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ListenAstral Artists, Le Cirque Chef Alumni Dinner, and illustrator Allen Crawford
Astral Artists Produced by Karen Smyles Astral Artists was founded in 1992 by Vera Wilson and is a non-pro ...
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Suburban poverty growing in America, overtaking cities
Most Americans tend to think poverty is concentrated in urban areas, but a look at the numbers offers a rebuttal to that conventional not ...
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ListenPhiladelphia ‘learning how to be a growth city’
Saying we’re past the time when we can rely on a rising tide to lift all boats, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is prioritizing an in ...
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ListenAuthor says touch is about hand, heart and mind
Why does it feel good when your sweetheart’s hand brushes your arm? “If you were to follow the touch sensation i ...
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ListenWhen doctors become detectives in situations of uncertainty
What do horses and zebras have to do with making patient care decisions? In the practice of medicine, one of the greatest ch ...
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ListenCardinal Peter Turkson is Vatican point man on climate change
The Vatican continues to draw attention to problems associated with climate change. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana helped t ...
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ListenWhat’s Christie’s reward for trumpeting Trump?
Four days out from the Super Tuesday presidential primary elections, Republican front-runner Donald Trump looks to lock in his advantage ...
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ListenFirst female epic poet, forgotten voice of the Renaissance and Galileo’s pen pal
Four hundred years ago today, the Catholic Church tried to silence Galileo, ending a period of thriving scientific and literary deba ...
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What’s the right kind of rehabilitation, after addiction?
The concept of “rehab” tends to make us think of a place where drug addicts go away for weeks or months at a time to recover. ...
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Produced by Michael O’Reilly The Print Center of Philadelphia is celebr ...
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The sport and spin of presidential politicking
Pennsylvania and Delaware voters go to the polls April 26. Garden State residents wait until June 7 to weigh in on the presidentia ...
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ListenOver time, watching the perception of addiction treatment change
With the country in the throes of a heroin epidemic, politicians on both sides are talking about the importance of addiction treatment, a ...
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ListenMore police departments offering help, not jail, to addicts
Last year, the police chief of Gloucester, Massachusetts, made an unusual offer on his department’s Facebook page. Heroin addicts w ...
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